Yale School of Management

Yale SOM Announces New One-Year Master’s in Technology Management Program

Yale School of Management is launching a new master’s degree program for engineering grads who are interested in launching careers in technology and business.

The new one-year Master’s in Technology Management program is designed specifically to give grads of Yale’s School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) a strong foundation in business and leadership skills while enhancing technical knowledge. The program will be available to students starting in fall 2024 and grads of the program will receive a Master of Management Studies degree.

“Many of the greatest challenges—and opportunities—in the business world today involve the interdependence of technology and business decisions,” Yale SOM Dean Kerwin Charles says in a press release. “We’re delighted to be working with SEAS to leverage our respective areas of expertise while building on our shared commitment to giving Yale students the best possible business, management, and leadership training.”

FOUR-COMPONENT CURRICULUM

The Master’s in Technology Management program includes a curriculum with four components. Students kick off the summer before classes with a required internship to gain practical experience. In the fall, they take core courses in innovation, accounting and finance, marketing, and design. The last two components are elective courses at both SOM and SEAS, where students will dive into their chosen focus areas such as entrepreneurship, leadership, big data and artificial intelligence, mechanical engineering, and computer science.

Jeffrey Brock, the dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science and the Zhao and Ji Professor of Mathematics at Yale University, says the new program offers new opportunities not only for engineering students, but also for the engineering school and B-school.

“This program opens an exciting pathway for our undergraduate students who want to harness their engineering expertise to pursue ventures that can have a transformative impact on society,” Brock says. “By augmenting the technical training provided by a SEAS degree with the knowledge of management and the resources and networks of a great business school, our program builds on a heritage of interdisciplinary thinking, research, and teaching at Yale.”

Sources: Yale School of Management, Yale School of Management

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