Worcester Polytechnic Institute

The ability to effectively deliver products and services is core to organizational success. While striving for excellence in internal operations, organizations in virtually every industry rely on intricate supply chains to globally manage goods and meet the demand for products and services.  Synchronizing the flow of products, information, and funds is complex, increasingly enabled by data, analytics, and new technologies.  WPI’s master’s in Operations and Supply Chain Analytics, a STEM-designated degree, prepares students for a career in managing the global demands, distributions, and fulfillment of goods and services. The MS in Operations and Supply Chain Analytics provides students the skills…

Grounded in technology, design, and business disciplines, the online Master’s in Innovation with User Experience (IUX) program is designed to deliver a highly qualified and competitive workforce for the IT industry. The WPI Business School has world-class expertise and resources in UX and is ideally positioned to prepare students as UX professionals and set them on a path to take on leaderships positions such as chief experience officers (CXO).  UX-driven innovations are no longer a luxury, but a must for maintaining competitive advantage in the marketplace. The continual demand for innovative technologies in our daily lives, both at personal and organizational level, is intensified by the continually increasing pace of…

Informed business decisions rely on significant and current data to help executives make decisions. A master's in business analytics gives you the skills and training you need to make these choices. Because data is prolific and continual, business analytics professionals who know how to interpret and use that data are in high demand. When data is accurately and efficiently understood with an eye for business needs and technology-driven platforms, organizational leaders can make strategic decisions based on up-to-the-minute trends and results. Without trained analysts and decision makers who know how to use analytics methods and interpret the results for business…

WPI’s master’s in Biomedical Engineering lets you tailor your studies so you can delve deeply into the groundbreaking research that helps you make advances in healthcare. Working on project-centered studies and collaborative research opportunities, you’ll apply engineering concepts to medicine and biology in ways that challenge and excite you. With extensive resources to support research, and in a region rich with biomedical industries, you’ll have the chance to partner with renowned faculty, peers, and local companies to solve real-world problems. You’ll graduate with original technical and scientific work so you can move into career paths as varied as law, nursing,…

By choosing WPI’s Master of Science in Computer Science, you immediately become part of our international reputation for innovative excellence, advancing the ever-growing computer science field, and working beside principal investigators in the labs and in collaboration with industry partners. Your work ventures outside of the ordinary at WPI, incorporating core CS competencies with research in areas like artificial intelligence, data mining, learning sciences, game development, mobile computing, and security. Whether you choose the thesis or non-thesis option for your MS degree in computer science, you will emerge as a well-rounded, confident, socially aware, globally focused leader who is ready to solve real-world…

WPI is one of only a handful of universities offering a master's in data science that prepares graduates to work in the rapidly expanding field. In the pioneering master's in data science, you’ll work closely with faculty and peers to synthesize huge amounts of digital information from multiple sources. With the MS in data science, you’ll derive new insights and articulate these findings into innovative solutions for how we live, work, and interact with the world around us. Your expertise will be in high demand in the workplace, as you tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges.

WPI’s pioneering master's in fire protection engineering will prepare you with the knowledge, skills, and hands-on experience to make the world a safer place—and rewarding and lucrative employment is virtually guaranteed. A leader in fire science for more than 40 years, WPI offers one of the few fire protection engineering graduate programs in the field. Through the interdisciplinary program, you’ll study advanced topics in fire protection and safety and gain the critical thinking skills needed to become a leader in research, policy, education, and beyond.

Graduate students in WPI’s master's in mechanical engineering program don’t just ask “why,” they ask “why not?” If you’re a passionate innovator, builder, and problem solver, the collaborative and inspiring environment will help you tackle society’s most critical engineering challenges whether in research or industry. The world-class, dedicated faculty members invite MS in mechanical engineering students into their research projects in our various cutting-edge labs. And in our classrooms, you’ll gain a depth and breadth of understanding mechanical engineering practices to assume leadership roles in the industry. Whatever your goals are in our mechanical engineering degree program, our faculty will…

WPI’s master’s in physics combines essential theoretical knowledge of physics principles with boundary-pushing research to equip you with the skills you need to pose and answer important questions and then solve problems in settings as varied as a pharmaceutical lab to a lecture hall. The expert faculty members are focused on helping you refine your interests, provide applied learning opportunities that will secure your professional future, and challenge you to make exciting discoveries and create new knowledge. Many industries seek a physicist’s skills—whether it’s working on applied optics in telecommunications, project work for leading software companies, developing modeling for banks…

WPI’s master's in the robotics engineering department is a leading, first-of-its-kind graduate degree in the nation and an internationally lauded academic program. And for all the serious research that goes on here, we encourage imaginative and creative work with robots. On a campus located in the heart of New England’s robotics industry, you’ll work on innovative robotics projects from the get-go alongside influential and renowned faculty in our state-of-the-art labs. That's part of what makes our master's degree in robotics engineering so different. The open and collaborative atmosphere allows idea sharing with fellow researchers, students, and faculty and fosters a community…

WPI’s master’s in Applied Mathematics will prepare you to use mathematics to solve complex problems in a wide variety of fields. You will gain expertise in the mathematical applications most in demand today as you apply your knowledge to tackle challenges in science, engineering, business, computer science, and industry.  

Whether you want to continue your career in industry or advance to an academic opportunity, WPI’s master’s in aerospace engineering provides the knowledge and research to help you follow your best path. The flexible aerospace engineering master’s program allows you to earn your degree on a part-time or full-time basis so you’ll be able to fit it around your current obligations. The program retains the robust educational opportunities to expand your knowledge and stimulate your creativity within research topics that might include electric propulsion or renewable energy.

