Technology Policy & Management MSc

Why this course?

Strathclyde’s MSc in Technology Policy & Management will provide you with the context and skills to operate at the nexus of the public and private sectors. With innovation as the central thread running through your studies, you'll gain a repertoire of frameworks and tools that will enable you to formulate, contribute to and analyse the complex dynamics of technology policy and industrial strategy.

Through learning with our world-leading faculty and our networks of practitioners, Technology Policy & Management will equip you with a thorough theoretical grounding as well as a practice-based understanding of technology policy formulation, analysis and management.

Technology Policy & Management is a truly interdisciplinary programme that draws on the academic expertise of all four faculties at the University of Strathclyde:

Strathclyde Business School

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

This enables you to develop a multidisciplinary perspective that will prepare you well for a wide range of boundary-spanning careers in a variety of contexts relevant to technology policy and management.

The University of Strathclyde is embedded in, and an integral part of, the

Technology Policy & Management has been uniquely designed to closely align with Glasgow City Innovation District, offering you access to, and engagement with, the wide range of organisations in this rapidly growing business community. This engagement will be realised in your studies via live case studies, projects and guest lectures from our partners, offering you a truly experiential year.

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new, interdisciplinary programme that draws on Strathclyde’s expertise in Business, Engineering, Science and Government & Public Policy.

uniquely aligned with

one of few taught programmes in the UK and globally that focuses on policy formulation, analysis, communication and management of innovation and technology

new module: Hacking for Ministry of Defence simulates the experience of entrepreneurs setting up a new startup

gain practical business knowledge

Upper second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in an Engineering or Science discipline including the physical or natural sciences and informatics. Previous working experience will also be considered but will not compensate for academic performance. Entry requirements may be widened to include other professional backgrounds and qualifications from social sciences or humanities given relevant mathematical or design-relevant course work.