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Master of Engineering Management | Northwestern Engineering
Raj Shekhar MadhurakaviMEM '22 Senior Program Manager Mathworks “ MEM allows you to pursue courses in product management, supply chain, data analytics, and other engineering disciplines while still learning about leadership, marketing, strategy, and fina
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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
- MEM 402: Engineering Management
- MEM 403: Accounting for Engineers
- MEM 404: Financial Issues for Engineers
- MEM 405: Marketing Issues for Engineers
- MEM 407: Decision Tools for Managers
- MEM 424: Leadership and Organizational Behavior
- MEM 437: Strategic Management for Engineers
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)
- MEM 412: Operations Excellence
- MEM 414: Supply Chain Management
- MEM 416: Business Process Change Management
- MEM 420: Organizing for Innovation
- MEM 426: Project Management
- MEM 429: Negotiations for Engineers
- MEM 430: Product Management
- MEM 490: Product Lifecycle Management
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
