Mastering complexity.
Creating clarity.
Systems Engineering involves understanding complex needs and developing, testing, and deploying effective solutions in engineering, business, and the social sciences. Our program empowers you with the skills that industries and communities around the world increasingly rely on, so you can create meaningful impact wherever your career takes you.
Systems Engineering at Cornell offers a range of robust, graduate-level educational experiences, as well as opportunities to design your own degree to meet your career goals, engage in exciting multi-disciplinary research, and pursue either an on-campus or distance-learning education.
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Fraser, Deng present NSPE 2026 keynote on congestion pricing
The faculty discussed the impacts of NYC’s congestion pricing at the National Society of Professional Engineers Annual Conference.
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Research Matters returns, following ideas from the lab to real life
The second season of Research Matters, a Cornell video podcast, drops today, with a way-too-relevant episode on why we don’t always do the things we know we should.
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Cornell researchers build ‘digital twin’ to model Manhattan air quality
Cornell engineers have developed a “digital twin” framework that creates a real-time virtual representation of urban carbon dioxide conditions, creating a tool that could help city planners monitor emissions, identify hotspots and evaluate potential interventions before implementing them in the real world.
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These 4 bold projects could actually change our clean-energy future
Upcoming Events
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Ezra Systems Seminar: Xue Teng (York)
When Virtual Vision Differs from Reality: Tracking Perception and Action VR and AR wearable displays offer novel visual experiences that are captivating but can easily overwhelm our visual system. Hea…
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Ezra Systems Seminar: Aruna Sivakumar (Imperial College)
Powering Smart Grids: The Case for Rigorous Modelling of Electric Vehicle Charging and Discharging Behaviour Electric Vehicles hold transformative potential as distributed energy assets while also add…
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Systems Engineering M.Eng. Virtual General Info Session – Sept 23
Register Now Learn about: On-Campus & Distance Learning M.Eng. Options Curriculum Courses & M.Eng. Project Overview Admission Requirements & Procedures Waived GREs for the ’26-…
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Systems Engineering On-Campus M.Eng. Virtual Info Session – Oct 1
Register Now Learn about: On-Campus Curriculum Courses & M.Eng. Project Overview Admission Requirements & Procedures Waived GREs for the ’26-’27 application season. Be sure to as…