Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MSc)

Designed for budding entrepreneurs, for those with family businesses that need transforming, and for those wanting to bring an innovative entrepreneurial mindset to their next job, this course will allow you to apply best practice approaches to your business proposals to maximise chances of success.

It is a practical course, covering the process from generating new business ideas, developing, testing, and refining ideas, and designing the infrastructure, right through to launching the business. You will focus on how innovation can be exploited in technological and business contexts, to increase success for new product or services-based businesses.

You will cover themes such as business modelling, sales, starting a new business, innovation, leadership and financial issues. Throughout your dissertation, you will rigorously develop your own business ideas, guided by experienced mentors, so that by the end of the course you will be in a strong position to launch your own business.

|We have a Business Accelerator within the department, where companies and student start-ups can get ongoing technology and business support, a large alumni network of successful entrepreneurs, and pathways for entrepreneurship visa sponsorship.

Core modules

• Business Model Generation
• Establishing a New Business
• Innovation
• Leadership
• Management of Change
• Sales and Sales Management
• Financial Analysis and Control Systems

Optional modules

Two additional elective modules should be chosen from a wide list of business and technology options, allowing you the flexibility to tailor the course in line with your specific interests.

Options include, but are not limited to:

• Leadership
• Leading Change
• LEAN Principles and Application
• Logistics and Operations Management
• Operations Strategy for Industry
• Organisations, People and Performance
• Problem Solving with Statistics
• Procurement and Inventory Management
• Product Design and Development Management
• Project Planning, Management and Control
• Quality, Reliability and Maintenance
• Reputation and Relationship Management
• Sales and Sales Management
• Service Design and Delivery
• Storage and Warehousing Techniques
• Supply Chain Management

Minimum requirements

2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent).

Candidates with a UK 2:ii (or equivalent) may be accepted upon demonstration of relevant professional experience.

English language requirements

• Band A
• IELTS overall score of 6.5, minimum component scores not below 6.0
   

The University carries out an initial fee status assessment based on information provided in the application and according to the guidance published by UKCISA. Students are classified as either Home or Overseas Fee status and this can determine the tuition fee and eligibility of certain scholarships and financial support.

If you receive an offer, your fee status will be stated with the tuition fee information, however we are awaiting guidance from the UK government regarding fee status for EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals and their family members living in the UK for academic year 2021/22 onwards. We are not able to confirm the fee status for these students until the relevant eligibility criteria have been confirmed. Once we have received further information from the UK government, we will provide you with an update on your fee status and let you know if any additional information is required. If you believe your fee status has been incorrectly classified you can complete a fee status assessment questionnaire (follow the instructions in your offer) and provide the required documentation for this to be reassessed.

 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship graduates will often start their own business, and we’ve seen graduates become successful in a wide range of sectors including: food and drink, music, business consultancy, digital education, oil and gas, outsourcing, fashion, textiles, luxury goods and jewellery, logistics, and finance. Others go on to create new divisions and ventures for their family business, or start work in sectors in which they plan to later launch their business.