Editing Systems engineering (section)

==Education==
{{Main|List of systems engineering universities}}
Education in systems engineering is often seen as an extension to the regular engineering courses,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gaudisite.nl/DidacticRecommendationsSESlides.pdf|title=Didactic Recommendations for Education in Systems Engineering|access-date=7 June 2007}}</ref> reflecting the industry attitude that engineering students need a foundational background in one of the traditional engineering disciplines (e.g. [[aerospace engineering]], [[civil engineering]], [[electrical engineering]], [[mechanical engineering]], [[manufacturing engineering]], [[industrial engineering]], [[chemical engineering]])—plus practical, real-world experience to be effective as systems engineers. Undergraduate university programs explicitly in systems engineering are growing in number but remain uncommon, the degrees including such material are most often presented as a [[Bachelor of Science|BS]] in Industrial Engineering. Typically programs (either by themselves or in combination with interdisciplinary study) are offered beginning at the graduate level in both academic and professional tracks, resulting in the grant of either a [[Master of Science|MS]]/[[MEng]] or [[Ph.D.]]/[[EngD]] degree.

INCOSE, in collaboration with the Systems Engineering Research Center at [[Stevens Institute of Technology]] maintains a regularly updated directory of worldwide academic programs at suitably accredited institutions.<ref name="edu_dir"/> As of 2017, it lists over 140 universities in North America offering more than 400 undergraduate and graduate programs in systems engineering. Widespread institutional acknowledgment of the field as a distinct subdiscipline is quite recent; the 2009 edition of the same publication reported the number of such schools and programs at only 80 and 165, respectively.

Education in systems engineering can be taken as ''systems-centric'' or ''domain-centric'':
* ''Systems-centric'' programs treat systems engineering as a separate discipline and most of the courses are taught focusing on systems engineering principles and practice.
* ''Domain-centric'' programs offer systems engineering as an option that can be exercised with another major field in engineering.
Both of these patterns strive to educate the systems engineer who is able to oversee interdisciplinary projects with the depth required of a core engineer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sistemas.unmsm.edu.pe/occa/material/INCOSE-ABET-SE-SF-21Mar06.pdf|title=Perspectives of Systems Engineering Accreditation|publisher=[[INCOSE]]|access-date=7 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615160805/http://sistemas.unmsm.edu.pe/occa/material/INCOSE-ABET-SE-SF-21Mar06.pdf<!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=15 June 2007}}</ref>