Innovation and Technology Management

During the visit:

• You will visit companies such as Toyota, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, Alpen, and Brother;

• You will meet with executives from leading innovation companies who will share their extensive experience, unique insights, and secrets of innovation and technology management;

• You will participate in “design thinking” seminars and workshops organized by ISM’s partner, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business (NUCB).

When does it take place?
During the second year of studies, in the autumn semester.

Duration: 10 days

Who can go?
All students of the Innovation and Technology Management MSc program. This will be offered as an elective course within the program.

Course credits: 6 ECTS

Part of the study tour includes 12 academic hours of seminars during the visit, dedicated to discussions with managers from companies such as Toyota, Alpen, Asahi Forge, Kenja, and Brother on innovation management and the challenges of developing new products and services. Additionally, 4 academic hours are allocated for a seminar with an NUCB professor titled “Designing a Sustainable Innovation: The Power of Innovation and Design Thinking.”

Cost: 10 MSc Innovation and Technology Management programme students receive a 40% discount. The full price of the international study visit is EUR 3,900; with a 40% discount for students who choose this course instead of one of the programme courses – EUR 2,340; for students who choose this course as an additional study course – EUR 3,300. The price includes: 6 nights in a 3* hotel in the centre of Nagoya (single rooms with breakfast), 2 nights in a 3* hotel in Tokyo with breakfast; Shinkansen train tickets to Kyoto and from Kyoto to Tokyo; hire of a private (exclusive to tour participants) coach for a full day in Kyoto and Nagoya; a banquet lunch in Kyoto with a Geisha performance and interaction exclusively for tour participants, a private meditation and tea ceremony at one of the monasteries in Kyoto, seminars with professors from Nagoya University of Commerce & Business (NUCB) and company managers, interpreter services, a gala dinner in the NUCB Grand Hall with company executives, NUCB professors and students. The price does not include flights to/from Japan, lunch with Toyota managers at a traditional Japanese restaurant, entrance tickets to Kyoto temples, and a karaoke evening with company managers and NUCB students.

Important:
The list of visited organizations and the tour price may still change. The tour will take place if a group of 12 students is formed.

How does this work? Study in Lithuania for a year and a half and take the remaining subjects remotely at the Illinois Institute of Technology in the USA. It can additionally take half a year or a year to complete the subjects.

How much does it cost? ISM studies are paid as usual, Illinois Institute of Technology fees are also paid separately for subjects, but a discount of up to 50% is applied to the published tuition fee for that year.

How long does it take? 2 years