Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management MSc

Why choose this course

Entrepreneurship and innovation management are essential for growth strategies in a world faced by technological disruption. This course will prepare you for these challenges and opportunities – whether in a large organisation, emerging-growth company or start-up.

We combine an academic foundation with practical experience to reinforce your skills. This may include a crowdfunding campaign or project with companies in the SETSquared Partnership - Surrey, ranked number one university business incubator worldwide by UBI Global.

You can also tailor your learning through a choice of modules and final project, while benefitting from mentoring expertise to help you fulfil your career aspirations.

What you will study

This course is designed to give you both practical and academic experience.

During your studies, you’ll gain skills in the following:

• Entrepreneurship theory
• Product-market research based on Lean Start-up
• Business modelling and scaling
• Business planning
• Digital marketing and social media
• Innovation management.

Careers and graduate prospects

We offer careers information, advice and guidance to all students whilst studying with us, which is extended to our alumni for three years after leaving the University. Our graduates have lifetime access to Surrey Pathfinder, our online portal for appointment and events bookings, jobs, placements and interactive development tools.

Some of our graduates have gone on to pursue a career in:

• Large companies such as Facebook and Amazon
• Scale-ups such as Thoughtspot and Clutch Space
• Family-owned companies to expand strategies of growth
• Start-up companies that they have set up on their own, with opportunities to join the SET-Squared Partnership.

A minimum of a 2:2 UK honours degree or a recognised equivalent international qualification.