Engineering Systems Division
Professor Debbie Nightingale with students from ESD's System Design and Management program. Photo by Deneen Silviano.
In MIT's Engineering Systems Division, students pursue the study, analysis, and design of complex systems involving technology, people, and services.
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They learn from faculty drawn from departments throughout the School of Engineering, as well as from the MIT Sloan School of Management and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Students also participate in and benefit from the innovative academic and research partnerships ESD forges with industry and government.
Designing systems requires not only technological and analytical skills, but also knowledge of public policy issues and awareness of societal needs, tastes, and preferences. Because of the aggressive rate of change and the challenge of scaling systems in size, scope, and complexity, ESD promotes the development of new approaches, frameworks, and theories to analyze and design these systems.
As a vital part of engineering systems education, ESD faculty and students work with hundreds of enterprises on issues of national and international importance. This work is generally directed through a range of relationships ESD has forged with industry, government, and academic units, including the Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development; the Center for Transportation and Logistics; the Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals; the MIT-Portugal Program; and MIT’s AgeLab.
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