MGBM - Track 2: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Master of Global Management (MGM) - Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Overview

The program is a full-time pre-experience postgraduate degree program. It is tailor-made for fresh engineering, science or management graduates, both Chinese and international, who are interested and determined in gaining knowledge and skills to encourage innovation management and harness the power of technology within global organizations or Chinese business context. Upon completion of this program, students will become not only equipped with skills to take a leadership role in innovation and technology management but also with cutting-edge knowledge and practical sense of doing business in China.

Research Orientations

1. Engineering Economics and Project Evaluation 2. Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship 3. Investment Decision-making Analysis 4. Technological Innovation Management

Duration of Learning

Total 2 – 2.5 years, including 1 to 1.5 years for program courses and at least 1 year in preparation for a thesis for master degree. All the required courses must be finished within 4 years.

Credits

Master candidates shall earn no less than 28 credits, including 6 credits for public courses, 12 credits for core courses, 8 credits for elective courses and 2 credits for compulsories. Students who don’t have a background in economics or management must select the catch-up courses, which will not be granted any credit.

Note: 18 credit hours per credit; 2 or 3 credits per course.

Highlights

• New approaches to innovation based on the science of management, driven by the communication and the caliber of fully leveraging technology and information.
• Gain advanced knowledge and practical sense of doing business in China through an interesting line up of lectures, workshop, and seminars delivered by renowned scholars and industry experts.
• Exposure to Real-life Business: engage with real challenges in China-based companies seeking for fresh solutions to their existing business challenges and sharpen your career path through the International business consultation project.
• Start your venture on campus: Our Innovation and Entrepreneur center “Tongji Venture Valley” provides students with the platform to bring ideas to life and gives daily contact with a start-up culture.
• Possible to get a double degree within 2.5 years of study: one Master degree from Tongji plus one Master degree from international partner institutions such as ESCP Europe, EMLYON Business School, EBS, HHL Leipzig, Politecnico di Milano and etc.
• One-on-one mentoring with a designated faculty member for thesis writing for degree-seeking students.
• A wealth of extracurricular activities on campus: e.g. Shanghai City tour, Cultural activities like paper-cutting, Chinese calligraphy, dumpling-making, Shadow-boxing, one-day excursion to water-town, Chat with Dean, Chinese buddy program, New year party, International Food Carnival, Chinese Festival Revelry, Chinese corner and etc.

Timetable

Students' Nationality

For the students’ nationality, we take the statistics for the most recent three academic years as an example. Besides the Chinese master students, each academic year, international students from more than twenty countries study in the program. They joined in the master degree-seeking program, master double degree program and non-degree program. The proportion of international students and Chinese students is about two to one. Please find the following graph concerning the students’ nationality.

Diploma and Certificate

Upon completion of the all the degree requirements for the MTEM study at Tongji, the students will be conferred Master’s Degree of Science in Management and a Graduation Certificate from Tongji University.

Contact Us

email to: tongji_sem_yu@hotmail.com, semtj@tongji.edu.cn

Add.: International Cooperation Office of SEM, Room 1301, Tongji Building A, No. 1500, Siping Rd. Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China, 200092

Tongji University began programs in Economics and Management in 1956 and was one of the earliest universities in China to launch such programs. The School of Economic Management was founded in 1984 and merged with the Business School to become the School of Economics and Management (hereinafter referred to as SEM) in 1998. At present, SEM covers the main disciplines of Economics and Management through the Department of Management Science and Engineering, the Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, the Department of Business Administration, the Department of Accounting, the Department of Public Administration, and the Department of Economics and Finance. Corresponding research institutes and laboratories have also been established in second-level disciplines. After over fifty years of development, SEM has gradually established a mission of Innovation, Cultivation, and Service with a goal of Internationalization and a strong research orientation. SEM currently boasts 210 faculty members, among whom 60 are professors, 74 are associate professors. At present, there are more than 1500 registered undergraduates, over 4000 postgraduates (including academic postgraduates and postgraduates of professional degrees, such as MBA, Master of Public Administration, Master of Engineering Management, EMBA) and doctoral candidates. After about 30-year development, SEM has cultivated thousands of professional management talents, who are now playing important roles in the development of the national economy. Scientific research, both academic and applied, is the main focus of the school’s development. Focusing on the real needs of discipline construction and economic development, SEM combines teaching and scientific research. SEM actively undertakes research programs at the national level, working with concerned ministries, commissions, and enterprises. Meanwhile, international cooperative programs have been developed with many foreign scientific research institutions, colleges, and universities in the US, Germany, Switzerland, etc. The overall scientific research level ranks among the top in business schools in China. International cooperation and exchange are one of SEM’s significant features and advantages. SEM has collaborated in undergraduate and graduate programs with ESCP Europe Business School and ESSEC Business School, an MBA double-degree program with Manchester Business School, an EMBA double-degree program with the University of Mannheim, MBA and Finances programs with Case Western Reserve University, and the SIMBA program with ENPC School of International Management. At present, SEM has established collaborative partnerships with over 70 renowned business schools and universities in 26 countries in terms of faculty exchanges, scientific research, and student exchange. SEM has had many achievements in its international growth and disciplinary development. At present, SEM is an official member of AACSB, EFMD, AMBA, and PRME.It has been awarded AMBA Accreditation, EQUIS Accreditation, and AACSB Accreditation. In 2014, SEM was ranked the seventh among Top Business Schools of Mainland China in Eduniversal Worldwide Business School Ranking, and it has also been honored the Most Influential Brand of MBA Program by Forbes, China. In 2016, SEM’s Master in Management was globally ranked the 50th by Financial Times. In the future, Tongji-SEM will pursue its efforts to develop an internationally-renowned School of Economics and Management.