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MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation
at University of Essex

Essex, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 20,350
Country Rank#40
Duration12 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5

Program Overview

Entrepreneurship and innovation are terms that go hand in hand as entrepreneurs frequently innovate in order to achieve economic prosperity, regional growth and social transformation.

MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation uses innovative and interactive teaching, such as group working and applied projects, to develop your practical business knowledge and employability skills. We hone your entrepreneurial spirit, so you can have the capabilities and confidence to launch your own venture, manage your family business or introduce innovative ideas to improve performance at existing organisations.

This course explores the entrepreneurial issues and challenges high on the agendas of businesses, governments, policy-makers, researchers, educators and wider communities across the world.

You explore topics including:

economic, sociological, psychological and managerial theories of enterprise creation theories and practices of entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship skills
strategic innovation management
new venture development
how to prepare a business plan

This course is delivered by Essex Business School at our Southend Campus. Essex is one of the most entrepreneurial places in the UK and an exciting place to do business. We have more start-up businesses than any other county in the UK, some based right here on our campus. This entrepreneurial spirit, global community and academic expertise come together to inspire innovative thinking.

Guest lectures give you access to practitioners and policy makers, who share real-world experiences to prepare you to tackle the challenges facing entrepreneurs and SMEs today. Instead of a dissertation, you can opt to complete a comprehensive business plan for your new venture or an existing business, giving you the opportunity to gain valuable feedback on your ideas from academics and industry practitioners.

Course Content
We offer a flexible course structure with a mixture of core/compulsory modules, and optional modules chosen from lists. Please be aware that we are planning changes to our first year to make it more relevant to your chosen course.

Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field. The following modules are based on the current course structure and may change in response to new curriculum developments and innovation.

Year 1
- Theories and Practice of Entrepreneurship
- Innovation Management
- Creating and Managing the New and Entrepreneurial Organisation
- Option from list
- Research Methods
- BE984-7-PS or BE956-7-PS
Entry Requirement
UK entry requirements

A 2:2 degree or international equivalent, in any discipline.

International & EU entry requirements

A degree with an overall grade of between 50 to 55% OR 5.3 to 5.8/10 OR 2.12 to 2.32/4 depending on the degree institution

English language requirements

If English is not your first language, we require IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum component score of 5.5
Fees & Scholarships
Home/UK fee
£13,030 per year

International fee
£20,350 per year
Career Prospect
A Masters degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation will ensure you have a clear grasp of real-world entrepreneurial challenges and how innovative approaches can be applied to existing organisations to improve performance - giving you an excellent foundation for your future career.

Our curriculum aims to prepare you for a career as an entrepreneur, an owner-manager or a policy maker. Core modules such as Theories and Practice of Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management, and Research Methods will equip you with a critical understanding of the range of economic, sociological, psychological and managerial theories of enterprise creation and development and how they apply in practice, together with an understanding of innovation at an operational and strategic level.

Many of our graduates go on to set up their own businesses or work for government and other policy making institutions or community-based organisations. Recent graduate destinations include consultancies and financial institutions such as:
- KPMG
- EY
- SAP
- Morgan Stanley

Cost Of Studying At University of Essex

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

Loans Sanctioned

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MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Essex