Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Reliability and Maintainability Engineering, MS, Industrial Engineering Concentration


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A Master of Science degree with a major in reliability and maintainability engineering is offered through an interdepartmental program. Both thesis and non-thesis options are available. See the Graduate Catalog listings for the appropriate department in the Tickle College of Engineering and the Department of Business Analytics and Statistics for more information about the courses offered. The program can be completed on campus or through distance delivery. The Reliability and Maintainability Engineering Program Director is the contact for all students interested in the reliability and maintainability engineering major.

Concentration (Optional) and Options Available


Industrial Engineering — Thesis, Project

Campus Code


Knoxville Campus

Distance Education

Admissions Standards/Procedures


Applicants for admission to the MS program with a major in reliability and maintainability engineering are expected to have earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited undergraduate program in engineering or physics. Students from other appropriate disciplines (e.g. chemistry, mathematics, etc.) can be admitted but additional engineering courses may be required. Entering students must have, as a minimum, competency in mathematics through ordinary differential equations. Submit online application to Office of Graduate Admissions.

Credit Hours Required


Minimum of 30 graduate credit hours

Required Courses


Additional Course Requirements


  • Concentration Specific Courses: Courses taken for each of the concentrations come from the various subject areas in the Tickle College of Engineering and selected in consultation with the major professor and guidance committee. The concentrations represent the area of research for the thesis or project.
    • Industrial Engineering

Non-Course Requirements


  • Thesis Option: A final oral examination covering the thesis and related coursework.
  • Project Option: A final oral examination covering the project and related coursework.

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