Executive Master in Science and Technology Leadership
A partnership between Brown University’s School of Engineering and the School of Professional Studies
The Brown University Executive Master in Science and Technology Leadership (EMSTL) is a 16-month program designed to transform engineering, science, and technology professionals into technology leaders prepared to drive innovation in today’s complex, rapidly evolving, global markets.
Executive Master in Science and Technology Leadership
A partnership between Brown University’s School of Engineering and the School of Professional Studies
Technology doesn’t serve business. Technology drives business.
Whether it’s AI, cloud or blockchain, companies are struggling to align their organizations and strategies with these powerful emerging technologies. To succeed, they need professionals, like you, to transcend their area of expertise and become superior industry, communications, and technology leaders.
Be in Demand
Today’s knowledge economy needs technical leaders who can make critical decisions about complex, global business challenges that span multiple disciplines including business, technology and the humanities. Through the Executive Master in Science and Technology Leadership program, students acquire the breadth of understanding to align diverse teams around end goals and foster innovation.
Gain the skills, knowledge, and experience required for tomorrow’s top technology leadership positions. Take advantage of a course of study that combines business fundamentals with intensive personalized leadership development in a program focused exclusively on the needs of professionals in science and technology industries.
Yovany Jerez
Organizational & Leadership Consultant, AT&T
EMSTL Class of 2018
Redefine Global Technology Leadership
Join the best and the brightest to redefine global technology leadership in Brown University’s 16-month Executive Master in Science and Technology Leadership (EMSTL) program.
The Brown EMSTL program goes beyond the fundamentals of an MBA to deliver leadership insights from economics, history, psychology, sociology, computer science, and engineering from Brown’s world-class faculty. By learning to apply new disciplinary frameworks in a data-driven world, you’ll gain the confidence to propel your career, business and industry forward.
- Cultivate an authentic sense of leadership and powerful communications skills
- Hone strategic decision-making processes
- Understand the social and economic forces driving global disruption to seize new market opportunities
Yovany Jerez
Organizational & Leadership Consultant, AT&T
EMSTL Class of 2018
Tangible Results
Develop Effective Technology Leadership Skills
As scientific and technological innovation reshapes the global economy, leading industry professionals will need to go beyond their technical or engineering training.
EMSTL delivers the essential skills and knowledge needed by effective technology leaders:
- Strategic Thinking and Decision Making- to anticipate and adapt to changing market needs, technological advances, and increased global competition
- Global Value Creation- to identify and use sources of innovation in varied corporate and national settings to create products with global value
- Innovation- to develop technologies that shape the future and change the world
- Leadership- to lead and inspire diverse, cross-functional technology teams
- Communication- to influence stakeholders in and across organizations
This 16-month interdisciplinary program is for experienced professionals who are ready to go beyond their technical expertise, broaden their impact, and achieve greater success as leaders. Graduates earn a Master’s degree from Brown University and develop a lifelong, professional Ivy League network.
Flexible Learning: Online, Residential, Experiential
Students learn from faculty and peers in face-to-face sessions on Brown’s campus in Providence, Rhode Island, and online in a collaborative, engaging learning environment. Students expand their learning in an experiential session in Seoul, South Korea, one of the most dynamic and technologically-advanced countries in the world.
International Experience
South Korea Immersion: During this intensive, one-week session in Korea, students gain an understanding of the opportunities in global markets, and discover new ways to create advantage for their organizations. They meet with high profile executives at some of the world’s most respected technology companies to examine cutting-edge R&D practices, technology development processes, and the role of design in brand creation.
Immediate Impact
Critical Challenge Project: Each student engages with faculty, peers, and accomplished practitioners to develop innovative solutions to an important challenge in their company or industry. With this individual project, students immediately apply what they learn and deliver tangible results to their organizations.
Move the Needle, Immediately.
Building technology leadership is not a one and done process— it is an iterative journey. Surrounded by a cohort of professionals, the program’s online and in-residence format allows executive students to excel at work while pursuing an advanced degree. You’ll apply classroom learnings immediately to your work, and within your program capstone— the Critical Challenge Project. This project provides students the opportunity to engage with faculty, peers, and industry leaders to design innovative solutions to an important challenge in their company or industry.
Connect with Global Powerhouses.
As part of this executive degree, you’ll travel to South Korea for cutting-edge insights into global markets. Tapping into these global perspectives allows students to imagine new and creative advantages for their organizations. You’ll meet with high profile executives at some of the world’s most respected technology companies to examine innovative R&D practices, technology development processes, and the role of design in brand creation.
Build the Network. Drive the Future.
You’ll graduate with a master’s degree from an Ivy League university and become a life-long member of Brown’s esteemed alumni network of business leaders across the globe.
Make your mark. Join EMSTL Today.
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