Launch of the Executive Master in Technology Management in Paris

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Columbia University's School of Continuing Education launches today, Thursday, May 15, the Executive Master of Science in Technology Management in Paris.

After New York, 10 years ago, the Executive Master in Technology Management from Columbia University's School of Continuing Education launches in Paris. This high-level diploma course is aimed at European executives who wish to develop their skills in the following areas their strategic and tactical management skills in an environment where digital technology is ubiquitous.

Markets are global, technology has become ubiquitous. It is on this observation that the Executive Master in Technology Management was created in 2004 - the year of Columbia University's 250th anniversary - by the School of Continuing Education.
And it is on the idea that this system should be deployed in Europe to better respond to local contexts and offer greater geographical proximity to participants that it is now being deployed in Paris. The first class will be launched on October 8, 2014 in the Columbia Global Centers | Europe (Paris).

This 15-month timeshare Master's degree (divided into 5 residential sessions of 3 to 5 days each) allows executives to better evaluate the benefits of digital technologies and to integrate them into their company. Perceiving and applying digital technology from an operational point of view allows them to understand differently the strategic and tactical issues they are or will be confronted with on a daily basis. Throughout the programme, the participants deal with concrete cases from the field of the digital economy. These are opportunities to share ideas and solve problems between peers, both speakers and participants.

The major specificity of the programme, which makes it unique among the Masters programmes offered to operational staff in Europe and the United States, is the high level of individualised mentoring provided by executives holding important positions in large companies who are members of the Columbia network. These face-to-face mentors will provide each participant with operational advice and guidance during the course of the programme, particularly in the context of the Master's thesis they will be required to write, and beyond.
Having trained more than 450 executives across the Atlantic since 2004, this program of excellence provided by Columbia University's School of Continuing Education can now be developed with the same success in the heart of Paris.

A necessity in the face of globalisation 

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"There has never been a greater demand for talented and experienced leaders who can lead the company in an increasingly competitive, fast-paced, globalized and technology-based economy. Technology has become the number one variable of competitive advantage. We are therefore launching the Executive Master in Technology Management in Europe, because in a world that is shrinking in size, particularly due to technology, Columbia must be a "technology leader".
international university. To help companies address global issues, we ourselves must take a global approach. We do this in Paris, because we are already there with the Columbia Global | Centers Europe (Paris) and because it is the ideal location to expand in Europe by integrating European contributions. » Arthur Langer (Academic Director of the Executive Master in Technology Management).

 The European "touch 

"This Executive Master in Technology Management launched by Columbia University in Paris is not just another Master's degree offered to operational staff, but a new approach to continuing education in Europe. It is an innovative approach in terms of content, pedagogical choices and the desire to draw on the best of American and European cultures in the field of technology and management. The digital world that has opened up is still unstable.
Capturing its deepest trends and untangling them from fashion effects is an essential element, whatever the sector of activity, to make it a key asset for the company's development and competitive advantage. » Yves Léon (Executive Director EMS in Technology Management).

Columbia University, symbol of excellence 

The Executive Master of Technology Management is offered by the School of Continuing Education of Columbia University, one of the most prestigious American universities. With a worldwide reputation, its diplomas are a mark of excellence that also extends to continuing education.
Founded in 1754 as King's College by the will of King George II of England, Columbia University in the City of New York (its name since 1896) is the oldest university in the State of New York and one of the most prestigious in the United States. It is located on the island of Manhattan, northwest of Central Park.
It is part of the Ivy League, the grouping of eight historic private universities in the Northeast (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale). It is the university that has produced the largest number of Nobel Prize winners in the United States, from Konrad Lorenz (1973) to Milton Friedman (1976), from Nadine Gordimer (1991) to Barack Obama (2009).
Columbia University offers a wide range of courses, the most renowned of which are in medicine, journalism, architecture, fine arts, management, political science and law. All of these schools are housed on a large 132,000-square-meter campus that spans six "blocks" in the Morningside Heights neighborhood between the Upper West Side and Harlem.

