Learn the skills necessary to improve quality and productivity while enhancing safety, streamlining processes, reducing costs, and managing people in a wide variety of manufacturing and technical settings.
An accredited program in Industrial Engineering Technology (with majors in Industrial Engineering Technology and Supply Chain Management Technology) will prepare graduates with the technical and managerial skills necessary to develop, implement, and improve integrated systems that include people, materials, information, equipment, and energy. Graduates will be prepared for careers in higher levels of system design, integration, and management.
Majors in this degree program
Accreditation
ABET Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission: The Industrial Engineering Technology Program at Purdue University is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s general criteria and program criteria for Industrial Engineering Technology and similarly named programs.
Program Educational Objectives
IET Graduates two to five years into their careers:
- Deliver services and support to both internal and external clients by applying technical knowledge, problem-solving techniques and hands-on skills in traditional and emerging areas of the industrial engineering technology discipline
- Actively pursue ongoing professional development, professional growth and increasing professional responsibility in the industrial engineering technology discipline
- Effectively communicate ideas (oral and written) with technical and non-technical people, including international and/or multicultural audiences
- Work effectively in teams, demonstrating critical thinking, problem solving, and innovation competence
- Work within the accepted standards of professional integrity and conduct, applying ethical principles to technological and professional activities
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Bachelor of Science degree program in Industrial Engineering Technology will achieve the following learned capabilities:
- An ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly-defined engineering problems.
- An ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems.
- An ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature.
- An ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes.
- An ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.
Enrollment Trends
| Fall 2018 | Fall 2019 | Fall 2020 | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | Fall 2023 | Fall 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Lafayette | 187 | 191 | 204 | 171 | 134 | 123 | 126 |
| Anderson | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Columbus | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Kokomo | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| New Albany | 9 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Richmond | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| South Bend | 18 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
Number of Graduates
| 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Lafayette | 56 | 50 | 70 | 69 | 47 | 36 |
| Anderson | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Columbus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Kokomo | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| New Albany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Richmond | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| South Bend | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Enrollment Trends and Number of Graduates data is sourced from Purdue’s Office of Enrollment Management's Data Digest.