Master's Degree in "Innovation in Technology and Entrepreneurship". Department of Electrical Engineering of Technological education. Faculty of Technological Applications. Technological Educational Institute of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.

Description

Purpose of the program is the Innovation in Technology and Entrepreneurship and covers various aspects of the object, from the conception of new business ideas to their implementation with the use of modern technology.
This Postgraduate Program aims to educate and provide skills to graduates who aspire to become high-level business executives or future entrepreneurs, both in the field of technology and in the field of management.
Courses are taught in the first two semesters, while in the third postgraduate students focus on the writing of master's thesis. Postgraduate students are taught courses on the subject of Business Administration in the first semester of studies and specialized courses in peak Technology fields in the second semester, both at a theoretical and a practical level.
The subject area of the courses covers both general and highly sophisticated topics, such as nanotechnology, biomedical technology, artificial intelligence, etc. During their studies, postgraduate students use laboratories with the latest equipment such as TEM, SEM/EDX, SAXS/WAXS, GRID-CERN etc. Hence, graduates understand the knowledge acquired and can apply them to start their own businesses or seek careers in various sectors of industry, such as administration, construction, research, business consultancy, or even pursue an academic career.
Also, graduates can work professionally in CERN, given the establishment of the supercomputer system GRID-TIER2-CERN in the department of Electrical Engineering.

Further Information

The aim of the postgraduate program is to provide knowledge in issues of Administration and Management of Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, as well as to provide advanced knowledge in the entire range of new technologies and cutting-edge technologies.
This is a Postgraduate Program which aims to train graduates who aspire to become high-level business executives or future entrepreneurs, both in the field of technology and in the field of management. The Master program, lasting three (3) semesters, concerns postgraduate students of various specializations with the ambition to design and develop innovative technological products and to manage innovative businesses in an economic, social, environmental and ethical standpoint. It covers various aspects of the object, from the conception of new business ideas to their implementation with the use of modern technology.

Relation To Employment

Holders of qualifications that belong to this type may work either as self-employed or in positions of responsibility in companies and organizations in the private or in the public sector.

Transitions

Access to this type of qualification have those who hold a Bachelor Degree (level 6). The selection of graduate students is mainly based on the following criteria: the overall grade of the Bachelor Degree, the grades in undergraduate courses that are relevant with the subjects of the Master’s program, the performance in thesis, where is foreseen at the undergraduate level and any research activity of the candidate. The detailed application of the above mentioned criteria, the definition of additional criteria or the conducting of examinations and interviews, the results of which are taken into account in the selection, are determined by decision of the relevant Department.
Holders of such qualifications gain access to study programmes at the same level or at level 8.

Ways To Aquire

Qualifications of this type are acquired via formal education.