Expanding upon its long legacy of excellence, the Department of Management Sciences at Waterloo Engineering has undergone an official name change to better encapsulate the unit’s distinctive, interdisciplinary approach to education within the engineering field.
The introduction of the department’s new name – Management Science and Engineering (MSE) – follows more than a year of discussions, meetings and town halls with students, faculty, staff, alumni and senior engineering faculty leadership.
According to Dr. Mary Wells, dean of engineering, the department’s new title not only better highlights the distinctive training engineering students receive, and the expertise of the department’s faculty members, but also better caters to the broader engineering community’s need for professionals with interdisciplinary skills.
“There is a growing demand for technically proficient engineers who can approach organizational problems with an interdisciplinary mindset, a human-centred perspective and a strong grasp of business principles,” says Wells.
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