Global Manufacturing

MS in Global Manufacturing

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The global economy, which is increasingly becoming borderless and dominated by multinational companies, requires engineers to be able to work efficiently in multicultural teams. To help you prepare for this global workplace, the Department of Mechanical Engineering offers an applied research MS program focused on Global Manufacturing in collaboration with the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) and its associated Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Technology (WZL), Fraunhofer USA Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI), and Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT), Aachen, Germany.

The degree in Global Manufacturing requires 24 months of full-time coursework and research at Boston University and RWTH in Aachen, Germany. Students must register for a total of 32 credits to meet the requirements of the MS program in Manufacturing Engineering and includes 8 credits of Master’s Thesis. The international experience of students completing this program will enable applicants, originating in Germany or in the United States, to conduct research respectively for European Industry at the Fraunhofer IPT or WZL in Germany and for United States Industry at the Fraunhofer CMI in Boston. Graduates will be uniquely qualified to participate in and contribute to today’s global economy. For more information please go to www.bu.edu/me/academics/graduate/masters/global.