Ph.D. Program

USC has choices for students with and without undergraduate ISE degrees. All choices give students the training and education they need within a short period of time. This page gives a brief introduction to USC's ISE Ph.D. program. For more extensive information such as course requirements for the Daniel Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering's doctorate program, you can download the Ph.D. Handbook (pdf). If you are interested in a Master's Degree, please visit web page for the Epstein ISE Department Master's Program.

Introduction to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Program
The Ph.D. program prepares students for leadership in Industrial and Systems Engineering research and university-level education. In addition to meeting course requirements, students spend one or more years on Ph.D. dissertation research. Students normally complete a master's degree before enrolling in the PhD program. Policies for the Ph.D. are described in the Ph.D. Handbook (pdf).


Ph.D. Program Links

• Graduate ISE Course Descriptions and Syllabi
• Graduate SAE Course Descriptions and Syllabi
• Forms for Graduate Students