<p>Unless you actually went through both curriculums, your opinion is just speculation. Based on your assessment however, UVA “systems and information engineers” would make terrible manufacturing engineers and industrial engineers. VT’s program prepares students for incredible opportunities in the manufactuing, health care, service, and government industries as well as industrial engineering consulting work. There’s a reason VT is ranked in the top 5 for undergraduate ISE study year in and year out and UVA is not.</p>