Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education - Program Highlights -

Master in Management of Technology – MoTFocus Entrepreneurship & Innovation

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Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education - Program Highlights -

ProgramMission Statement

To provide world class postgraduate education

in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

fostering leadership competences

for the creation and expansion of new enterprises

Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education - Program Highlights -

Key Audience:Postgraduate students 30/class, one year program

Started in 1998, 162 Alumni

Number of Faculty: 16

Number of Courses Offered:Executive Master with 24 modules

+ a string of 3 modules on biotechnologies

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Program Highlight #1

• The Executive Master with a strong focus on Entrepreneurship & Innovation

• More than 20 Entreprises created/led by MoT Graduates:such as 4DigitalBooks, VHF Technologies, HT Ceramix, Cytion, etc.

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Program Highlight #2

• 30 millions Swiss Francs raised by MoT Start-ups

• Prestigious prizes obtained:

• Laureate of The Wall Street Journal “Business Innovation Award”• Winner of the last Venture competition sponsored by McKinsey

• Real Business Plans• Developed in teams• Evaluated by a panel of Venture Capitalists

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Program Highlight #3• Highly international:

• Program takes place at EPFL – HEC in Lausanne Switzerland• Summer term at the University of Texas at Austin

• 2/3 of the participants are foreigners

• A rigorous selection taking into account, for example:

• the candidate’s entrepreneurial project

• an interview by MoT Alumni