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School of Industrial & Systems Engineering

Make Processes and Systems Better

Since 1965, we in the School of ISE have been making processes and systems better in EVERY industry. You’ll find our graduates in aerospace, healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas, finance, transportation, consulting, and everywhere in between. We graduate leaders who integrate analytics and systems thinking to find solutions to engineering problems.

Our dynamic faculty excel in the classroom, providing our undergraduate and graduate students with the skills to be leaders in industry and academia. And we make an impact in research, collaborating to solve global challenges.

ISE at a Glance

98% job placement at the time of graduation

$6M in research expenditures from 2023-2025

18 Ph.D. graduates from 2023-2025

290 citations per tenure track faculty in 2025

Areas of Excellence

Students completing ISE project

Focus on Analytics

In addition to our traditional B.S. in ISE, we are offering an exciting new B.S. degree in Engineering Analytics to prepare our students for emerging industry needs in data analysis for engineering systems.

Making an Impact

Our faculty apply methods in analytics and systems engineering to Cyber-Physical-Social Systems, Health and Medical Systems, and Aerospace and Defense Systems.

Preparing for Academia

In addition to successes in industry, the School of ISE is producing doctoral graduates that are making contributions to academic institutions across the globe.

ISE Means Success

Jennifer Booker, B.S. Class of 2002

ISE grads can work EVERYWHERE, and Jennifer has done it in just one short career. From auto manufacturing to oil and gas, government consulting, healthcare and fintech. 

Hiba Baroud, Ph.D. Class of 2015

Among many OU ISE graduates in academic, HIba has found tremendous success as a faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University.

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News

April 27, 2026

Gallogly College Launches FAST Program to Accelerate Faculty Success

The Gallogly College of Engineering is strengthening its commitment to faculty excellence through the FAST Program (Faculty, Advise, Support, Thrive), a new initiative designed to accelerate the success of early-career faculty and enhance the college’s research and educational impact.


January 26, 2026

OU Hosts Transformative Summer Program to Inspire Future Transportation Leaders

The demand for engineers continues to grow across Oklahoma and the nation. OU Engineering is responding by investing early in future talent through Engineering Days, a summer program that helps students see engineering as accessible, practical, and impactful.


Research
February 04, 2025

Zhu Receives NSF Career Award to Advance Cardiac Arrhythmia Research

Rui Zhu, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award to uncover the mechanisms behind cardiac arrhythmias.