Business & Engineering – The Big Combination

You have your engineering degree in hand and you are ready to start the next phase of your life – your career. In fact, it won’t take long to discover the competitive landscape that awaits when trying to land your first position with a solid company that can utilize your talents.

This adventure seems daunting as companies look for the candidates who can bring the most value. Sure, you remain confident in knowing your skills, but how do you convince those companies that you are ready for not only this first challenge, but for those broader challenges down the road? Have you thought about how combining engineering with business uniquely qualifies you for that broader challenge earlier in your career, not later down the road..

Your Engineering Degree combined with the MS in Management degree from Lehigh University is the BIG Combination – The Combination that readies you Today for Tomorrow’s challenges.

Set yourself apart from other engineering graduates - show you have not only the technical expertise but also the Business Skills most valued in industry when grooming the company leaders of tomorrow.

Today’s leading-edge companies seek business managers from a variety of backgrounds and the combination of business and engineering is the singular collaboration most in demand.  Such employees bring very high value-add skills to their projects.

The Lehigh University MS in Management Program combines experiential learning with personal branding and career development to form the perfect launchpad to both activate and widen your career choices. With networked access to employers in major cities such as New York City and Philadelphia, the Lehigh MS in Management Program offers many career option advantages to its graduates. 

Who Is This MS in Management Program Designed For?

If you are pursuing or recently received a degree in Liberal Arts, Engineering, STEM fields or Economics, and have limited or no full time post undergraduate work experience, The MS in Management Program enables you to activate your undergraduate degree combining it with experiential learning offered in the graduate business curriculum at Lehigh University.
 

What Does The MS In Management Program Deliver?

This 9-month program is designed to leverage your undergraduate degree by enabling you to activate the business concepts and tools that are keys to your career success. Maximize your exposure to Professional Executives, Experience hands-on learning through live case studies and real-world projects and Build your Networking Opportunities through Career Treks to Iconic Companies – all designed to enable you to identify a wider set of career opportunities.

89% of the class of 2019 was employed within 3 months of graduation. A sample of companies hiring MS in Management graduates include:

• Accenture
• Amazon
• Axtria
• Bain & Company
• Bloomberg
• HomeAdvisor
• IBM
• KPMG
• PayPal
• United Nations
• Whiting Turner 

How Does The MS In Management Program Work?

1. Pre- Term Orientation

During a one week pre-term orientation you will enhance your executive presence through comprehensive communications and presentation skills workshops. You will build team work and leadership skills, gain valuable cross cultural skills. You will learn about the recruiting process, refine your resume and cover letter, and define your personal brand.

2. Nine Months And Two Academic Semesters

Course work focuses on the core areas of business and management and includes marketing, management, accounting, finance, statistics, and economics. Graduate faculty use a combination of classroom lectures, case studies, classroom discussions and Team Projects with the program culminating with a capstone course that ties together all the learning and concepts by utilizing a hands-on business simulation.

3. Building Your Executive Presence Through Professional Development

Central to the MS in Management program is the focus on intentional and continual exposure to personal and professional development. Beginning with an intense array of professional development programs and job search workshops during orientation, topics are enhanced and developed over the semesters by Career Services including on-site Career Trek visits to East Coast business centers such as New York and Philadelphia.  

4. Experiential Learning 

As enhancements to professional development, additional and optional experiential learning opportunities are offered. These include international business trips that enable you to meet with C-Suite individuals from some of the world’s leading international companies and highly visible small business consultancy projects through Pennsylvania’s number one Small Business Development Center.