Fairfield University

Fairfield’s Management of Technology program prepares managers and leaders to apply the technical, financial, entrepreneurial, and management skills relevant to a competitive global environment. Graduates translate technology into business actions and implement solutions for today’s global economy. They are prepared to develop and manage efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to deliver a product or provide a service. As industrial engineers they may create production schedules, engineering specifications, and process flows to understand activities in manufacturing and services. They use their knowledge of engineering, mathematics, information technology, business administration, and management, to focus on the way products and services are designed and manufactured.

Through a combination of technical abilities, people skills, and business understanding, graduates of the Management of Technology program are equipped to analyze, design, build, and manage systems, as well as make business and technical decisions in the context of their organization’s strategic business goals. As professionals, they work in nearly every industry including aerospace, hospitals, communications, e-commerce, entertainment, government, finance, food, information systems, manufacturing, military, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, sports, insurance, sales, accounting, banking, travel, and transportation.