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Join one of the UK’s most entrepreneurial cities to grow your business knowledge and career prospects. 

Prepare to boost the success of the businesses you work for or establish a high-growth new business on this MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Master's. 

Master the techniques you need to distinguish yourself as a creative and proficient business professional — whether you're part of an existing organisation or setting up a new business — and graduate ready to use your innovation and entrepreneurial understanding to drive increased profits, spur accelerated business growth, and create more job opportunities within an organisation.

Throughout this course, you'll:

• discover key innovation management and entrepreneurship frameworks, which are used to guide the development of constructive business policies and strategies
• understand the internal and external factors that impact innovation within an organisation, including economic, social, environmental, and technological challenges
• conduct detailed studies into markets and customers, including the impact of market changes on a company, to improve product targeting
• explore the financing of business operations, particularly around conducting financial assessments for new products and startups

You'll develop your knowledge of topics including opportunity recognition, product development, commercialisation, operational growth, and more, so that you graduate ready to apply your new business skills to startups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and large businesses across the private and public sectors.

You'll build your professional network as you study too, by working with students from a range of backgrounds on projects and assessments and learning from industry experts throughout the course. 

This course is suitable for students from any academic background with an interest in business and innovation. You do not need to have studied innovation management in the past to apply.

You can study this course full-time or part-time if you start your studies in September, or full-time if you start in January. 

Eligibility

This course accepts UK, EU, and international students.

Accreditation

Accredited by: 

The СÀ¶ÊÓƵ has earned business accreditation from the AACSB in recognition of the outstanding quality of its business and management education. Less than six percent of the world's schools offering business degree programs hold AACSB business accreditation.

Eligibility

This course accepts UK, EU, and international students.

СÀ¶ÊÓƵ graduates may receive a 20% alumni tuition fee discount. 

Fees are subject to annual increase. Read our tuition fees terms and conditions.

You'll be able to pay your fees in instalments. Find out how to pay your tuition fees.

Funding your studies

Explore how to fund your studies, including available scholarships and bursaries.

If you're a UK student, you may be eligible for a Government Postgraduate Master's Loan, which you can use to help with course fees and living costs.

Additional costs

These course-related costs aren't included in the tuition fees, so you'll need to budget for them when you plan your spending. Additional costs could include:

• Accommodation: Accommodation options and costs can be found on our accommodation pages.
• Recommended reading: You can borrow key texts from the library and if you choose to purchase these texts they may cost up to £60 each.
• General costs: such photocopying, memory sticks, printing charges, binding and specialist printing. We suggest budgeting £75 per year.
• Final project transport or accommodation: where necessary, which related to your research activities. The amount will depend on the project you choose.

Read more about tuition fees and living costs, including what your tuition fees cover.

We recognise that you'll probably be juggling more demands when you do your Master's degree, as you may be working or you may have family responsibilities.

We'll give you as much indication here as we can of how much time you'll need to be on campus and how many hours you can expect to spend in self-directed study, but please note that these indications are always subject to change. You should receive your full timetable several weeks before you start with us.

It is our expectation that all international students will join us here on campus in СÀ¶ÊÓƵ.

Course structure

This Master's degree will take:

• 1 year full-time
• 2 years part-time

You can study this course full-time or part-time if you start your studies in September, or full-time if you start in January.

If you study full time you can expect to:

• Attend scheduled sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays 
• Study for 4 hours daily per 30-credit module, and 2 hours daily for your research methods module 
• Study 2 modules in each half of the year, alongside your research methods module across the whole year 
• Attend some online Zoom sessions 

Teaching

Master's study is deeper and more specialised than an undergraduate degree. This means you'll focus on something that really matters to you and your career as you work closely with academics committed to the subject.

You'll spend more time in independent study and research than you did for your undergraduate degree, but the majority of your teaching time will be in-person and face-to-face.

Assessment

You'll be assessed through a range of assessments that focus on the types of work you'll complete in the workplace, including experimental assessment methods such as:

• oral presentations
• written assignments
• group pitches and debates
• a dissertation

This Master's course does not feature any examinations. 

For each unit you'll be assessed in a way that's relevant to test your knowledge. This will involve you thinking and working in an original way to overcome problems. At the end of the course you'll produce a dissertation related to your workplace, your future career, or a business venture.

Careers this Master’s prepares you for

Our MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Master's supports your personal, professional, and academic development, and provides opportunities for you to develop the skills you need to innovate in a managerial role — whether you're working in an existing company or starting a new business.

With support from academics and relevant coursework, you'll develop the critical and creative thinking skills you need to implement appropriate research techniques for your business, become and effective decision-maker, and successfully market your company’s offering to the right audience.

When you graduate you'll be well-positioned to secure management positions in a range of industries from technology to the arts.

You'll also become a part of our Alumni Association and get to network with accomplished professionals from across the world. As a member of this global community, you'll be able to forge connections that can create new opportunities for your career and your organisation.

Graduates of this course have gone on to roles as:

• Innovation and Organisational Consultant — contec GmbH, Bochum, Germany
• Vice-President and Patent Attorney — Yanagino Intellectual Property Firm, Osaka, Japan 
• Senior Product Designer — Vehicle Payments, EV Charging & Fuel, Corpay,  London 
• Co-Founder — MrktMinds, Digital and Data Consultancy, London
• Performance and Culture Manager — Samaco Automotive, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
• Marketing Director — Cult & Boutique (Wine Management) Limited, London

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Career planning

During your course you'll have expert career support from our Careers and Employability Centre, your tutors and our Business and Law Career-Ready Programme. This support will continue for 5 years after you graduate.

Master's study is more focused on independent learning than undergraduate study, but you'll get lots of support via video, phone and face-to-face from teaching and support staff to enhance your learning experience and help you succeed. You can build your personalised network of support from the following people and services:

Unlike undergraduate applications, which go through UCAS, applications for this Master's course are made directly to us.

There's no deadline for applications to this course. We accept applications right up until the start date in September, as long as there are places available. If you wait until September to apply, you may find that the course is full.

If you're applying as an international student, remember that you'll need to leave plenty of time to get your visa organised.

You can find more advice about applying in our Master's application checklist. International students and current students and recent graduates of the СÀ¶ÊÓƵ also have some different application options, which are detailed below.

After you apply

Once we receive your application, we may ask you for further information. We will then either make you an offer or suggest alternatives if your application is unsuccessful.

You'll usually get a decision within 10 working days, so you shouldn't have to wait too long. Some courses have an interview stage – we'll let you know if you need to prepare for one.

Learn more about how we assess your application.

Admissions terms and conditions

When you accept an offer to study at the СÀ¶ÊÓƵ, you also agree to abide by our Student Contract (which includes the University's relevant policies, rules and regulations). You should read and consider these before you apply.