TI:GER -- Technology Innovation: Generating Economic Results -- 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.
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.
TI:GER is 9 credit hours. Students complete the program in two terms, starting in the spring term and finishing in the fall term.
Ph.D. students must take the 9 credit hours in the TI:GER curriculum to fulfill the minor requirement.
You earn the Technology Innovation certificate by completing the 9 credit hours of TI:GER coursework, irrespective of your MBA concentration or your PhD minor.
No. All TI:GER courses award credit hours, and each credit hour is a standard unit of work.
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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 is October 1st. You will receive a decision by email before November 1st.
There is no formula for acceptance. We review the entire application, including academic achievement and your written responses in the application.
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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.
No. This is an educational program; however, some students have launched successful startups through the TI:GER program.
Yes. Many PhD-MBA dual-degree students have benefitted from TI:GER. Dual-degree students can complete either the MBA application or the PhD application.
