Carnegie Mellon University

Program Information

Degree Offered

Engineering and Technology Innovation Management MS degree; (Dual degree opportunities and a biocoastal track between Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley also available)

Format: Campus

Program Description:

E&TIM is an accelerated masters program designed for technically educated professionals with science and engineering backgrounds. If enrolled full-time, the E&TIM program can be completed in one year, and has an unusual schedule that runs from January to December, including a mandatory internship during the summer semester. E&TIM provides students with an understanding of the fundamentals of innovation and value creation, while also strengthening technical insights. E&TIM applicants aspire to lead technology development and engineering, create new technology-enabled ventures, develop business technology strategies, or to design policies to encourage technology innovation. The core courses of the program emphasize the fundamentals of innovation management in theory and practice. Electives enable students to focus the program to their technical interests and to specific topics in technology innovation management processes, policies or organizations. In addition, a required summer internship project provides hands-on corporate experience in E&TIM. E&TIM applicants can also choose additional study options, including: * A dual degree opportunity with E&TIM and one of Carnegie Mellon's 96-unit course-only masters programs out of the School of Engineering (CIT) * A bicoastal curriculum to take advantage of the software management strengths and Silicon Valley immersion at Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley.

# of Credits Required:

96

International Student Requirements:

If you are from a country in which English is not the primary language, the submission of an official TOEFL score report to E&TIM graduate admissions committee as part of your application package to the program. TOEFL is the "Test of English as a Foreign Language administered by ETS (www.ets.org/portal/site/ets). The TOEFL code for official score report submission to E&TIM is 69 (department) and 2074 (institution). When prompted to choose a department, please choose “Graduate,” not “Graduate Management.”

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Extensive

Institution Sector: Private not-for-profit

Locale: Large City

Size & Settings: 10,000 - 19,999