Program Structure

Five core courses including a capstone project totaling 48 units

1. Strategy and Management of Technological Innovation – 12 units
2. ETIM Seminar on Innovation Management in Practice – 6 units
3. Engineering & Technology Innovation Management in Practice – 6 units
4. Product/Process Project Course – 12 units (e.g. Quantitative Entrepreneurship: Analysis for New Technology Commercialization or Lean Product Development)
5. Data Science for Technology, Innovation and Policy – 12 units

We’ll work closely with you and your chosen track to select electives that best meet your individual learning objectives.

• Engineering and Technology electives totaling 24 units

  These may include graduate engineering courses based on your background and interest in Biomedical, Chemical, Civil & Environmental, Electrical & Computer, or Mechanical Engineering, Engineering & Public Policy, Materials Science & Engineering or Interdisciplinary Engineering.

  
  

  These may also include other Technical Graduate Courses from the School of Computer Science or the Mellon College of Science.

• Innovation Management electives totaling 24 units

  The following ETIM Innovation and Management electives are specifically designed to develop competencies central to Innovation Management and may be counted as either Technical or Innovation Management Electives.

  
  
  1. 19694 Leadership and Innovation Management – 6 units
  2. 19676 Product Management Studio – 12 units
  3. 19671 Tech Start-up: Market Discovery – 6 units
  4. 19672 Tech Start-up: Building Your Own Company – 6 units
  5. 19657 Introduction to Venture Finance – 6 units
  6. 19658 A1 Corporate Venturing and Innovation - 6 units
  7. 19689 Finance for Innovation – 6 units
  8. 19691 Decision Making Methods for Innovation Management – 6 units
  9. 19687 Managing Research, Development and Innovation – 6 units

  Based on your interests, you may also choose courses from the Tepper School of Business or the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public policy, which cover topic areas including Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Product Management, or Leadership and Innovation.

Hands-on, real-world work experience

The internship is the "ultimate elective" for the ETIM program.

Ideally, it will provide you with the opportunity to apply what you are learning in the program in a real-world situation.

Through an internship, you will learn things about yourself, how you work with different stakeholders in a new organization, how that organization measures your success, as well as the technical specifics of whatever role you have in the organization.

While you will be responsible for securing your own internship, you’ll receive guidance from the ETIM Executive Director and your Program Career Advisor.

We have extensive relationships with world-class innovation companies and will assist you in getting an internship that aligns with your interests and talents.

This one-year, full-time professional MS is the standard degree offered by the ETIM program for future innovation management leaders.

• One-year accelerated learning program
• January 2021 – December 2021
• Pittsburgh main campus
• Summer internship required
• Apply by January 15 for March notification
• Apply by August 31 for September notification

This two-year dual degree option helps students to further hone their engineering acuity and develop into innovation management leaders.

• Flexible two-year program integrated with one of the following College of Engineering MS programs: Biomedical, Chemical, Civil & Environmental, Electrical & Computer, Material Science, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Create one application for both the ETIM program and the College of Engineering program you’re interested in pursuing. The ETIM program admissions committee makes ETIM application decisions independent of other College of Engineering programs application decisions.
• Dual Degree students typically start in the Fall with their School of Engineering program. Then they complete a year with ETIM and return the following Spring to their traditional engineering program.
• Some Dual Degree departments allow for a Spring start. In this case, 2-year program attendance is completed consecutively.
• Apply by the earlier deadlines of individual School of Engineering departments (please reference the other department websites.)

This bi-coastal option gives future innovation management leaders the opportunity to learn and network in America’s tech epicenter – Silicon Valley.

• One-year accelerated learning program
• January – December
• Spring semester in Pittsburgh and Fall semester in Silicon Valley
• Silicon Valley immersion during the Fall semester
• Elective coursework is limited to Silicon Valley offerings
• Early admission: apply by January 15 for March notification
• Final admission: apply by August 31 for September notification

This two-year part-time option is designed to help Pittsburgh working professionals become innovation management leaders.

• Two-year, part-time learning program
• Spring and Fall entry options
• Pittsburgh Main Campus
• Designed for Working Pittsburgh-Area Professionals
• Apply by January 15 for March notification
• Apply by August 31 for September notification