The campus has multiple teaching buildings, more than 7,000 student and staff housing units and no fewer than 25 libraries containing 8 million books.
Many buildings are monuments in their own right, designed over the centuries by renowned architects.
Perhaps the best known is Low Memorial LibraryA majestic neoclassical-style library built in 1895. At the foot of its famous granite steps throne the Alma Mater (Foster mother in Latin), an emblematic statue of Columbia created in 1904 by Daniel Chester French, one of the most famous and prolific American sculptors.

A unique program combining residential courses, online courses and Mentoring 

The Executive Master in Technology Management is a fifteen-month continuing education programme, divided into five residential modules lasting several days (four in Paris and one in New York), for a total of eighteen and a half days. It combines compulsory courses (core curriculum), optional courses, operational seminars and the Master's thesis.

Throughout the programme, face-to-face with a high level mentor and the distance learning platform complete the package. Additional events are organized, but not graded.

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Compulsory courses (core curriculum):
Mandatory courses, constituting the core curriculum, provide participants, regardless of sector and experience, with the knowledge and skills required to use technology in a globalized environment. The study of relevant models, strategies and tools enables them to approach technological challenges from different angles. Working on practical cases helps them to apply these skills to develop solutions adapted to their own company and environment.

Optional courses (mainly via Internet):
Each participant must take two of the optional courses. These are either the six selected credits or, if the participant so wishes and after agreement with the programme director, other courses offered by Columbia University. All these options are accessible online through the University's interactive teaching platform. Participants
and teachers communicate through a unique social network that increases the benefits of this type of learning. In general courses combine live events, developed activities by the user community and self-learning.

Master's thesis with a mentor :
Demonstrating the participant's ability to apply the course material to a specific technological solution (usually a product or service), the Master's thesis responds to a given business challenge, objective or scenario. It is completed during the course of the training with the help of a mentor, a senior executive member of the network created by Columbia. This exceptional mentoring is a specific feature of the Master's degree, compared to other existing courses.
In the first term, the dissertation project must first be approved by the teaching staff. Its outline, written by the participant, allows the mentor to choose the one he or she wishes to support.
Face-to-face work will allow the initial idea to be transformed into a full-fledged project which can then become a real professional asset. Based on real market opportunities, the dissertation is most often focused on a problem already known to the participant from his or her professional experience.

Operational Seminars :
Throughout the program and in partnership with the community of faculty, peers and industry leaders associated with Columbia University, participants study, develop, test and refine the technological solutions that will support their Master's thesis. Seminars cover the three successive chapters of a technology product or service creation project: implementation, strategic planning and marketing, and operational management. Thanks to these operational seminars, professionals immerse themselves in the world of high-level technology management, benefiting from the expertise of numerous instructors who are all industry experts. After each seminar, the mentor studies with the participant the project's progress, both in terms of business logic and presentation. Each participant must defend the three chapters of his or her project orally before a "jury".

Graduation 

In order to obtain their degree, participants must complete the entire course over a period of 15 months, collecting all 36 points in the various components of the programme, with an overall average of at least 3.0 (B).
Course description on the site: columbiaglobalcenterseurope.org/academics/executive

