A Sampling of Tech Management Programs

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY in Boston offers a part-time high-tech MBA program for working engineers and other technology professionals (http://www.cba.neu.edu/).

THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S EXECUTIVE MASTER'S IN TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT is an MBA alternative taught by Penn engineering and Wharton business professors in Philadelphia (http://www.emtm.upenn.edu).

THE LEADERS FOR MANUFACTURING PROGRAM AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY in Cambridge offers a dual MBA-M.S. degree (http://lfm.mit.edu), whereas the System Design and Management program (http://sdm.mit.edu) is a technical alternative to an MBA program, leading to an M.S. in engineering and management. Both programs are jointly sponsored by the Sloan School of Management and the School of Engineering.

THE NEW "ENGINEERED" MBA AT DEAKIN UNIVERSITY in Melbourne, Australia, is tailored to aspiring and practicing managers working in engineering and science (http://www.eeaust.com.au/MBA2004Details.pdf).

One of the latest entrants in the tech MBA sphere is NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY in Minneapolis. Its program, which begins this fall, is taught entirely online and is designed for working engineers and IT professionals (http://www.ntu.edu/Ac/degrees.asp?DEGREE=MBA).

For other technology management programs, see the searchable list of MBA programs at PETERSON'S EDUCATION PORTAL, http://Petersons.com/.