Even graduating students know that a bachelor's degree is the first step in a long educational journey. He argued that innovative and successful companies know this and make continuing education a top priority. Donald Ucci, interim chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is a firm believer in the continuing education aspect of IIT's professional master's degrees. They offer an efficient way for people employed in a field to update themselves. It's our faculty's research that gives these programs their edge.
Research exposes students to interdisciplinary studies.
According to Perritt, as American education has matured, its graduates have become narrow specialists who understand less and less about other disciplines. Nevertheless, modern business practice requires team approaches to problem solving in which people from many different backgrounds are involved. Since most IPROs involve research, students learn how to organize research teams and how to communicate among themselves and to an external client. Interprofessional Projects teach these along with technical skills. Research strengthens links with industry.