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 students from the Innovation and Technology Management MSc program will receive a 40% discount.

• Full international study tour cost: €3,800

• With 40% discount for students choosing this course as an elective within the program: €2,280

• For students choosing this as an additional course outside the program curriculum: €3,120

The price includes:

• 6 nights in a 3-star hotel (single rooms with breakfast) in central Nagoya

• 2 nights in a 4-star hotel in Tokyo with breakfast

• Shinkansen train tickets to and from Kyoto, and to Tokyo

• Private bus rental (exclusively for tour participants) for a full day in Kyoto and Nagoya

• Banquet lunch in Kyoto with a Geisha performance and private interaction

• Individual meditation and tea ceremony in a Kyoto monastery

• Seminars with company managers and interpreter services

• Gala dinner at NUCB’s grand hall with company executives, NUCB professors, and students

Not included in the price:

• Flight to/from Japan

• Lunch with Toyota managers in a traditional Japanese restaurant

• Entrance tickets to Kyoto temples

• Karaoke night 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

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