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Course Description

With organisations seeking to employ individuals with the ability to spot and take advantage of new opportunities, entrepreneurial, and innovation skills are increasingly sought after. Our MSc prepares you for a wide range of careers in business including business development and running a start-up.

The MSc is designed to foster entrepreneurial and innovation skills in students, to enable you to have a career managing innovation in existing firms and to found new ventures.

Entry Requirements

You will need a UK first-class or 2:1 honours degree in any subject, or an equivalent overseas qualification.

Fees

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Student Destinations

Recruiting companies include:

  • Amazon Web Services
  • Crimson Education
  • KPMG
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co Ltd
  • NatWest
  • Nielsen
  • Pfizer
  • Philips
  • Raleigh International
  • Tencent

Job titles include:

  • Business Design and Innovation Consultant
  • Enterprise Consultant
  • Founder and CEO
  • Managing Director
  • Marketing Director
  • PhD student
  • Program Manager
  • Risk Manager
  • Startup Operations Manager
  • Strategy Consultant

Module Details

Compulsory courses
Entrepreneurial Finance
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation in Context
Managing Innovation in Context

Semester 2
Compulsory courses
Management Consultancy in Practice: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Doing Research for Business

Option courses (Group 1)*
Choose 1

Design Thinking (1): History and Theory
Digital Business: Transforming Organisations in the Digital Era
Global Creative Industries
Sustainable Knowledge-based Business

Option courses (Group 2)*
Choose 2

Design Thinking (2): Practice
Digital Business: Competing in the Age of Platforms
Family Business Management
Organising for Social Change
Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation

Summer
Dissertation / Capstone

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