mempabout.about the program

In the complex, competitive world of technology driven industry, skilled engineers who understand the essential principles of business and law have a tremendous competitive advantage. The Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University is meeting the demand for such professionals with its one year Master of Engineering Management Program Degree. The MEM Program is distinctive among engineering management programs in its integration of business, law and engineering as well as its one year duration.

The curriculum, offered with the support of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Duke Law School, incorporates courses covering such topics as technology management, innovation management, marketing, finance, intellectual property (IP), project management, knowledge management, patent law and business law. The balance of the curriculum is devoted to elective graduate-level engineering courses at the Pratt School. Students may take a broad range of technical electives or concentrate in a specific field such as the core engineering disciplines of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering or Materials Science. In addition, many students choose to focus on interdisciplinary studies such as photonics, biomaterials or nanomaterials. Another key aspect of the program is a mandatory corporate internship that is often used as a permanent job placement screening process by prospective employers.

If you are interested in technology leadership or a career in industrial management, high technology management, R&D management or even technology entrepreneurship in a start-up company, the MEM Degree may be the way to get started.

In short, the degree will jumpstart your career.

Benefits to graduates:

• More influence in your organization
• Greater job responsibility
• Higher starting salary
• Rapid career advancement

Benefits to employers of MEM Program graduates:

• Enables new engineers to consider business issues in their decision making
• Decreases training time for new engineers
• Decreases management time spent on new engineers
• Provides summer interns for a “preview” before hiring

Student Placement:

Some of the companies where students in the MEM Program have worked either as interns or full time employees are:

Starting Positions:

The types of positions that our students obtain after graduation vary widely and depend on individual interests. Some examples of their starting positions are: