This educational program focuses on the application of systems engineering and system architecture to the design and construction of modern combat systems and their integration with host platforms, with each other, and with other forces into network-centric warfighting systems. This program frequently includes in depth instruction in systems engineering, chemical systems, computer programming, material systems, biological systems, human factors, sensor systems, combat environments, threat and system risk assessment, combat simulation, conventional and unconventional weapons, reliability and maintenance, testing, strategic planning and applications to aerospace, ground, engineering project management, and naval combat systems.
The accredited schools, colleges and universities listed below offer majors and degree programs in Combat Systems Engineering.
Naval Postgraduate School
| Phone Number: | (831) 656-2511 |
| Website: | www.nps.edu |
| School Type: | 4-year public |
| Awards Offered: | Postbaccalaureate certificate Master’s degree Post-master’s certificate Doctor’s degree – research/scholarship |
| Campus setting: | Midsize suburb |
| Campus housing: | No |
| Student Population: | 3,990 (0 undergraduate) |
| Student-to-faculty Ratio: | 10 to 1 |
| Admissions: | www.nps.edu/NewStudents/index.html |