The TI:GER program is a STEM concentration in strategy and technology innovation. Georgia Tech allows MBA students to have only one concentration. If you choose TI:GER as your concentration, it is your only concentration.
TI:GER is a technology innovation program. Although students do learn technology commercialization, technology innovation is much broader and much deeper, giving MBA students many more career options.
No. All TI:GER courses are electives like all other electives that count toward completion of your MBA degree.
No. All TI:GER courses and labs, like all other MBA courses, award credit hours, and each credit hour is a standard unit.
No. TI:GER offers courses only during the spring term and the fall term.
Yes. Through the TI:GER program, you can meet with investors, entrepreneurs, lawyers, corporate innovation executives, and others in the local and global innovation community.
The deadline for TI:GER application submission is October 1. You receive a decision by email before November 1.
There is no formula for acceptance. We review the entire application, including work experience, academic achievement, and your written responses in the application.
No. This is an educational program; however, some students have launched successful startups through the TI:GER program.
TI:GER is the educational program for the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL-Atlanta), which is a global milestone-based mentoring program for massively-scalable science-based startups.
Yes. After admission to the TI:GER program and before the start of the first course, Ph.D. students must take and pass online, asynchronous, preparatory educational modules on a selection of important business fundamentals, such as marketing and finance.
No. TI:GER offers courses only during the spring term and the fall term.
TI:GER is a technology innovation program. Although students do learn technology commercialization, technology innovation is much broader and much deeper, giving Ph.D. students many more career options.
Yes. Ph.D. students can join TI:GER in their first year at Georgia Tech.
No. We welcome Ph.D. candidates without their dissertation projects. You can enter the TI:GER program (a) without a project, (b) with your Ph.D. dissertation project, or (c) with a project from your lab.
The deadline for TI:GER application submission is October 1. You receive a decision by email before November 1.
There is no formula for acceptance. We review the entire application, including academic achievement and your written responses in the application.
No, but you can apply again to the TI:GER program for the next year.
No, there is no financial support provided by the TI:GER program or the Scheller College of Business.
No.
The TI:GER program provides a unique opportunity to work with a transdisciplinary team to gain practical insights to the commercial potential of your research. This work can help direct your research toward more useful applications, assist you in more relevant grant proposals, and provide unique experience and networks for your professional career.
A TI:GER cohort begins in the spring term and continues through the following spring term.
No. This is an educational program; however, some students have launched successful startups through the TI:GER program.
Yes, through the TI:GER program you can meet with investors, entrepreneurs, lawyers, corporate innovation executives, and others in the local and global innovation community.
TI:GER is the educational program for the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL-Atlanta), which is a global milestone-based mentoring program for massively-scalable science-based startups.
