Industrial technology
Bachelor of Industrial Technology
Linking engineers, technology and industry
This degree provides the management and technical skills you need to bridge the gap between engineers and technicians in fields such as business, manufacturing, industry and government.
As a student in this program, you will learn to create and manage complex technological systems. Students develop in-depth knowledge and gain hands-on experience in basic and advanced industrial processes, procedures, planning and management.
Graduates are well equipped for professional and technical careers at the supervisory or management levels at companies like NASA, General Motors, Dow Chemical, Micron, Hewlett Packard, Boeing, Bechtel, Babcock, & Wilcox (BBWI), Intel, Lockheed-Martin, Caterpillar, and many others.
Overview
Related Topics
Connect engineers and technicians across business, manufacturing and industry
Degree fit
This program could be a good fit if you:
- Enjoy math and engineering
- Are interested in working with technology
- Like to solve complex problems
- Have strong project management skills
Career outcomes
Current job openings
692 in ID, WA, OR, MT and HIPotential careers and starting salaries
- Industrial Engineers
$79,438 - Industrial Production Managers • Quality Control Systems Managers
$82,940 - Industrial Ecologists
$58,114 - Quality Control Analysts
$37,236 - Industrial Engineering Technicians
$51,260
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Financial aid and scholarship opportunities
Financial aid
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Scholarships
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Clubs and involvement opportunities
Hands-on learning
All U of I College of Engineering students, especially undergraduates, participate in hands-on activities through:
- Idaho’s only Grand Challenge Scholars Program: Preparing undergraduates to solve the biggest challenges facing society in the 21st century.
- Nationally-ranked Senior Capstone Design Program: Emphasizing the design process and the creation of a thoughtfully engineered, tested and validated outcome or prototype. Interdisciplinary teams showcase their work at our annual Engineering Design EXPO.
Clubs and organizations
Our college offers 20+ clubs and organizations tied to international and national engineering organizations, including national competition teams.
- Humanitarian Engineering Corps (HEC)
- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
- Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society (TBP)
Paid employment related to your major
- Cooperative Education Program (Co-op): Get paid up to $20,000 for a six-month session working with Micron, HP, BorgWarner, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in between your junior and senior years.
Internships and summer programs
- : Earn a nationally competitive wage during a 10- to 16-week internship at the nation’s leading center for nuclear energy research and development. For students pursuing STEM fields.
- : Mentor-directed, career-related internship programs that contribute to NASA’s mission. Sessions are held in fall, spring and summer and are open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students.
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF): Receive a $4,000 student fellowship and $1,000 stipend to work on faculty-mentored projects full-time in any field of study.
- RISE Germany offers undergraduate students the opportunity to complete a summer research internship at top German universities and research institutions.
Application information
Undergraduate applications open each September and admissions are processed on a rolling basis. Qualified students are admitted and considered for scholarships and financial aid as applications are received.
Explore admission requirements and apply on our Admissions website.