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Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 1 the paper-and-pencil test, or an IELTS Band score of at least 7 on a Industrial Engineering 9-point scale (note that individual programs may set higher levels for any of these); and and Operations 4. Sufficient undergraduate training to do graduate work in the given Research field. Applicants Who Already Hold a Graduate Degree The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research The Graduate Council views academic degrees not as vocational training (IEOR) offers three graduate programs: a Master of Engineering certificates, but as evidence of broad training in research methods, (MEng), a Master of Science (MS), and a PhD. These programs have independent study, and articulation of learning. Therefore, applicants who been developed to meet the needs of individuals with backgrounds in already have academic graduate degrees should be able to pursue new engineering or the mathematical sciences who wish to enhance their subject matter at an advanced level without the need to enroll in a related knowledge of the theory, development, and use of quantitative models for or similar graduate program. design, analysis, risk management, and decision-making. This knowledge Programs may consider students for an additional academic master’s or applies to complex systems in the industrial, service, or public sectors, professional master’s degree only if the additional degree is in a distinctly including energy systems, supply chains, healthcare systems, and different field. financial systems. Students may concentrate on theoretical studies in preparation for doctoral-level research, or on applications of state-of-the- Applicants admitted to a doctoral program that requires a master’s degree art techniques to real world problems. to be earned at Berkeley as a prerequisite (even though the applicant already has a master’s degree from another institution in the same or Master of Engineering (MEng) a closely allied field of study) will be permitted to undertake the second The MEng is a professional, full-time, accelerated professional master's master’s degree, despite the overlap in field. degree program. Students learn advanced techniques in IEOR and skills The Graduate Division will admit students for a second doctoral degree that prepare them to lead teams in developing new engineering solutions: only if they meet the following guidelines: skills in managing complex projects, motivating people, and directing financial and operational matters. 1. Applicants with doctoral degrees may be admitted for an additional doctoral degree only if that degree program is in a general area of Master of Science (MS) knowledge distinctly different from the field in which they earned their The MS is a full-time technical master's degree program. Students focus original degree. For example, a physics PhD could be admitted to a on both the theory of IEOR techniques and the application of those doctoral degree program in music or history; however, a student with techniques. The MS is a terminal degree, meaning that students enrolled a doctoral degree in mathematics would not be permitted to add a in the MS program do not typically continue further into the IEOR PhD PhD in statistics. program. Participants in the program are self-funded; the Department 2. Applicants who hold the PhD degree may be admitted to a of IEOR does not offer funding and students will not be eligible for ASE professional doctorate or professional master’s degree program if (academic student employment) appointments funded by the department. there is no duplication of training involved. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Applicants may apply only to one single degree program or one concurrent degree program per admission cycle. The paramount requirement of a doctoral degree is the successful completion of a thesis on a subject within Industrial Engineering and Required Documents for Applications Operations Research. Research areas may include the investigation 1. Transcripts: Applicants may upload unofficial transcripts with your of the mathematical foundations of and computational methods for application for the departmental initial review. If the applicant is optimization or stochastic models, including risk analysis. Research also admitted, then official transcripts of all college-level work will be may be undertaken to develop methodologies for the design, planning, required. Official transcripts must be in sealed envelopes as issued and/or control of systems in a variety of application domains, including by the school(s) attended. If you have attended Berkeley, upload supply chains, energy systems, healthcare systems, and financial your unofficial transcript with your application for the departmental systems. initial review. If you are admitted, an official transcript with evidence Admission to the University of degree conferral will not be required. 2. Letters of recommendation: Applicants may request online letters Minimum Requirements for Admission of recommendation through the online application system. Hard The following minimum requirements apply to all graduate programs and copies of recommendation letters must be sent directly to the will be verified by the Graduate Division: program, not the Graduate Division. 3. Evidence of English language proficiency: All applicants who have 1. A bachelor’s degree or recognized equivalent from an accredited completed a basic degree from a country or political entity in which institution; the official language is not English are required to submit official 2. A grade point average of B or better (3.0); evidence of English language proficiency. This applies to institutions 3. If the applicant has completed a basic degree from a country from Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Latin America, or political entity (e.g., Quebec) where English is not the official the Middle East, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Japan, language, adequate proficiency in English to do graduate work, as Korea, Southeast Asia, most European countries, and Quebec evidenced by a TOEFL score of at least 90 on the iBT test, 570 on (Canada). However, applicants who, at the time of application, have 2 Industrial Engineering and Operations Research already completed at least one year of full-time academic course 1. An optimization exam: Students are required to work with grades of B or better at a US university may submit an take IND ENG 262A and at least one other course in Group A (see official transcript from the US university to fulfill this requirement. The below) to be prepared for this exam. following courses will not fulfill this requirement: 2. A stochastic processes exam: Students are required to take IND ENG 263A and at least one other course in Group B (see • courses in English as a Second Language, below) to be prepared for this exam. • courses conducted in a language other than English, 3. An exam on modeling and applied operations research: Students are required to take two courses in Group C (see below to be prepared • courses that will be completed after the application is submitted, for this exam. and All required courses for the doctoral entrance examination must be taken • courses of a non-academic nature. for a letter grade. The entrance examination will be offered near the end of every spring If applicants have previously been denied admission to Berkeley on the semester, approximately one week before finals. Passing the entrance basis of their English language proficiency, they must submit new test examination is based on both superior performances on all parts of scores that meet the current minimum from one of the standardized tests. the exam, and on previous coursework. Students are required to take Official TOEFL score reports must be sent directly from Educational the entire exam at the same time. In order to take the exam, students Test Services (ETS). The institution code for Berkeley is 4833. Official are expected to perform sufficiently well in their first-year courses. IELTS score reports must be sent electronically from the testing center to During the middle of the spring semester, a faculty committee will University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Division, Sproul Hall, Rm 318 review the performance of first-year doctoral students, and students MC 5900, Berkeley, CA 94720. TOEFL and IELTS score reports are only who have performed sufficiently well on their coursework (so that a valid for two years. superior performance on all parts of the exam will lead to passing) will be Where to Apply permitted to take the exam. Visit the Berkeley Graduate Division application page (http:// All students who would like to be considered for the doctoral program grad.berkeley.edu/admissions/apply/). are expected to take this exam no later than their third semester in this department. In particular, students who enter in the fall are expected to Normative Time Requirements take the exam at the end of the spring semester in the same academic Normative Time to Advancement year. Total normative time to advancement is 2-3 years. Curriculum Advanced undergraduate courses in linear algebra (equivalent Step I: This process normally takes 1 year (to take the entrance exam). to MATH 110) are prerequisites for the PhD program. Students who Step II: After passing the preliminary or entrance exam, students prepare have not taken these courses prior to entering the graduate program are for their PhD oral qualifying examination. This step lasts one to two required to do so during their first year. years. With the successful passing of the orals, students are advanced to Some students have specific research interests and goals when they candidacy for the PhD degree. enter a doctoral program; for others, these interests develop in the Normative Time in Candidacy process of taking courses and preparing for the entrance examination. In either case, it is imperative that students begin their research as soon Step III: Students undertake research for the PhD dissertation under as possible after completing their entrance examination. One of the a three-person committee in charge of their research and dissertation.