The agreement will allow students to transfer from Albany Tech to MTSU after two years.
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) and Albany Technical College have signed a transfer agreement. It will allow students to spend the first two years of their degree at Albany Tech before graduating from MTSU after another two years.
It marks the first time that MTSU signs such an agreement with an institution in another state – Albany Tech is based 400 miles away in the state of Georgia. The agreement will let Albany Tech students transfer to MTSU, and the two new partners will provide specific advice to such students. The aim is to encourage academic and administrative coordination between the institutions in the electromechanical engineering technology programme.
Albany Tech has some 4,000 students, with 50 students studying for a degree in electromechanical engineering technology. MTSU has about 650 students majoring in the engineering technology field, including 150 in electromechanical engineering technology.
The two institutions are keeping their expectations low, and are aiming for five students to transfer per year. The programme will begin this autumn. It is the fourth such transfer agreement MTSU has signed to date. It also has one with Motlow College – for early childhood education – and two with Columbia State – for nursing and for early childhood education – as well as an agribusiness agreement with the Columbia State-Lewisburg campus.
Anthony Parker, president of Albany Technical College, said: “The hybrid electrical and mechanical degree will provide skill sets in the exact proportions needed by our region’s manufacturers. We expect that a number of graduates from Albany Technical College’s associate degree program will want the career advancement that a bachelor’s degree can provide. We are grateful to Middle Tennessee State and look forward to a long relationship.”
