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University of Management and Technology
United States of America

Popularity:968

Official website: https://www.umtweb.edu
Tel:Email: kenny.hickey@umtweb.edu Phone: 703-516-0035
Address:1901 Fort Myer Drive Arlington, VA  22209-1609 United States

University of Management and Technology (UMT) is the University of Management and Technology in the United States. The following is a detailed introduction:

School Overview

Geographical location: Located in the Rosslyn business district in Washington, the capital of the United States, it is adjacent to the Potomac River and across the river from Georgetown. It is close to the White House and the Pentagon. The superior geographical location provides students with abundant internship and employment opportunities.

School nature and scale: It is a modern urban university. Since its establishment in 1998, it has established a strong global higher education learning community through online and distance education. As of October 2022, it has provided education and training programs at all levels to 26,300 students from 50 states, the District of Columbia, 4 U.S. territories, and 78 countries, of which 15,540 have obtained associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees.

Accreditation: Officially authorized by the State of Virginia Commission on Higher Education (SCHEV), it is one of the universities accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) of the United States, and it is also a formal university approved by the U.S. Department of Education's Distance Education and Training Accreditation Commission (DETC) to conduct higher education and award degrees in countries around the world. In addition, its project management degree program has been accredited by the Global Accreditation Center (GAC) of the Project Management Institute (PMI), and is an authorized training partner of PMI.

Academic Advantages

Professional Settings: It offers various associate, bachelor, master and doctoral degree education, as well as various professional certificate education and training programs. It is particularly distinctive in the comprehensive management fields such as project management, business administration, public administration, computer science and information technology management. It is a famous institution for the U.S. federal government, military and various well-known large enterprises to cultivate relevant talents.

Teaching Resources: Under the leadership of the academic president Dr. J.D. Frame, the world's top project management expert, it has gathered a group of contemporary famous project management experts and professors. Dr. Frame is one of the founders and academic leaders of the project management discipline in the United States. He led academic experts and professors to actively guide project management work in the White House, federal and local governments, international organizations such as the World Bank, and large American and European companies. He also established master's and doctoral degree education in project management at George Washington University and the American University of Management and Technology.

Course mode: The course teaching arrangement is flexible. Compulsory courses include basic courses and core courses and are counted as credits. Elective courses are not counted as credits. Domestic and foreign study tours will also be organized. There are 2 full days of on-the-job classes per month, usually on one Saturday and Sunday. Foreign teacher courses are accompanied by Chinese translation, and there is no English requirement for students.

International Cooperation

Since May 2001, UMT has been introduced by the China Foreign Experts Bureau to cooperate with many universities in China to hold courses such as Master of Project Management and Master of Business Administration, such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Wuhan University, East China University of Science and Technology, etc., and has trained a large number of management talents for China.

Campus Culture and Alumni Network

Campus Culture: The school focuses on cultivating students' practical ability and innovative spirit. Through cooperation with enterprises and institutions, it provides students with practical opportunities, so that students can combine theoretical knowledge with practical application in the learning process and improve their ability to solve practical problems.

Alumni Network: With an alumni network of more than 20,000 people, distributed all over the world, it provides students and graduates with extensive network resources and career development opportunities.

Admission Requirements

IELTS 6 for undergraduates and 6.5 for postgraduates.