This accelerated doctoral program enables professionals employed full-time to pursue doctoral study and research on weekends - alongside like-minded fellow students. Classwork completed in one year Classes meet on Saturdays Can be completed in three years GRE or GMAT not required Download a program brochure (help) Program Contacts Senior Education Specialist Tammy Miller (757) 269-2209 twm@gwu.edu Director, EMSE Accelerated Program Shahram Sarkani, Ph.D. (888) 694-9627 cohort@gwu.edu

The most sought-after engineering and business professionals today have combined management and technology credentials. In today’s fast paced world of technology-driven changes, the well educated technical professional with a management background is invaluable. The George Washington University’s Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering (EMSE) assists you in becoming that engineer by offering it’s time-honored program at a location near you.

The Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering accelerated doctoral program leads to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering Management or in Systems Engineering. The accelerated program enables professionals who are employed full-time to pursue doctoral study and research on weekends in an intense, focused environment in cohort style—alongside like-minded fellow students. The program consists of a minimum of 54 graduate credit hours divided into two stages. The first stage, an approximately one-year classroom experience of ten graduate-level, three-semester-hour courses, culminates in the doctoral qualifying examination. The second stage, an approximately two-year independent research effort of at least 24 semester hours of dissertation research, culminates in the dissertation defense. The student writes an original dissertation in one of two fields of study: either (1) Engineering Management, which focuses on innovation in the management of organizations; or (2) Systems Engineering, which focuses on innovation in theories governing the structure, operation, and management of technical and scientific organizations. A cohort of 12 to 15 students may begin study as early as late spring 2009, with a target graduation date of December 2012. All classes and research advising meetings will be held at the George Washington University (GW) Hampton Roads Center (HRC), located at 1 Old Oyster Point Road, Newport News, Virginia 23602.