Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Non-Thesis

OVERVIEW

Today, the competitive level of the enterprises depends on the change and the ability to respond
quickly to the needs and demands of the market. At this point, it is vital that production and
service systems make the concept of innovation management a part of their field of study. The
task of the program is to transfer the scientific and applied knowledge in the academic life to
entrepreneurs and company owners/managers of the future regarding entrepreneurship and
innovation management.

AUDIENCE

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Master’s Program is interdisciplinary. Therefore,
graduates of various fields such as Industrial and Management Engineering graduates,
Electronics, Computer and related engineering department graduates and Economics and
Business Administration graduates are all welcome.

GRADUATESWORKING AREAS

Graduates who complete the program can work in their own fields, public institutions and organizations, universities or private sector offices and firms.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

• The ability to use the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation management area, developing and intensifying those knowledge, based upon the competency gained in the undergraduate level, Interpreting and forming new types of knowledge by combining the knowledge from the PCM area and knowledge from various other disciplines
• Using the knowledge and the skills for problem solving and/or application (which are processed within the Entrepreneurship and Innovation management area) in inter-disciplinary, grasping the inter-disciplinary interaction related to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation management area
• Solving the problems faced in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation management area by making use of the research methods, developing new strategic approaches to solve the unforeseen and complex problems arising in the practical processes of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation management area and coming up with solutions while taking responsibility, assessing the specialistic knowledge and skill gained through the study with a critical view and directing one’s own learning process, the ability to carry out a specialistic study related to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation management area independently
• Fulfilling the leader role in the environments where solutions are sought for the problems related to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation management area, ability to see and develop social relationships and the norms directing these relationships with a critical look and the ability to take action to change these when necessary
• Paying regard to social, scientific, cultural and ethical values during the collecting, interpreting, practicing and announcing processes of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation management area related data and the ability to teach these values to others, developing strategy, policy and application plans concerning the subjects related to the PCM area and the ability to evaluate the end results of these plans within the frame of quality processes
• Using the computer software together with the information and communication technologies efficiently and according to the needs of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation management area, proficiency in a foreign language and establishing written and oral communication with that language, the ability to present one’s own work within the international environments orally, visually and in written forms, systematically transferring the current developments in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation management area and one’s own work to other groups in and out the Entrepreneurship and Innovation management area; in written, oral and visual forms

1. Applicant’s official transcripts including all undergraduate and/or graduate level courses and their grades issued by the universities that the applicant graduated or will be graduated from.
   
   Applicantwho will apply for PhD programs afterhis/her undergraduate degree has to have at least 3.0 Cumulative GPA out of 4.00 .
2. One of the Score Documents from Academic Personnel and Graduate Level Entrance Exam (ALES), GRE or GMAT including the related scores (ALES, GRE and GMAT scores are valid for 5 years.)
   
   Applicants for Master's Programs are required to have Numerical score minimum 55 from ALES . Applicantswho will apply for PhD programs aftertheirundergraduate level degree arerequiredto have Numerical scoreminimum 80FROM ALES (ALES minimum score is not required for the Social Sciences Institute Music programs)
   
   The minimum score required from Quantitative section of GRE is 610 (in the new system is minimum 149).
   
   Applicants for Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences Programs can apply with GMAT certificate. GMATwitha minimum score of 450is required for these applicants.
3. One of the Documents of English Proficiency that is accepted according to ITU Senate principles.

English Proficiency Documentsand the required minimum scores are given at the table below:
MASTER’S PROGRAMSAPPLICATION	PhD PROGRAMS APPLICATION
Exam	Min.Score	Exam	Min.Score
İTÜ English Proficieny Exam	65	-	-
YÖK Language Exam	65	YÖK Language Exam	65
TOEFL (Paper Based)	523	TOEFL (Paper Based)	523
TOEFL (Computer Based)	183	TOEFL (Computer Based)	183
TOEFL (Internet Based)	70	TOEFL (Internet Based)	70
e-YDS	65	e-YDS	65
YDS	65	YDS	65
ÜDS	65	ÜDS	65
KPDS	65	KPDS	65
PTE (Academic)	60	PTE (Academic)	60

TOEFL IBT/PBT,PTE, İTU English Proficiency Exam valid for 2 years.
ÜDS,KPDS,YDS, e-YDS test results are valid for 5 years . TOEFL ITP is not accepted.

English certificate is not mandatory in the Master applications.
The students admitted to any master program can complete their registration without an English certificate, but they cannot take courses until the submission of a valid English certificate. The applicants for a PhD program must deliver English certificate up to the registration period. If they do not submit a valid English certificate in the registration, they will not be registered.

ABOUT TOEFL IBT EXAM
Inaccordance with the decision taken at the meeting of ITU University Board of Directors dated 15.12.2011 and numbered 914 ; dating from the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year, IfTOEFL and IBT test results are from the testing centers in Turkey ,only the results from the exams conducted in the centers in state and private universities are accepted by ITU. TOEFL home edition can be used due to the pandemic.

4. Statement of Purpose
5. Curriculum Vitae
6. Recommendation Letter
   
   For each applied program two recommendation letters are required.For MSc applications, oneof these recommendation letters is required to be prepared by an academic instructor who the student worked with. For PhD applications, one of the recommendation letters must be supplied from the supervisor that the candidatesare planning to study together during their doctorate education.
   Reference letter is uploaded to the system by the person who is giving the reference, not by the candidate
   P.S. 1:Required ALES, GRE, GMAT minimum scores and minimum cummulative GPA may differ according to Master’s and Ph.D. programs . Requirements for programs and quotas are given at the Registar’s Office Web page :https://www.sis.itu.edu.tr/