Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Entry requirements

In order to meet our academic entry requirement, you should have obtained the minimum of a UK 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent).

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

Students join this MSc programme from all academic disciplines, from engineering and business, through to creative arts and humanities. A good proportion of Innovation and Entrepreneurship students already have professional experience and are at the stage in their career where they want to launch their own company. Others come as recent graduates, often from an entrepreneurial family, and are looking at expanding and innovating the family firm, developing new markets and product or service lines.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate their entrepreneurial flair in their Statement of Purpose.

Months of entry

October

Course content

New business success typically requires a rare combination of innovation, technical skills, and entrepreneurial expertise. We focus on these to increase the chances of success for your new product or service based businesses.Our Master's in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is designed for entrepreneurs, or graduates with entrepreneurial flair who are looking to establish their own business.

It is designed for people who see opportunities all around them, and who want to achieve their dreams of creating a business that can harness those opportunities. It is an exciting programme that will give you the mind-set, tools and techniques to turn your ideas into a successful business.

You will learn to apply best-practice approaches to designing, developing, and running your own innovation-driven, often globally orientated, business.

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

Information for international students

If you are a non-native English speaker, we need to confirm that your English language competency is sufficiently good for you to get the most out of your Master's study. You therefore require you to take a SELT (Secure English Language Test) and submit your results as one of your academic requirements. If you are taking an IELTS test, we require a score of 6.5 (with no less than 6.0 in any one component). Please view our web page here for a full list of accepted tests, together with the grades required.

Fees and funding