https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/engineering-management/
Key takeaways
- 9-15 months long
- total tuition fee $73, 584 in 15 months
- less finance-related courses
Program
Full-time option: 9-15 months | Full-time and international students start in September
Full-time students:
- Round 1: December 15
- Round 2: February 15
- Round 3: only if space exists
Fees
| 2023-2024 | Tuition | Estimated Living Expense* | Estimated Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Months | $62,781 | $28,000 | $90,781 |
| 15 Months | $73,584 | $40,000 | $113,584 |
*Includes student health insurance, housing, and books
Prerequisites/requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM discipline
- 3.0 Grade Point Average on a 4.0 scale in undergraduate work
- Transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate education attempted
- $50 application fee payable in US funds
- Three letters of recommendation that attest to the candidate’s academic or work performance as well as leadership potential
- Personal statement that is part of the online application
- Calculus based statistics course (Note: Incoming students will be required to complete a summer MEM online statistics course to meet this requirement. This course is free to MEM students.)
- GMAT or GRE scores (optional, but strongly encouraged if GPA is below 3.2 and/or work experience including internships is less than 3 years)
- TOEFL or IELTS scores for all international applicants, except those whose undergraduate degree was received from an institution where English is the primary language of instruction.
Curriculum
Required courses
Advanced engineering methods for management (2 courses)
- MEM 410: Managerial Analytics
- MEM 412: Operations Excellence
- MEM 414: Supply Chain Management
- MEM 415: Computer Simulation for Risk & Operations Analysis
- MEM 416: Business Process Change Management
- MEM 417: Product Development
- MEM 420: Organizing for Innovation
- MEM 426: Project Management
- MEM 430: Product Management
- MEM 490: Marketing Analytics
- ENTREP 470: NUvention Medical (Two course sequence, only one can be applied to AEM requirement)
- ENTREP 471: NUvention Transportation
- ENTREP 473: NUvention Media (Two course sequence, only one can be applied to AEM requirement)
- ENTREP 474: NUvention Energy
- ENTREP 475: NUvention AI
- MSIT 423: Data Science for Business Intelligence
Electives (3 courses)
MEM Electives:
- MEM 419: Technical Entrepreneurship
- MEM 429: Negotiation for Engineers
- MEM 490 Special Topics - See Course Catalog for Current Options
Other Schools/Departments have limited courses available:
- Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences
- Kellogg School of Management
- Learning and Organizational Change Program from the School of Education and Social Policy
- Master of Science in Machine Learning and Data Science
- Master of Science in Information Technology
- Master of Project Management Program
- NUvention - a course series focused on creating new businesses/startups, teaches the processes used by entrepreneurs in the creation of robust business models and concepts. Courses are taught by experienced entrepreneurs in a variety of fields, including: AI Analytics, Arts, Energy, Medical, Transportation/Mobility, Media
Optional concentrations & programs
https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/engineering-management/curriculum/concentrations.html
Managerial Analytics (3 Courses)
- MEM 410: Managerial Analytics
- MEM 412: Operations Excellence
- MEM 414: Supply Chain Management
- MEM 415: Computer Simulation for Risk & Operations Analysis
- MEM 490: Marketing Analytics
- ENTREP 475: NUvention AI Analytics
- IEMS 304: Statistical Learning for Data Analysis
- IEMS 341: Social Network Analysis
- IEMS 455: Machine Learning
- MSIT 423: Data Science for Business Intelligence
- CIV_ENV 304: Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems Analysis
Product Management (3 Courses)
- MEM 417: Product Development
- MEM 419: Technical Entrepreneurship
- MEM 420: Organizing for Innovation
- MEM 429: Negotiations for Engineers
- MEM 430: Product Management
- MEM 490: Product Lifecycle Management (Course Description Link Pending)
- MEM 490: Marketing Analytics
- MEM 490: Product Management for Digital Transformation
- MEM 490: Technology Strategy for Products
- MEM 490: Technology Venture Capital Investing Practicum
- ENTREP 470: NUvention Medical(Count as one)
- ENTREP 473: NUvention Web (Count as one)
- ENTREP 474: NUvention Energy
- ENTREP 475: NUvention AI
- DSGN 450: Differentiation by Design
- DSGN 492: Design & Leveraging Organizational Networks
- DSGN 495-41: Design, Discovery and Invention
Project and Process Management (3 Courses)
Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 Courses)
- MEM 410: Managerial analytics
- MEM 412: Operations excellence
- MEM 414: Supply chain management
- MEM 415: Computer simulation for operations analysis
- MEM 416: Business process reengineering
- MEM 426: Project management
- MEM 429: Negotiations for engineers
