Mastering complexity.
Creating clarity.
Systems Engineering involves understanding complex needs and developing, testing, and deploying effective solutions in engineering, business, and the social sciences. Our program empowers you with the skills that industries and communities around the world increasingly rely on, so you can create meaningful impact wherever your career takes you.
Systems Engineering at Cornell offers a range of robust, graduate-level educational experiences, as well as opportunities to design your own degree to meet your career goals, engage in exciting multi-disciplinary research, and pursue either an on-campus or distance-learning education.
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New SEMI M.Eng. pathway trains systems engineers for careers in tech
The Cornell Systems Engineering M.Eng. program has developed the Semiconductor, Manufacturing, and Industrial (SEMI) Engineering pathway that features specialized courses for the semiconductor industry, as well as leading-edge approaches in operations, controls, planning and optimization.
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Cornell Systems Engineering partners with Boeing
The partnership will provide Boeing with access to Cornell’s renowned systems engineering expertise while offering Cornell valuable insights into real-world challenges shaping the future of the field.
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Cornell’s new Ph.D. in robotics comes in multiple flavors
Applications are now open for Cornell’s new robotics doctoral program, which combines expertise across science and engineering, including mechanism design, modeling, dynamics, control, hardware, actuators, sensing, data science, machine learning, computing and social science.
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James Morgan ’60, MBA ’63, earns Engineering’s highest alumni honor
In recognition of his transformative leadership in nanomanufacturing technology, James C. Morgan ’60, MBA ’63, was presented with the Cornell Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award – the college’s highest alumni honor.