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	Terman Engineering Center is home to the Management Science and Engineering (MS&E) department. MS&E focuses on methodologies and research-based management to solve industry problems specific to operating in a high tech world.

Stanford Management Science and Engineering (MS&E) provides education and research opportunities associated with the development of knowledge, tools, and methods required to make decisions and to shape policies, to configure organizational structures, to design engineering systems, and to solve problems associated with the information-intensive technology based economy. The academic excellence and entrepreneurial spirit of Stanford MS&E is extended to students in industry through courses and programs delivered online, on campus and on site by the Stanford Center for Professional Development.

Graduate Degrees
Non Degree Option and Graduate Certificates
Professional Education
Advanced Project Management
Strategic Decision and Risk Management
Free Online Seminars
Inside MS&E

View MS&E MS Degree Program.
Graduate degree study can be undertaken on a part-time basis through the SCPD Honors Cooperative Program (HCP). Students must be admitted as Stanford University graduate students through the regular admissions process. MS&E master’s degree tracks where HCP students may meet degree requirements completely at a distance include:

			Decision Analysis and Risk Analysis
			Economics and Finance
			Information Science and Technology
			Organizations, Technology and Entrepreneurship
			Policy and Strategy
			Production and Operations Management

Degree track requiring some on-campus attendance:

Operations Research—Systems Modeling, Optimization and Stochastic Systems

View MS&E Certificates
If you want to update or refresh your skills in an area, or get a “first-taste” in a new discipline, SCPD offers graduate courses through the Non Degree Option (NDO). You may take individual courses or earn a graduate certificate through successful completion of three to five courses in:

			Decision Analysis
			Risk Analysis
			Management Science and Engineering
			Product Creation and Innovative Manufacturing

View Professional Education portfolio
When a full-length graduate course is more than you need and more than you can fit into your schedule, SCPD offers a growing portfolio of short-term, intensive learning experiences delivered in ways that meet the needs of busy professionals and managers.

Advanced Project Management
Learn how to improve project performance and create an organizational culture for effective project management through this advanced course of study that combines Stanford research with industry practice. Earn the credential of Stanford Certified Project Manager. Courses are delivered on campus, online and at your organization site.

Strategic Decision and Risk Management
Learn to make effective critical decisions to increase shareholder value.

Free Online Seminars
SCPD makes it possible for the public to view a series of thought-provoking seminars on a broad range of topics such as “Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders”. Listen to and learn from visionaries such as Robert Sutton on “Weird Ideas that Work: Fostering Organizational Creativity” and many more.

If you want to apply theory to solve real-world management issues in high tech industries while you learn, MS & E offers you many educational opportunities.

Browse the graduate MS & E graduate programs and courses offered via SCPD delivery systems through any of the links at the right,

Learn more about Professional Education short course offerings supported by faculty in MS&E: Stanford Advanced Project Management and Bootcamp: Redefining IT Leadership through the links at the right.

Get the Insiders' View: read what current graduate students say about the department.

Learn more about the leadership that drives MS & E in our faculty spotlight on Professor Elisabeth Paté-Cornell: her energy, her vision, and her commitment to distance students.

Read our faculty spotlight on Professor Robert Sutton for more about MS & E's "applied mission" and distance learning from a faculty perspective.

Get a distance student viewpoint from Alex Fitzpatrick, a contracts negotiator at Cisco, who has completed most of his MS & E master's course requirements online through SCPD.

Explore the MS & E web site and learn about: MS & E's first class research centers like the Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum, Optimization Lab, and Venture Technology Programs; MS & E graduate degree programs; faculty bios: and more.

Contact the MS&E Course Advisor for answers to your questions.

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	Graduate Course Portfolio

	Quarterly Graduate Course Schedule

	Professional Education Portfolio

	MS&E Department