Hi,
I was recently accepted to UCSD as an undergrad into the Management science major.
However, I want to do Industrial Engineering, and I applied to Management Science because I thought it was the closest substitute.
I recently found out that at UCSD, you can design your own major, and I was wondering if I can “design” an industrial engineering major even if I did not apply to the college of Engineering at UCSD?
Does anybody know what the procedure is like, and wether or not there are certain requirements?
Thanks 
That’s a good question. I have a friend who’s studying Climate Engineering, but I don’t know if he was originally admitted to engineering. I would call UCSD Academic Advising or admissions to find out.
Also, what is industrial engineering? Is it different from mechanical engineering?
Yes it is different @DoctorP, generally speaking ME and IE are similar during the first year or 2, but then IE becomes more centered on operations management, logistics etc…
Industrial Engineering is basically management science + a broad understanding of Engineering principles. That is my limited understanding of IE.
Interesting. It sounds like you also might want to consider double majoring, for example in Management Science and Engineering Physics or something similar.
Yes, my second option is to major in mechanical engineering and minor in management science.
Can someone at least tell me who i should ask about this ?
Call admissions tomorrow and see if they’ll connect you to academic advising or someone who can tell you about designing your own major
https://revelle.ucsd.edu/academics/tools-resources/individual-major.html this should help, but I don’t know if it only applies to Revelle students