EPD by the Numbers

Online Master's Degrees

EPD offers the award-winning Master of Engineering in Professional Practice (MEPP), the automotive industry-recognized Master of Engineering in Engine Systems (MEES), and the Master of Engineering in Technical Japanese (METJ).

Each is an Internet-based distance degree program available to engineers and related technical professionals around the world.

As of January 2010:

  • Fifty-eight (58) students are enrolled in MEPP's two-year program
  • MEES has 45 students enrolled in its three-year program
  • METJ has 11 active students, who have up to five years to complete their degree
  Online Degree Program '09 Graduates Alumni
  Master of Engineering in Professional Practice (MEPP) 31 246
  Master of Engineering in Engine Systems (MEES) 13 37
  Master of Engineering in Technical Japanese (METJ) 5 31

Course Statistics

The following demonstrates the breadth of EPD's continuing education opportunities:

  • 40 on-site, customized courses offered at locations requested by our clientele; 1000 enrollees
  • 4 courses offered at a distance via audiographics teleconference system: 70 enrollees
  • Railroad engineering: 9 course offerings for railroad and transportation engineers/consultants, railroad managers, track supervisors, inspectors and others
  • Electric power: 40 course offerings for electric utility engineers, senior technicians, managers, and others
  • Infrastructure engineering and management: approximately 75 course offerings for highway designers, traffic engineers, stormwater managers, other public works professionals
  • Ammonia refrigeration: 12 course offerings and on-site training, emphasizing safety, best practices, and peak performance/efficiency, and the Industrial Refrigeration Consortium
  • Chemical and process engineering: 20 course offerings for process/production engineers, process chemists and biochemists, research scientists, managers and others
  • Building mechanical systems: 40 course offerings emphasizing HVAC, ventilation, piping and commissioning for mechanical/plant engineers, architects, contractors
  • Building code, maintenance and inspection: 15 course offerings for building inspectors, architects, planners, builders; two courses in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce
  • Commissioning process provider certification: awarded to more than 100 building professionals who successfully completed the building commissioning curriculum and exam
  • Project and engineering management: 10 course offerings for a wide variety of professionals leading design, construction, and engineering projects.
  • Maintenance management certificate: for maintenance professionals, materials and purchasing managers, plant managers, and professionals with related product, process or facility responsibilities.
  • Operations management certificate: for VPs, directors and managers of manufacturing and operations, general managers, plant managers, industrial managers, production control managers and staff, planners and master schedulers, design and process improvement engineers, materials/inventory managers, procurement managers, MIS managers, systems administrators, and controllers.
  • Laser welding certificates: two certificate series are available that incorporate the guidelines of ISO, FDA, and AWS to provide the best practice standards for the laser welding industry.
  • Technical leadership certificate: for technical professionals transitioning into managerial and leadership roles.