9 Reasons the MTM Degree Will Get You Further, Faster

by Elizabeth Acebu

 

Are you engineer or scientist looking to move into leadership and management?  Have you always known you’d go on to an advanced degree program, but the only question is what kind of degree to get?   

You might have looked at an MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree...but maybe it didn’t seem like quite the right fit.  Good news:  If you’re looking for the perfect match between your technical skills and leadership potential, you’ll find it in a brand new program:  the Master of Technology Management (MTM) Program at UCSB.  

It’s a new kind of business program, a management degree for engineers and scientists.  

Hands down, the MTM degree is more valuable to engineers and scientists who wish to become leaders of technology ventures.

Here’s why:

1. It’s Focused on the Skills You Need.   The Master of Technology Management curriculum is completely focused on technology management--not just a few extra technical courses added onto an MBA or a few business classes added onto an engineering degree (MEM).
2. Your Technical Background is a Feature Not a Bug.  At an MBA program you might find a few others like you, but at the UCSB MTM Program, we admit only applicants with strong technical backgrounds.  Our faculty uses your technical backdrop as the foundation to build management and leadership skills.  At the MTM program believe your technical background is integral to your success as a leader; we see it as a feature, not a bug.
3. Your Career Will be Accelerated.  At the UCSB MTM Program, career planning is an integral part of everything we do.  Whether you are looking to make a move, start your own company or stay with your current organization, we can help you do it.  From the moment you receive your letter of acceptance into the MTM program--even before you step on campus-- a full-time career development specialist will be working with you to create your personalized, winning career strategy.   This plan will inform what companies you will connect with while in the program in order to land your ideal position when you graduate.   
4. MTM is deep, MBA is wide.  Most MBA programs equip their students to recognize and address business and administration problems across many types of organizations with a gamut of generic solutions that fit multiple settings. The MTM degree brings a single-minded focus to the framework, skills, and applied knowledge necessary to become a leader in technology-based companies.  While you might learn skills that are applicable to technology endeavors at an MBA program, only the UCSB MTM is focused on educating engineers and scientists who wish to become leaders of technology ventures (not just general managers of any old company)
5. High Faculty: Student Ratio.  The  UCSB MTM has a dedicated core faculty and staff that is solely focused on a highly select, limited number of full-time students.  You receive our undivided attention and the MTM program is our passion.  Most MBA programs are part of a bigger operation, including part-time (executive) and full-time options with multiple class years and many students supported by fewer faculty and staff.  UCSB’s MTM program is a highly personalized experience, designed with a singular focus, giving you and your cohort access to faculty that would be unheard of in other programs.
6. 9 Months and Done.  The UCSB MTM program teaches skills normally acquired in 5-10 years of on-the-job learning.  We do it in 9 months!  MTM’s focus means you are spending your time and tuition focused on learning precisely the skills needed to advance your career.  In contrast, Most MBA programs are designed to provide, over two years, a breadth of skills to create managers from any background for a variety of administrative, operational, and finance roles.
7. It Saves You Time.  Our curriculum is designed to fast-forward the career trajectory of our students, cutting down the time to leadership position and competence by years.
8. The Company You’ll Keep.  MBA programs naturally attract a wide range of students from different walks of life, career stages and backgrounds.  Our admissions process is designed to admit only candidates with an interest and aptitude for leading technology ventures.   By nature and by design, the UCSB MTM draws a cohort of talented and ambitious scientists and engineers with highly technical backgrounds and career experience.  You’ll be in the classroom with people you can relate to and who constantly raise the bar.  You’ll speak the same language, right from the beginning.
9. Increased ROI.  Data from Payscale shows that the MTM is one of the top 10 highest-paying Master's degrees by salary potential, outearning the MBA. Not only that, but the MTM degree, as a focused nine month program, costs about half the tuition of a typical MBA degree.

 

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The Master of Technology Management Program at UC Santa Barbara is designed to catapult engineers and scientists into leadership positions — at startups and established companies. This 9-month intensive program is designed to teach the frameworks, skills, and techniques you need to be a successful technology manager. No fluff, no filler.  The MTM degree will get you further, faster.  

We would be happy to talk with you about our program and admissions process.  For more information, contact us.