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Overview
The Product Innovation program at Virginia Commonwealth University is designed for creative thinkers and doers from a wide range of undergraduate backgrounds who want to ideate and launch innovative products, projects and initiatives in the world’s most leading edge companies.
While students in the program come with design, engineering, psychology, business, and even social sciences and the arts, they all share common traits of unconventional thinking, a track record of producing highly creative work, and a collaborative and optimistic spirit.
As a student, you will graduate with the ability to...
- Plan, apply, and execute product innovation skills for developing and launching new products and services;
- Serve as an interface between different departments and disciplines within an organization;
- Become an effective product innovation team leader and project manager;
- Utilize innovation and entrepreneurial mindset and methodologies;
- Develop strategy and roadmaps for maximizing product innovation performance by teams and business units;
- Translate opportunities into product specifications, commercial concepts, and eventual new product introductions.
- Develop their own product, service or business and work towards capital.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Arts Principles for Product Innovation
- Business Principles for Product Innovation
- Technology Principles for Product Innovation
- da Vinci Project
- Integrative Design Studio
- Topics in Product Innovation
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 13 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 80
Credits
30 SCH
30-33
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Business Administration Industrial Design Innovation Management View 107 other Masters in Industrial Design in United StatesAcademic requirements
GPA 3
GRE® Required
GMAT Required
English requirements
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 80
Other requirements
General requirements
- At the time of application, an applicant declares an area of specialization: arts, business or engineering. The arts specialization requires the submission of a portfolio comprising 20 to 30 examples of representative work; the business specialization requires either the GMAT or GRE; and the engineering specialization requires the GRE. A personal interview may be requested.
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university
- A minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for at least the last two years of undergraduate work — unless approved by the director of academic programs
- For applicants whose native language is not English, satisfactory scores from a standardized test commonly used and deemed appropriate for evaluation of English language proficiency, such as the TOEFL
- Three letters of recommendation
- Applicant’s written statement of intent for pursuing graduate study in the product innovation discipline
Tuition Fee
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International
27378 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13689 USD per semester during 13 months. -
National
27378 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13689 USD per semester during 13 months.
Living costs for Richmond
1071 - 1750 USD /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.
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