At the College of Engineering, we offer the Master of Engineering in Manufacturing (MEM) and the Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing (D. Eng. in Mfg) degrees through InterPro. To be successful and effective, we believe the manufacturing engineer of the 21st century must be well-educated technically, yet knowledgeable and fluent in management tools and business. With its first-class engineering college recognized as a leader among engineering schools, and with one of the best business schools in the country, the University of Michigan is in a unique position to educate such engineers to become leaders of manufacturing enterprises in a global and increasingly competitive economy.

The MEM degree and the D.Eng. in Mfg. degree involve a mix of engineering and business classes that prepares the student for a successful career in a global or national manufacturing enterprise. In Michigan, we take a wide view of manufacturing that spans product design and development, process design/improvement, factory-floor operational analysis and performance improvement, in-bound and out-bound logistics, and supply chain design. The engineering college is also home to two well-known NSF-ERC centers; namely the NSF-ERC for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS), and the NSF-ERC for Wireless Integrated Micro Systems (WIMS). Although both Centers are administered independently from InterPro, they present unique and exciting opportunities for graduate engineering students who may wish to pursue such research topics as part of their MEM or D.Eng. in Mfg. degree.

The department of Mechanical Engineering also offers a BS degree with a Manufacturing Concentration.

Also, at the undergraduate level, a simultaneous bachelors/masters degree (BSE/M.Eng.) program is available. In five years, it is possible to get both the MEM degree and a BS degree in engineering, through one of the following departments:

• Aerospace Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Industrial and Operations Engineering
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

In addition to the above two NSF-ERC Centers, manufacturing research conducted at the University of Michigan includes a large variety of activities related to manufacturing equipment and processes, plant design and operations, and production system design, among other topics. We invite prospective students who are interested in research to visit departmental web sites in the College of Engineering to get a better understanding of the types of manufacturing research projects carried out in the College.