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The Portland Advantage

Our campus is located in downtown Portland, the Rose City, situated in one of the most beautiful and livable regions in the world. The city serves as a center of an area experiencing explosive growth in the high technology industries that helped nickname it the Silicon Forest. It owes the name to the presence of a large semiconductor community, spearheaded by Intel’s largest site in the world, and on an ocean of pristine forest.

 

This affords students unparalleled opportunities for professional advancement, as well as unlimited recreational opportunities featuring beaches of the Pacific Ocean, clear waters of myriad of streams, rivers, and lakes, and snow-packed Cascade Mountains.

 

 

 

Oregon




"Max" is Portland's light rail system. There are also vintage trolleys operating sometimes on weekends. Max and bus transportation downtown are free. There are many venues for music and shows in Portland.

Sternwheelers and small cruise boats carry tourists on the river; some travel by river to the coast or to Idaho, the next state to the east. Multnomah falls is a popular tourist destination. There are many paths through the forest and there is a lodge with a restaurant, lounge and gift shop.

Walkway by Multnomah Falls. A footbridge in the Japanese Gardens, one of many attractions in Washington Park, which overlooks Portland.

It is approximately a two-hour drive to the coast from Portland. This picture was taken at Cannon Beach, Oregon.



Testimonials from ETM Students:

Karen Eden

Karen Eden is an assistant professor at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), one of the best medical schools in the United States. She is an experienced healthcare research specialist and educator with absolutely no engineering background. So why select ETM for continuing her master's and Ph.D. education?

"ETM opened up the way I approach decisions. By understanding the basics of decision analysis, one of the key principles of technology management, I was able to apply the same techniques to deciding whether to screen a population for disease or perform a particular diagnostic test. Upon graduation from the program, I confidently began my new position as faculty at a medical university."


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