Division Graduate Student Activity Report
Masters Resources
Graduate Student Registration Policies and Program Deadlines
All students are responsible for knowing the Registration Policies and Graduate Program Deadlines of the University and the College of Engineering. Failure to register for classes by the published registration deadlines may cause your appointment to be terminated and/or delay of stipend payments.
- University Registration and Attendance Policies
- College of Engineering Graduate Student Resources (forms, important dates and more)
PhD Resources
Finance & Operations
- Business Cards
- Direct Deposit Setup (required for payroll and expense reimbursements)
- Division Business and Travel Expense Report
- Student Accounting Services (Tuition fees, Student Health Insurance, etc)
- Financial Assistance
- Semester MBTA Pass
- IRS Tax Forms
Course Offerings
Current Courses
Division Wait List
Previous Semester Course Offerings
- Fall 2026 SE Course Schedule
- Spring 2023 SE Course Schedule
- Fall 2022 SE Course Schedule
- Spring 2022 SE Course Schedule
- Fall 2021 SE Course Schedule
- Spring 2021 SE Course Schedule
- Fall 2020 SE Course Schedule
- Spring 2020 SE Course Schedule
- Fall 2019 SE Course Schedule
- Spring 2019 SE Course Offerings
- Fall 2018 SE Course Offerings
Prospective Students
Application Deadlines and Requirements
At the heart of the Boston University College of Engineering’s mission is preparing the world’s citizens to advance the global economy and quality of life for all people. We invite and sustain a vibrant national and international student population, and a deep appreciation of global and cultural awareness and respect is a critical component of an engineering degree.
In 2016, the Times Higher Education ranked the employability of BU graduates 11th compared to all universities in the world and 7th in the United States.
The Division of Systems Engineering (SE) is a unique interdisciplinary graduate program with an emphasis on cutting-edge research on analytical and computational methods, aiming to design and manage human-made and physical systems across a broad range of applications. Our faculty comes from different disciplines in engineering, arts & sciences, medicine and business, and collaborate closely with the Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE).
SE offers the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Science with thesis (MS), Master of Science non-thesis (MS), and Master of Engineering (MEng) degrees to graduate students and a minor to undergraduate students interested in information, decision and control sciences, and in all application areas encompassing the modeling, analysis, simulation, control, optimization and management of complex systems. The flexibility of the field and the need for systems engineers with advanced academic training in real, cross-domain environments mean ample job opportunities and a positive career outlook.
Faculty members from within the College of Engineering, along with affiliated faculty members from within the College of Engineering, as well as the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Medicine and the Questrom School of Business, supervise dozens of PhD students working on projects funded by several federal agencies and private companies.
Research activities focus on:
- Automation, Robotics, and Control
- Communications and Networking
- Computational Biology
- Information Sciences
- Production, Service, and Energy Systems
Master’s Degree Concentrations:
- Computational and Systems Biology
- Control Systems
- Energy and Environmental Systems
- Network Systems
- Operations Research
- Production and Service Systems
If you would like to learn more about the PhD program regarding demographics of individuals graduated and enrolled, visit the PhD Profile for Systems Engineering.