Engineering Management Program Overview
Engineering Management Program Overview
What is Engineering Management?
Engineers and scientists with business training have an advantage.
Engineering Management integrates technical skills with business training to create the well-equipped leaders that organizations need to solve complex problems. Duke University is a premier provider of engineering management education.
Duke’s Engineering Management program is four graduate technical courses you choose, proven business and management courses for tech leaders, and an internship. This master’s degree can be completed in one year.
Flexibile and Customizable
Customize your degree to match your career goals.
Duke offers elective tracks aimed at in-demand skill sets:
- Customer Experience and Product Design
- Data Analytics and Machine Learning
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Product Management
- Technology Development
- Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
Faculty with Deep Experience
The Duke Engineering Management faculty includes executives-in-residence and instructors from Duke’s highly-regarded professional schools of engineering, law and business.
Luis Morales
Executive Director, Master of Engineering Management Program
Daniel Egger
Executive in Residence in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
Allegra Jordan
Executive in Residence in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
La Tondra Alyce Murray
Executive In Residence in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
Great Outcomes for Duke Graduates
Nearly 9 out of 10 graduates are at work or onto further education within six months of graduation.
Duke Engineering management students have access to dedicated services and support – including career services and professional development. Our Master of Engineering Management grads make up a global alumni network spanning multinational companies, small businesses and exciting startups.
A Great Location, Plus Online Options
Duke is in a vibrant, growing region known for innovation.
Our Duke MEM Campus students live and study in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Region:
- Consistently ranked among the best places to live in the United States
- Home to Research Triangle Park, which hosts more than 140 major high-tech companies
- A cost of living far less than in New York City, Boston or California
We also offer Duke MEM Online. Through innovative and immersive virtual learning, our online students:
- Learn from the same faculty and earn the same degree as on-campus students
- Come to Duke three times for week-long, in-person residencies
- Build strong professional relationships with peers and Duke faculty
How Engineering Management Compares
Duke Master of Engineering Management (MEM) | Master of Business Administration (MBA) | Master of Science (MS) or PhD | |
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Curriculum | Technical electives and courses in: marketing, management, finance, law Plus a seminar series and an internship | Economics, marketing, accounting, finance, human resources, and international business | Technical courses, plus research; traditionally a thesis paper or major research project |
Undergraduate Education | Any engineering or science degree | Depending on the program | Matched to a specific discipline |
Duration | On-Campus (1 year) or Online (2 years) | Traditionally, 2 years | Depending on the program |
Work Experience | Designed for the earliest career stage – usually fewer than five years’ experience | Years of work experience required | Depending on the program |
Student Career Goals | Leadership in a technology-focused organization | Management | Research career |
Hogg Family Director of Engineering Management and EntrepreneurshipProfessionalism and the 5 Principles represent the professional behaviors which will help make our graduates successful—both in the workplace and in life.
Professionalism and the 5 Principles
The core concepts of Duke’s Master of Engineering Management curriculum
Professionalism and the 5 Principles are areas of Duke Master of Engineering Management faculty and staff want to create for our students:
- Core competencies
- A shared view
- A common teaching experience
Competence and skill expected from a professional
- Communication – Ability to communicate ideas effectively
- Teamwork – Lead and contribute to high-performing groups
- Critical Thinking – Solving complex problems
- Ethics – Tackling ethical issues in technology
- Humanness – Valuing people and creating value for people
Institute for Enterprise Engineering
The Duke Master of Engineering Management program, offered by Duke Engineering’s Institute for Enterprise Engineering, provides cutting-edge education to meet the demands of the rapidly evolving industries.
Leveraging Duke Engineering’s research and educational expertise in:
- Computing Fundamentals
- AI and Machine Learning
- Cybersecurity
- FinTech, including Blockchain
- Engineering Management