Impact of ETM education on the graduates´ careers [engineering and technology management]

Summary form only given. This paper presents the results of a survey conducted among the graduates of the Engineering and Technology Management (ETM) department at Portland State University (USA) to determine the impact of the ETM education on their career. 169 alumni who received their graduate degrees from the ETM department between 1987 and 1998 were contacted, and asked to answer questions about their jobs before, during and after their graduate studies, their reasons to pursue a degree in ETM, the impact it has made on their careers, and the degree of their satisfaction with the various aspects of the program. The response rate of 42%