MSc Innovation and Technology Management
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Key Information
Campus location
Milan, Italy
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
MSc Innovation and Technology management
The specific learning objectives of the M.S.c in Innovation and Technology Management includes:
- The ability to understand macroeconomic scenarios and technological developments with a significant impact on the organization and management of businesses. The programme offers the fundamental economic and technological understanding students need in order to frame and analyze business contexts in which companies operate and the potential applications of new technologies.
- Knowledge of legal matters: the programme includes courses designed to address the legal implications of implementing technology adoption programmes, both in terms of civil and criminal law
- The ability to analyze innovation projects economically and financially. The programme provides students with knowledge of the performance-measurement and capital-budgeting tools required to evaluate projects on an economic and financial level
- Knowledge of business models. The programme is designed to familiarize students with features of today's most promising business models, and to provide them with the necessary tools, not only for adopting these models in medium-large businesses with pre-established structures but also for launching new business initiatives in the form of start-ups
- The ability to recognize the potential for innovation in products and processes, and to plan and carry out implementation projects, evaluating them on an ex-post basis. The programme provides students with an understanding of market and customer-needs analysis
- Relational skills. The programme is designed to provide students with the relevant relational skills for operating in business context that, by their nature, will be multidisciplinary and highly international
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
First Year
- IT coding, tools and security
- Intellectual property and labour law
- Materials physics and technologies + Lab. Technologies in action
- One elective course among:
Economics of innovation
Global challenges and firm strategies
- Two elective courses among:
Management control systems and performance measurement
Omnichannel management
Organizing and leading change
Project and people management
- One elective course among:
Cross-cultural negotiation
History of innovation
Privacy and security
Work psychology and smart working
Second Year
Curriculum in Innovation process management
- Applied statistics for business analytics
- Finance and risk management
- Strategic supply chain management
- Strategies for emerging technologies
- Elective courses
- Internship or Innovation process management Lab
- Thesis
Curriculum in Entrepreneurship
- Applied statistics for business analytics
- Design thinking and start-up launch
- Marketing innovation
- Project financing and open innovation
- Elective courses
- Internship or Entrepreneurship Lab
- Thesis
Elective courses
- History of innovation
- Cross-cultural negotiation
- Work psychology and Smart working
- Privacy and security
- Global challenges and firm strategies
- Economics of innovation
- Omnichannel management
- Organizing and leading change
- Management control systems and performance measurement
- Project and people management
Program Outcome
- Degree awarded: Laurea magistrale in Innovation and technology management
- Total ECTS: 120
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
To be a graduate of the degree in Innovation and Technology Management is to have multiple career opportunities, both as manager in large enterprises and SMEs, supporting business change processes and developing product and market analysis or innovation processes, and as start-upper and partner of a new venture creation.
Graduates from the ITEM master’s programme are prepared to enter careers in fields focused on innovation in: large companies in the manufacturing or services sectors; small and medium-sized enterprises; consultancy firms; international organizations; agencies offering technology transfer and support for new innovative businesses; science and technology parks; business incubators and accelerators; and in universities and other research institutions.
The ITEM master’s degree not only provides employment opportunities in sectors where innovation is central to strategic action (science-based start-ups, large ICT firms, specialists in/producers of digital technologies, energy sector businesses and organizations) but also in more traditional sectors where innovation is linked to the adoption and conceptualizations of new technologies, such as: textiles and clothing, furniture, agri-food, banking, insurance, health and public administration, and all traditional manufacturing sectors in general.