The MEM project: 5 years of experiences, challenges, and outcomes of an international double master-level degree

Roberto Montanari; Layek Abdel-Malek; Gino Ferretti; Alessandro Bernazzoli; Eleonora Bottani; Andrea Volpi; Federico Solari; Letizia Tebaldi; Giorgia Casella; Natalya Lysova; Michele Bocelli; Claudio Suppini; Lucia Orlandini; Monia Bertoli; Andrea Pintus

doi:10.4995/HEAd23.2023.16132

The MEM project: 5 years of experiences, challenges, and outcomes of an international double master-level degree

Roberto Montanari, Layek Abdel-Malek, Gino Ferretti, Alessandro Bernazzoli, Eleonora Bottani, Andrea Volpi, Federico Solari, Letizia Tebaldi, Giorgia Casella, Natalya Lysova, Michele Bocelli, Claudio Suppini, Lucia Orlandini, Monia Bertoli, Andrea Pintus

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In the 2016-2017 academic year, a novel Double Degree educational project named MEM (Master in Engineering Management) between the University of Parma and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) had begun. Since then, three (3) double degree master's programmes have been developed, starting with the Engineering Management course. To date, 113 students have attended the MEM programme. This paper aims to assess the impact of the MEM double degree programme. To this end, a questionnaire was developed and submitted to the students who completed the project and entered the workforce (66 students). An analysis of the survey results was then conducted to determine the impact, if any, of the MEM programme on the students' academic careers and/or their entry into the workforce. The results were compared across two (2) sets of students: those who participated in the programme and the students that graduated from the standard degree course.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	HEAd 2023 - 9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances
Publisher	Universidad Politecnica de Valencia.
Pages	1287-1295
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9788413960852
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd23.2023.16132
State	Published - 2023
Event	9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances, HEAd 2023 - Valencia, Spain Duration: Jun 19 2023 → Jun 22 2023

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Name	International Conference on Higher Education Advances
ISSN (Electronic)	2603-5871

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Conference	9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances, HEAd 2023
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Valencia
Period	6/19/23 → 6/22/23

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Education

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Double degree
engineering management education
internationalization

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Montanari, R., Abdel-Malek, L., Ferretti, G., Bernazzoli, A., Bottani, E., Volpi, A., Solari, F., Tebaldi, L., Casella, G., Lysova, N., Bocelli, M., Suppini, C., Orlandini, L., Bertoli, M., & Pintus, A. (2023). The MEM project: 5 years of experiences, challenges, and outcomes of an international double master-level degree. In HEAd 2023 - 9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (pp. 1287-1295). (International Conference on Higher Education Advances). Universidad Politecnica de Valencia.. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd23.2023.16132

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The MEM project: 5 years of experiences, challenges, and outcomes of an international double master-level degree. / Montanari, Roberto; Abdel-Malek, Layek; Ferretti, Gino et al.
HEAd 2023 - 9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia., 2023. p. 1287-1295 (International Conference on Higher Education Advances).

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