iimt, University of Fribourg
Founded in 1995, the international institute of management in technology (iimt) has an outstanding position in the field of specialist education for ICT and Utility (electricity, water and gas) Management. The Institute, affiliated to the University of Fribourg/Switzerland, offers Executive Programmes like Executive MBA, Executive Diploma and Specialised Courses in ICT and Utility Management The iimt course programme is directed at managers specialising in the field of ICT or Utility who are desirous of continuing their professional development.
The courses are designed as a series of modules: there are ten subject areas for each educational programme with three modules in each subject, one at each of the three different levels. All programmes are delivered in English. The rate of completion of Executive MBA and Diploma programmes at the iimt is very high: the participants are given individual support during their studies and admission to the programmes is subject to an initial selection procedure.
The EMBA and Executive Diploma programmes at the iimt are demanding and focus tightly on ICT or Utility. They equip participants with the analytical, functional and interpersonal abilities required in order to assert themselves in an increasingly complex and global ICT- or Utility Management environment. In this way the programmes promote individual career advancement while at the same time supporting company development. The institute has a wide network of contacts in over 65 Universities and other renowned institutes in Switzerland and internationally, including more than 110 expert professors and other specialists in ICT and Utility.
Thus our participants not only benefit from the best possible education, but can also powerfully extend their own private networks of contacts. Furthermore Groupe e, Siemens Switzerland, Orange, T-Systems Switzerland and Swisscom have joined the iimt as partners and the institute is an active member of the most important ICT organisations like asut, ICTnet, ITValley, SICTA, Münchner Kreis and efmd. The institute is accredited by the SUC (Swiss University Conference) and 30 kilometres from Bern in one of Switzerland’s leading educational centres, the University of Fribourg. The University, established in 1889, remains the only bilingual University in Switzerland where French and German cultures meet. It offers a wide selection of training programmes in an environment of active research.
The iimt is part of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and collaborates closely with other faculties, universities and higher education centres in Switzerland and internationally.
