Innovation and Technology Project Management

Innovation studies is the training of operational-thinking innovative engineers qualified for organizational, managerial and entrepreneurial activity in a rapidly changing environment, including the digital one. 

In the course of their studies, the students of TPU School of Business acquire core competencies for successful business start-up based on state-of-the-art technologies. A graduate will be able to get the point of a new technology solution, package it as an innovation and commercialize it. In an ever-changing external environment of the BANI-world, students will learn to be sustainable and aware of trends and the context of engineering and technology development.

See more about the program and student life on our VKontakte group and Telegram channel.

Student opportunities

• engineering education combined with entrepreneurial competencies

• an additional degree in IT in parallel

• learning through immersion in the business community, project work and casestudy from ProjectLab partners

• opportunity to get 1,000,000 roubles for your startup and present it instead of your graduation thesis 

• internships with leading Russian and international businesses with further employment opportunities

• self-realization through a vibrant non-academic life

You will learn how to

• be a teamplayer, build effective teams and take on different roles in a team
• make decisions in a fast-paced environment and in a context of uncertainty
• manage project setup and delivery
• launch your own projects and start a business

Learning Format

Students master tools for creating and delivering innovations, launching new products and generating startups for various sectors of the economy through cross-curricular project activities, case studies, simulation games, participation in accelerators, events designed to develop soft skills such as creativity, leadership, teamwork, and performance presentation. Moreover, regular master classes and open lectures with successful entrepreneurs and heads of top-tier companies facilitate involvement in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Facilities and resources

The Process Factory Lean Lab, FabLab, B51 Startup Lab, modern classrooms, computer labs and co-working spaces.

Internship opportunities

• Gazprom

• Rostec State Corporation

• Russian Venture Company

• Administration of the Tomsk Region

• Mikran Research and Production Company

• SEZ Innopolis 

• Rubius

• MTS

• EleSi

• SIBUR Holding

• Tomsk Technology Innovative SEZ

• Tomsk House-Building Company

• LAMA

• Sberbank

• SIBAGRO

• KDV Group

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Tomsk Region

• NPC Polyus

• Gazpromneft-Vostok 

• Alfabank

• Universal Terminal Systems

• Manotom

• NIIPP

• AMIS (Association of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Managers)

General priority conditions for high-score applicants and Olympiad winners at TPU.

Extra priority conditions for Olympiad winners and high scorers offered by the School of Business:

• individual track of elite business education StartTech: First Step into Business in partnership with LevelUp Business Club

• participation in the DVIZH academic mobility program (a semester at one of the partner universities ITMO, MEPhI, RUDN, etc.).

• individual internships at leading tech companies of Russia

Guaranteed terms for contract-based students:

• accommodation in a dormitory

• unlimited number of slots

• employer-sponsored education 

• guaranteed enrollment and discounts for contracts signed before July 15:

140 to 154 points – 10% (₽179,460)

155 to 174 points – 20% (₽159 520)

175 points and above – 30% (₽139,580).

The full tuition fee for Innovation studies is ₽199,400 per year.

The TPU School of Business offers

• MBA Master of Business Administration program

• Presidential Management Training Program 

• Advanced training programs for Sibur, Mikran, Schlumberger, FrackJet-Volga, etc.

• Lean-school for students and entrepreneurs in partnership with Gazpromneft-Vostok LLC.

Information about our students' startups can be found on the website.

Alumni 

• Veniamin Kizeev – member of the WINbd Academy of Management board of directors, partner at Open Innovations Startup Studio, board member of the SOVNET Project Management Association, PhD, PMBA, Certified Project Director (IPMA_A).

• Dmitry Poletaev – presentation and public speaking expert, Top 100 speakers in Russia. Head of special projects at GeekBrains (VK). Freelance presentation packager for the leading Russian companies in EdTech, Fuel and Energy Sector, IT and Telecom, FoodTech. Speaker at RIF, VK Fest, Business Environment Sber, Rosmolodezh, Russian Society Znanie.

• Artem Mochalov – head of LEAN ACADEMY consulting company, engaged in increasing labor productivity and reducing costs for Russian industry leaders using lean production technology, auditor of lean production management system.

• Anna Plutalova – at the age of 29 was included in Forbes 30 under 30 ranking of brightest Russians as a young manager of federal-level projects. As a student, she launched a regional web studio, and in 2019, she led a team that created a mobile app, website and data platform for McDonald's in Russia. Anna now works as head of the Secondary Real Estate Market at Cian