General Information

Designed over two decades ago, the Missouri S&T systems engineering graduate program provides students with a transdisciplinary perspective that enables an integrative approach to the creation of systems solutions, using systems principles and concepts along with evidence-based methodologies. Systems engineers must provide that change as technologies and systems environments evolve. These solutions apply to multiple industries and influence all aspects of society — from transportation and health care to education, agriculture, and services. Missouri S&T’s adaptive graduate programs train engineers to find solutions that work for every.

Today, engineering projects call for knowledge of a transdisciplinary and top-down perspective in architecting and deploying adaptive systems solutions. Missouri S&T’s modular architecture for its Master of Science (M.S) degree program requires successfully completing six core courses and four approved elective courses, preferably from systems engineering-based graduate certificates. Hence, it is possible to have two graduate certificates and an M.S. degree while pursuing a Systems Engineering master’s degree at Missouri S&T.

The modular architecture of the program enables students to customize their degree based on his/her professional needs. Most popular tracks are Digital Engineering, Model Based Systems Engineering, Computational Intelligence and Cyber Physical Systems. Missouri S&T has an academic equivalency arrangement with International Council on Systems Engineering INCOSE enabling students to bypass the knowledge exam on their path to becoming an Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) or Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP). This is synchronous hybrid program, graduated more than 740 master students since its inception in 2000. https://emse.mst.edu/

• Master's Non-Thesis Roadmap

Admission Requirements

• S. in engineering or a physical science
• GPA: Regular status: 3.0 cumulative
• Graduate Record Exam (GRE): The GRE is not required for admission but can be used for admission decisions.
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• English proficiency test score requirements are 80 for TOEFL, 6.5 for IELTS, 58 for PTE, or 115 for Duolingo. 

Program Requirements

• 30 total credit hours
• 18 credit hours for core courses
• 12 credit hours for elective courses (courses are listed below, but choices are based on track) 

List of Core Courses (18 credit hours)

• SYS ENG 5101: System Engineering and Analysis (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Spring and Fall)
• SYS ENG 6102:  Information Based Design (3 credit hours,, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Fall)
• SYS ENG 6103:  Systems Life Cycle Costing (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Spring)
• SYS ENG 6104:  Systems Architecting (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Fall)
• SYS ENG 6196:  Systems Engineering Capstone (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Spring and Fall)
• SYS ENG 6542: Model-Based Systems Engineering (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Spring and Fall) 

Sample List of Elective Courses (12 credit hours required)

Students can take other elective courses based on their selection of a second graduate certificate or their own choices as long as they are approved by their advisor.

• SYS ENG 5211: Computational Intelligence (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Spring)
• SYS ENG 5212: Introduction to Neural Networks and Applications (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Spring)
• SYS ENG 5323: Wireless Networks (LAB 1 credit hour and LEC 2 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Spring)
• SYS ENG 6110: Optimization under Uncertainty (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Spring)
• SYS ENG 6213: Deep Learning (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Fall)
• SYS ENG 6214: Clustering Algorithms (3 credit hours, In-person, Offered Every Spring
• SYS ENG 6239: Smart Engineering System Design (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Other Year In Spring)
• SYS ENG 6321: Modeling Complex Systems (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Other Year In Spring)
• SYS ENG 6322: Resilient Networks (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Fall)
• SYS ENG 6324: Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Every Fall)
• SYS ENG 6412: Mathematical Programming (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Fall)
• SYS ENG 6543: Digital Engineering (3 credit hours, Synchronous Hybrid, Offered Every Fall)