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The objective of ETM is to generate and transfer knowledge for making and implementing decisions which provide leadership in the management of engineering and technology. ETM addresses these issues at both the strategic and the operational levels of decision making.

ETM programs are designed for engineers and scientists moving toward technical management responsibilities while maintaining identity in their technology.

Choose from these Academic Programs and Degrees:

Ph.D. in Technology Management

Ph.D. in Systems Science/Engineering Management

Master of Science (M.S.) in Engineering and Technology Management

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Engineering Management:

Technology Management Option
Project Management Option
Civil Engineering Management Option

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Manufacturing Engineering (a description of this program is soon to be forthcoming)

Dual degree options:

M.S. in Engineering and Technology Management and M.S. in another Engineering discipline
M.S. in Engineering and Technology Management and an MBA
M.S. in Engineering and Technology Management and M.S. in other disciplines offered at PSU.

Ph.D. in Technology Management

PhD in Technology Management is a degree housed in our department with emphasis on various aspects of technology management. Students conduct research by applying a variety of methods and concepts to generate or expand knowledge in the technology management field. It is a more research-oriented degree with the students starting to develop their research areas early in their program. The admission decisions and the program rules and regulations are made by our department. When a student applies for admission to the PhD program in Technology Management, our faculty evaluates and makes the admit/reject recommendation directly.

Curriculum for Ph.D. in Technology Management click here

Ph.D. in SySc/Engineering Management

PhD in Systems Science/ Engineering Management is a multidisciplinary degree administered by the Systems Science Program. It has an emphasis on systems concepts and methodologies. Students from various disciplines across the campus apply systems thinking to their research areas. The admission decisions and the program rules and regulations are made by the Systems Science Program Office. When a student applies for admission to that program, we make the initial evaluation, and send the documents to the Systems Science office to make the admit/reject recommendation.

Curriculum for Ph.D. in SySc/Engineering Management click here

Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Management

The M.S. in Engineering and Technology Management provides students with a comprehensive program to meet the needs of engineers and scientists whose objective is to advance to technical management positions in business, industry, or government.

Master of Engineering in Engineering Management

The Master of Engineering Programs are open to full time employees or interns working in industry while pursuing their studies in the ETM.

Technology Management Option prepares engineers, scientists and individuals with related backgrounds working in technology-based positions for leadership in selecting, exploring, developing and utilizing technology within the corporate strategies.

Project Management Option provides a focused coverage of the analytical framework, organization concepts and interpersonal skills necessary for managing projects and programs.

Civil Engineering Management Option allows for Engineering and Technology Management specialization in Civil Engineering including the subdisciplines of Civil Engineering such as construction, transportation, water resources, structures and environmental engineering.

Dual Degree Options

Motivated and qualified students may work on completing two master's degrees simultaneously. Up to one third of the credits in the program with the lesser number of credits may be applied towards the other master's degree.

For example, to pursue a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering and Technology Management, a student must be admitted to both programs, develop an approved curriculum plan with the help of the departments' advisers, and then can use up to 15 credits from the Electrical and Computer Engineering department to fulfill electives in the Engineering and Technology Management department.

Past students have successfully completed dual Master's degrees resulting in an M.S. in Engineering and Technology Management and an M.S. in another Engineering department, an MBA, or a Master's degree in other disciplines.

Post-Baccalaureate Students
Prior to admission to the ETM, a student may apply to the university for admission as a Post-Baccalaureate student. Such students are allowed to take ETM courses for a demonstration of their academic performance to be evaluated by the ETM Admissions Committee upon completion of a specified number of credits.

Special Students
Engineering and Technology Management courses are available to the students admitted to graduate programs at PSU. A limited number of non-admitted students may also be considered for enrollment in select courses as special students with permission of the Department Chair.

