What is the difference between Industrial Technology and Manufacturing Engineering Technology?
The differences between educational programs in engineering technology and industrial technology include type of faculty, use of facilities, mathematics and science sequence content, and degree of specialization. Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs tend to emphasize processes more than the product being manufactured. They tend to be narrower in scope and do not normally attempt to develop manual skills. The nature of the engineering technology field requires that these programs include a fairly high level of math and science. Engineering technology courses are traditionally taught by professional engineers. Industrial Technology programs tend to be even more “hands-on” than Engineering Technology programs and are more slanted toward products than processes. They typically include some manual skill development in many broad areas and are usually less rigorous in the math and science requirements than Engineering Technology programs. Because of the broadness of the field, Indus