An exceptional place in Paris: Reid Hall 

Moving to the heart of Paris near Montparnasse, the Executive Master in Technology Management joins the venerable Reid Hall. This former porcelain factory with its romantic charm has been the Columbia Global Centers l Europe (Paris) since 2010. A place steeped in history and long dedicated to education, art and culture.
Built in the 18th century, the Reid Hall building was for many years a renowned porcelain factory, the
Dagoty house. A delicate production that can still be found today in the windows of the White House, a souvenir of the American President Monroe who received a full service. In 1834, the Keller boarding school was created there, the first Protestant school established in France since the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and which welcomed André Gide, as a young neighbour, or the son of the president of Columbia College.
Around 1900, the wealthy American philanthropist and activist Elizabeth Mills Reid turned it into a centre for young female artists, and later a place of education for women. For more than a century, this discreet complex nestled in the rue de Chevreuse, a stone's throw from the Vavin crossroads, hosted international conferences, higher education programmes, artistic and scientific events. Reid Hall naturally took its place as an important part of transatlantic cultural relations.
In 2010, the building becomes the headquarters of Columbia Global Centers | Europe (Paris) with the mission to promote new forms of international collaboration, research and teaching for professors and students. It continues to foster exchanges, hosting more than a dozen higher education institutions and up to 600 students per year.
Surrounded by a paved courtyard and an 800 m2 ornamental garden, Reid Hall offers, in particular, a large auditorium, a conference room, classrooms, art studios and offices on more than 2,000 m2. Participants also have access to a library and the Student Pavilion. In terms of new technologies, the building is equipped with a secure Wi-Fi connection everywhere. Some classrooms are equipped with projectors with LCL screens, interactive whiteboards and DVD players. The large conference room allows the viewing of films.

Conferences are regularly organized at Reid Hall by Columbia University, Columbia Global Centers | Europe, and their French partners. Thus, the University's Master in Public Health, in partnership with the EHESP, coordinates weekly seminars on health and globalization. Similarly, the Institut de Science Po' for Sustainable Development and International Relations presents monthly workshops on climate change and diversity.

Since 2013, Columbia Global Centers | Europe has also been organizing with BnF the annual Festival of World Writers. Columbia Global Centers | Europe also maintains close relations with non-profit associations that promote music, literature and the performing arts, such as Arts Arena, Text & Voice or La Dive Note.

It was therefore only natural that the Executive Master in Technology Management, straddling the French and American cultures, should find its place at Reid Hall. Especially during the launch conference held on Thursday, May 15. Followed by a cocktail reception with a jazz concert, it included speeches by Arthur Langer (Academic Director of the Master's degree), on the theme of change management in a global digital world, and by Yves Léon (Executive Director EMS in Technology Management) on the respective contributions of American and European experiences in the digital world.

A space of diversity 

"We are delighted to welcome the Executive Master in Technology Management to our centre. Reid Hall is a particularly conducive place to study, thanks to its calm and studious atmosphere, and at the same time it offers European participants an ideal location in the heart of Paris, a stone's throw from Saint-Germain, Luxembourg and the Montparnasse train station.
For us, this Master's degree is a great opportunity to energize our institution beyond graduate and undergraduate education and cultural or scientific events. Hearing about strategy and technology in this historic place, more often devoted to art, to see young students and others who have been around for a long time in active life meet is an idea that appeals to me completely. » Brunhilde Biebuyck (Administrative Director of Columbia Global Centers | Europe in Paris).

The Master in practice - Planning Europe

Public concerned The program is primarily aimed at professionals who are in, or about to enter, management positions and who have approximately ten years of professional experience. Thus, 93 % of the admissions have entered the program with more than 7 years of professional experience.
Since its inception in 2004, the programme has trained more than 450 people in New York City from all sectors, both private and public.

Admission file : For each candidate, the admissions committee reviews, among other things, a statement of intent, proof of education, curriculum vitae and letters of recommendation. Proof of English language proficiency may be required.

Teaching costs The overall cost of the training is approximately US$55,000. Travel to New York (flight and accommodation) is not included in this amount.

Languages spoken : The residential and online courses are taught primarily in English. For seminars and mentoring it depends on the origin of the speaker. But most often English will be preferred.

With this Executive Master, the first of its kind in Europe, executives learn how to evaluate the benefits of new technologies and how to integrate them into their corporate strategy. Perceiving technology from an operational point of view allows them to approach the strategic issues they are or will be confronted with on a daily basis in a different way. 

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For more information 

- Columbia Global Centers Europe | Paris website (in French) : http://columbiaglobalcenterseurope.org/academics/executive

- Website of the School of Continuing Education at Columbia University: http://ce.columbia.edu/technology-management

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