Curriculum for M.S in Engineering and Technology Management click here

Minimum admission requirements for the Engineering and Technology Management Department include the following:

Degree in engineering or a related discipline from accredited academic institution.
Minimum GPA for Masters degree admission: 2.75 undergraduate or 3.0 graduate (at least 12 credits). Minimum GPA for Ph.D. applicants: 3.0 undergraduate or 3.25 graduate.
Minimum 4 years of experience in engineering or related discipline.
A background in probability/statistics, differential equations, computer programming and linear algebra.
Three letters of recommendation
Minimum 550 TOEFL for applicants from foreign universities for Masters applicants, 575 for Ph.D. applicants (TOEFL requirement is waived for applicants who have received a college degree from Australia, English-speaking Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand or the U.S.).
Minimum GRE for Ph.D. applicants: 1100 for the sum of verbal and quantitative, or verbal and analytical. (GRE is optional for Masters applicants.)

(Under certain circumstances consideration is given to applicants who may not have satisfied all of the conditions above.)

Engineering and Technology Management courses are available to the students admitted to the department. A limited number of non-admitted students may also be given special permission to take select courses with permission of the professor or program director.

Application Materials

The complete application materials are available on this website.

To apply on-line, please click here

M.S. in Engineering and Technology Management

A minimum of 52 credits in approved graduate courses is required to complete the master's degree in Engineering and Technology Management. The program consists of 28 credits in the core, 4 (or 8 with thesis option) credits in the capstone requirement, and 20 (or 16 with thesis option) credits in electives.

Core (28 credits)

Emgt 520 Management of Engineering and Technology (4 cr.)
Emgt 530 Decision making in Engineering and Technology Management (4 cr.)
Emgt 540 Operations Research in Engineering and Technology Management (4 cr.)
Emgt 545 Project Management in Engineering and Technology (4 cr.)
Emgt 555 Technology Marketing (4 cr.)

One of the following two courses:
Emgt 522 Communication and Team Building ( 4 cr.)
Mgmt 550 Organizational Management ( 4 cr.)

One of the following two courses:
Emgt 535 Engineering Economic Analysis ( 4 cr.)
Actg 511 Financial Accounting ( 4 cr.)

Capstone Requirement (One of the following):

Emgt 503 M.S. Thesis (8 cr.)
Emgt 589 Capstone Project ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 506 Special Project in ETM ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 590 Engineering Management Synthesis ( 4 cr.)

Electives (20 credits or 16 credits with thesis option)

Engineering and Technology Management Department offers a wide range of elective courses. In addition, students may choose electives in several other programs throughout the University with the approval of their advisor.

Elective Courses:

The Electives currently offered by the ETM department includes the following courses:

Emgt 525 Strategic Planning in Engineering and Tech. Mgmt. ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 537 Productivity Analysis ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 546 Project Scheduling and Network Analysis ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 550 Manufacturing Systems Engineering ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 551 Manufacturing Systems Management ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 552 Intelligent Manufacturing Systems ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 553 Manufacturing Systems Simulation ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 560 TQM: Total Quality Management ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 563 Reengineering the Technical Enterprise ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 565 Research Methods for Engineering and Tech. Mgmt. ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 571 Expert Systems in Engineering ( 4 cr.)
Emgt 510 Technology Assessment And Acquisition (4 cr.)
Emgt 510 New Product Development (4 cr.)
Emgt 510 Technology Forecasting (4 cr.)
Emgt 510 Technology Transfer (4 cr.)
Emgt 510 Organization Transformation Management (4 cr.)
Emgt 510 Digital Economy (4 cr.)
Emgt 510 Strategic Management of Technology (4cr.)
Emgt 510 Competitive Strategies in Technology Management (4 cr.)
Emgt 510 Economics Of Technological Innovation (4 cr.)
Emgt 510 International Law for Technology Management (4 cr.)

