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Master in Management of Technology – MoTFocus: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

www.epfl.ch/motjean.micol@epfl.ch

+41 (21) 693-5396

Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education - Program Highlights -

ProgramMission Statement

To provide world class postgraduate education

in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

fostering leadership competences

for the creation and growth of new enterprises

Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education - Program Highlights -

Key Audience:Postgraduates with entrepreneurial spirit

30/class, ~200 Alumni (started in 1998)

Number of Courses Offered:Executive Master with 20 modules

+ a string of 3 modules on biotechnologies

one year, with possibility to maintain professional activity

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Program Highlight #1

• The Executive Master with a strong focus on

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

• 30+ Enterprises 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 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