WPI’s new master’s in applied physics lets you structure your own academic and professional path in areas ranging from photonics to medical physics. With a commitment to using physics applications in research and interfaces with other disciplines, WPI’s new applied physics masters prepares you for work in academia, industry, government, and healthcare. Close collaboration with the faculty and access to state-of-the-art facilities and labs will strengthen the work you do at WPI and the work you’ll do in your career.

WPI’s Master’s in Applied Statistics will give you the knowledge and hands-on experience needed to tackle challenges of statistical design, analysis, and control that arise across a wide variety of fields. Following WPI’s distinctive educational model, in which theory and practice go together, our master’s in applied statistics will provide an in-depth understanding of important statistical methods while deploying them to solve critical problems in the world around you. You’ll have the flexibility to tailor a path that matches your career goals and do research that matters to you in areas ranging from biostatistical application to big data analytics, to…

WPI’s coursework-based master’s in biochemistry is a part-time program designed for targeted, in-depth investigations in advanced topics in modern biochemistry. The flexible plan of study and individualized advising helps you tailor the program to your interests and career goals.  

WPI’s master’s in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) will prepare you to become a truly interdisciplinary scientist with expertise in computer science, informatics, and statistics on the one hand, and life sciences on the other. While other schools offer Bioinformatics as a concentration within a Biology program, WPI’s BCB department draws equally from three disciplines—Biology, Computer Science, and Mathematics. You will become versed in each and specialize in one, working alongside expert researchers to translate staggering volumes of biological data into new knowledge and uncover meaningful ways to improve health care and the environment.

WPI’s versatile master’s in Biology and Biotechnology will give you the rigorous knowledge, practical skills, and hands-on experience needed to launch a successful career in the life sciences or prepare for a medical or doctoral program. As a student in the full-time, thesis-based master’s in biology and biotechnology program, you will join a tight-knit, dynamic community of researchers dedicated to advancing the understanding of living organisms and their molecular underpinnings. You will make your own discoveries as you explore areas of interest, and gain essential laboratory training, in our cutting-edge research facilities.

The Master of Science in Bioscience Management provides students with the practical knowledge in the areas of biotechnology, chemistry and business administration to make strategic decisions within a bio-related industry.    

WPI’s master’s in Chemical Engineering engages you in important global research with off-site programs that are almost always international, so you can see impact of technology advancing society, from improving the speed and accuracy of medical diagnostics, to designing bioprocesses for producing anti-cancer drugs, to developing effective alternatives to fossil fuels. With a thesis or non-thesis option, your chemical engineering masters offers you one-on-one faculty mentorship and advising, a collaborative culture, challenging chemical engineering courses, and the hands-on learning opportunities that are hallmarks of the WPI experience. The grad-level seminar series also prepares you for career success by teaching you professional development and placing you in off-campus opportunities…

WPI’s coursework-based master’s in chemistry can be either a part-time or full-time, thesis or non-thesis, program program designed for targeted, in-depth investigations in advanced topics in modern chemistry. The flexible plan of study and individualized advising helps you tailor the program to your interests and career goals.

WPI’s master’s in Civil Engineering prepares you to build a better future for people and the planet. Your experience at WPI combines team-based collaboration, immersive research, and state-of-the-art equipment and lab space, positioning you alongside your peers and faculty who are working on solutions to critical societal problems.  

The Community Climate Adaptation MS degree program is a collaborative, research-based, joint-degree program offered through WPI’s Department of Integrative & Global Studies (DIGS) and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE). Students in the program will work within teams to use engineering, social science, and physical and biological science skills and expertise to address challenges of climate change impacts and capacities to adapt in communities around the world. Climate change is one of the Global Grand Challenges of our time. This problem doesn’t separate well into silos; rather, climate change is perhaps best understood as an intensifier of a great number of existing…

WPI’s interdisciplinary master’s in Construction Project Management (MS CPM) will prepare you to manage complex construction projects at every stage, from resource planning and risk mitigation to reporting. The rigorous yet practical program, offered both on campus and online, is based in WPI’s world-class Civil & Environmental Engineering department but bridges multiple disciplines to produce professionals knowledgeable in design and construction engineering processes, legal relations, and organization and management of resources.

Cyber security professionals hold essential roles in protecting organizations’ assets in industries including finance, insurance, manufacturing, public policy, and defense. WPI’s Master’s in Cyber Security trains students to be highly technical cyber security professionals who apply their knowledge within the contexts of business and human behavior. Unlike other master’s in cyber security programs, WPI’s Master’s in Cyber Security program teaches security subjects and skills within a societal context. Students learn rigorous technical material and its application within business, policy, and other fields. Students in WPI’s Master’s in Cyber Security graduate program choose courses that match their interests and specific career…

The Electrical & Computer Engineering master’s degree program at WPI offers extensive and rewarding research opportunities to advance your expertise in your specialty. 

The master’s in Environmental Engineering at WPI is designed with your unique needs in mind. The flexible curriculum lets you focus on your interests and goals in areas like physicochemical treatment processes, treatment of industrial wastes, and storm water quality control.

WPI’s professional master’s in Industrial Mathematics will prepare you to use sophisticated mathematics to solve increasingly complex problems that arise in business and industry. Through the rigorous and hands-on program, you will hone your analytic, modeling, and computational skills—and apply them to make in impact in an industry of interest, such as biology, computer science, physics, economics, or engineering. You will also undertake an industrial project and learn communication and business skills that prepare you to work in multidisciplinary teams and take leadership roles in the corporate world.