Overview - Information Management, Executive MS

Information technology managers must learn how to innovate in a world in which the use of wireless and Internet-based technologies has changed traditional organizational structures into seamless, 24/7 global entities. Information Management Executive Master’s program (eIM) students learn how to be effective by capitalizing on an advanced IT infrastructure, which has accelerated product lifecycles, enlarged the diversity of sources of innovation, and intensified global competition.

The eIM program will provide you with a high-level learning experience focusing on the intersection of broadly defined information technology and management, which is at the heart of the modern economy. Offered by NYU-Poly for over 2 decades, the eIM program is geared for the growing set of professionals who must use information and networking technology and the Internet for carrying out critical tasks and in developing and delivering value within their organizations and for customers. 

The program is well-suited for engineers and scientists with increasing managerial responsibility, and for professionals, functional and business managers in finance, banking, telecommunications, design, retailing, media/entertainment, and other environments increasingly dependent on information.

A unique coaching and mentoring component that includes individual and group meetings with a coach/mentor will enhance your academic experience. So too will NYU-Poly’s new mode of education we call i²e for invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship. By managing technological innovation to launch new products, services, and businesses within their own companies or as startups, students in our executive programs embody our philosophy that research universities have to expand to provide not just education, but economic impact. 

Executive Format 

eIM is a a rigorous 15-calendar month, 4-semester program based on a cohort system in which all participants enter at the same time and take the same courses throughout, except when electives are selected. Classes are held every other week on Wednesday or Thursday evenings and all day Saturday at 55 Broad Street, in the heart of lower Manhattan. An all-inclusive fee covers tuition and fees, textbooks and other educational material, and special tutorials and lectures by highly qualified NYC metro technology managers. Meals on class days are also included and full-time students may audit 1 additional NYU-Poly graduate course per semester with permission from the Program Director.

Format Features and Benefits

• Full-semester and half-semester courses to use limited time effectively
• Carefully selected elective courses to maintain flexibility in meeting diverse professional needs
• A blend of live classes and modern web-based technology that includes remote-collaboration learning
• Close interaction and teamwork
• A professional, modern, and informal learning environment
• Close collaboration with respected partners in industry and relevant scholarly communities
• A curriculum that is continually updated
• Participants viewed as partners in the learning process 

Key Characteristics of the eIM Program

• Provides knowledge to manage information-intensive corporations
• Focuses on strategic implications of technology and innovation and entrepreneurship
• Encompasses innovation management in all modern information arenas such as financial and professional services, media/entertainment, bio-medical/pharma/chemical, new materials, IT and telecommunications
• Deals with the impact of information and innovation throughout an enterprise
• Addresses physical, digital (including Internet-based) and mobile innovation
• Enables key transition from information specialists to high-level, effective information managers
• Assumes a global perspective
• Explores and develops new business models based upon information-enabled innovation

In the eIM curriculum, even traditional subjects such as finance, operations management and marketing are taught with information enabled-innovation issues in mind. Subjects, concepts, and issues directly related to information management and accessing innovative capabilities that form the eIM program core include:

• Customers, suppliers and other partners as sources and co-creators of innovation
• New product and services development
• The global search for innovation and information technology and choosing among increasingly global information sources and markets, including Europe, the Pacific Rim, Israel, India and others
• Entrepreneurship
• Integrating information technology and management
• Venture capital and venture creation
• The Internet and the Web-innovation as new platforms for innovation
• Innovation-friendly cultures and organizations
• The IT-innovation connection
• Revitalized R&D
• Advanced products and services
• Strategic information planning and innovation- intensive new product business models
• Knowledge management
• Information selection and acquisition
• Multiple and diverse levers for information enabled innovation

Admissions Requirements

Admission to the eIM Program is based on an in-depth evaluation of a candidate’s academic record, work experience and overall intellectual and professional qualifications and potential. Applicants must demonstrate strong commitment, and an ability to benefit professionally from the rigorous 15-month executive program. Because of the heavy demands of this program, it is important that employers also explicitly support such professional education.

In general, GRE and GMAT tests are not required for applying to the eIM program. But the Department of Technology Management may ask an applicant to submit scores later in the admissions process. The Program Director will schedule interviews with applicants to assure that they are ready for the commitment involved in this program. This program does not accept transfer credits. 

How to Apply

The eIM program uses an admission process called the Self-Managed Application (SMA). To apply, send the items listed in the checklist below in a single envelope to:

Administrative Director
eMOT-eIM Programs
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
55 Broad Street, Suite 13B
New York, NY 10004

Application Checklist

1. Completed application, a copy of your professional resume, and the application fee. Access the application here.

2. A Statement of Purpose that describes in brief your:

• Prior background and experience
• Motivation in pursuing graduate studies
• Long-term career goals

3. Official transcripts. Please ask the registrar at all colleges and universities you attended to send them directly to you. For these documents to remain official, they must be sealed in the original envelope. Opened transcripts are not considered official.

4.  2 letters of recommendation that were sent directly to you. These letters are generally from a supervisor or high-level colleague who is familiar with your professional work. As with transcripts, to be considered official, recommendations must be sent directly from your recommender to you, unopened. Use the forms included in the application for this purpose. Write your name at the top of the form, sign the waiver (which waives your right to see the recommendation) if you wish, and give 1 form and 1 envelope to each person writing to support your application.

5. The final step for admission is a personal interview with an Academic Co-Director to discuss career objectives and to ensure that the program fits your goals. For more information, contact the eIM Program Administrative Director:

Tel: (718) 260-4015
Fax: (212) 547-7029
mot-im@poly.edu