Ph.D. in Technology Management

In addition to the University's general degree requirements, the Ph.D. program in Engineering and Technology Management consists of the following steps:

Successful completion of the equivalent of at least 60 credits of coursework beyond the Bachelors degree distributed as below. All courses are four credits each. Students may choose additional courses in other academic units throughout the university, approved by their advisor, if such courses are supportive of the proposed research areas.
- CORE: At least 20 credits from the following courses, with at least one course from each group. Additional courses taken from this group beyond the minimum required 20 credit hours can be counted toward the fulfillment of the specialization course requirements described below.
  - Group-1: Management of Engineering and Technology. Innovation Management
  - Group-2: Project Management, Technology Marketing
  - Group-3: Strategic Management of Technology, Competitive Strategies in Technology Management
  - Group-4: Technology Assessment and Acquisition, Technology Transfer
- SPECIALIZATION: At least 20 credits from courses supporting the proposed research area:
- METHODOLOGY: At least 20 credits from the following courses:
12 credits of independent study supervised by ETM faculty culminating in the preparation of a research paper evaluated by the ETM faculty as being at the level of acceptable papers for a national or international conference on Engineering and Technology Management;
Successful completion of a comprehensive examination to demonstrate mastery of the Engineering and Technology Management field, including the defense of the research paper described above;
Selection of the dissertation advisor from the ETM faculty and formation of the Ph.D. committee including one member appointed by the Dean of Graduate Studies;
Development of the dissertation proposal and its approval by the Ph.D. committee resulting in the advancement to Ph.D. candidacy;
Registering for at least 27 dissertation credits while conducting the research after the advancement to candidacy;
Preparation of at least one publishable paper for a research journal or recognized refereed technical conference proceedings based upon the dissertation research;
Defense of the dissertation. Specialization areas of research related to emerging technologies, decision analysis, data envelopment analysis, technology evaluation, technology forecasting, technology road-mapping, technology transfer, technology diffusion, knowledge management, new product development, multi-criteria decision making, quantitative benchmarking, productivity management, project management, manufacturing management, technology marketing, resource optimization, strategic management of technology, and human side of technology management are available.

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Ph.D. in Systems Science/Engineering Management

The Ph.D. in Systems Science/Engineering Management is a single-discipline option of the Systems Science Ph.D. Program (Departmental Option).

The program requirements are a master's degree in engineering management or equivalent coursework, 9 credits of Systems Science core courses, 9 credits of additional Systems Science or approved Engineering and Technology Management systems-related courses, and 9 credits of other approved coursework. Twenty-seven credits of dissertation research are also required. Specialization areas of research related to technology management, decision theory, operations research, project management, manufacturing management, technological innovations, technology planning, and knowledge-based systems in Engineering and Technology Management are available.

Ph.D. in Systems Science/Engineering Management Curriculum

Minimum course requirements: 72 quarter-credits beyond the B.S. degree distributed as follows:
- 16 credits in Engineering and Technology Management
- 16 credits in Systems Science
- 16 credits in the minor area
- 16 credits in research methodology area
Comprehensive examinations in all four areas within five years of admission to the Ph.D. program. Each written examination is four hours long. The written exams are followed by a 2-3 hour oral examination.
Formation of a 5-person doctoral committee including the committee chair and at least one member from the ETM, one member from the System Science Program, and a faculty representative for the Graduate Office.
Advancement to candidacy within one year after the comprehensives, upon the acceptance of the dissertation proposal by the student's doctoral committee.
Completion of the doctoral research and the defense of dissertation within five years of advancement to candidacy.

Testimonials from ETM Students:

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Stacey Ewton is the Director of e-Business Strategies for Portland General Electric. Such a position likely didn't exist five years ago. Stacey is in charge of PGE 's entire e-business strategy - from concept through deployment. Planned E- business initiatives are in the $70 million a year range.

"The ETM program broadened my skill set and enabled me to command a senior level executive employment position. My advisor in the ETM program identified the Internet as a potential TOPic for my dissertation. This suggestion catapulted my career and provided the knowledge to command a premium salary," explained Stacey.