What is a PSM?
A Professional Science Master's is an innovative graduate degree that typically consists of two years of academic training in an emerging or interdisciplinary area of science, mathematics, or technology. The PSM also contains a professional component that may include internships and "cross-training" in business and communications. All have been developed in concert with industry and are designed to dovetail into present and future professional career opportunities.

What is being said about the PSM?
"In today's knowledge economy, professional science masters degree programs have a critical role to play in keeping America competitive by creating linkages between institutions and industry to prepare scientists with the practical training they need to work in high-need fields."  - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)

What are the roles of the NPSMA?

Connecting:
The NPSMA engages universities, students, and PSM alumni with business, industry, non-profit, and government employers in a collaborative dialogue to improve workforce preparedness of Professional Science Master’s graduates.

Supporting:
The NPSMA helps develop Professional Science Master’s (PSM) programs by creating a community for exchanging  best practices, enhancing recruitment and placement of students, and soliciting employer's input into curriculum development.

Facilitating:
The NPSMA champions the establishment of the PSM as a degree-of-choice for graduate students in science, mathematics, and technology and expands the network of PSM partners and employers.

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Michael Teitelbaum, Vice President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Stephen Lemire, NPSMA
Executive Director, Bogdan Vernescu, NPSMA President, and John Orr, Worcester Polytech
Provost, meet to celebrate the first anniversary of the NPSMA.