MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Lund, Sweden
MSc
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: The MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Lund University trains you to identify and exploit market opportunities and drive innovation. You explore new venture creation, from idea selection and team formation to venture formation, and join a mentorship programme. The pedagogy blends action-based, experiential learning with reflection and theory so you gain practical start-up experience and research commercialization skills.
Career Outcomes: The programme has strong employer reputation; a majority of graduates work in lead roles at established firms or run their own start-ups. Potential careers include founder, innovation manager, business developer, product manager, commercialization specialist, venture advisor. Consulting roles.
Programme overview
Entrepreneurial skills enable the successful discovery and exploitation of opportunities in the market as well as driving innovation and business development projects in existing corporations.
The programme leads to an MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Entrepreneurship: New venture creation
You will learn how to create, develop and exploit business opportunities by starting up and managing new ventures. This track offers you an opportunity to be fully involved as an entrepreneur in the start-up process, from idea selection and team composition to venture formation, which enables you to gain real experience in starting up a new business. In addition, you will be part of our mentorship programme where you are matched with an experienced mentor.
Our pedagogy is based on the belief that you need the practice to learn. However, you also need to reflect on your practice and learn from available theories in the field. This is why you will find that our programme in entrepreneurship and innovation embraces action, without compromising the valuable learning that comes from theory.
Programme structure
The programme consists of the following courses:
- The Entrepreneurial Process and Opportunity Recognition (7.5 credits)
- Business Model Development (5 credits)
- Entrepreneurial Project (15 credits)
- Entrepreneurial Marketing (7.5 credits)
- Entrepreneurial Leadership (5 credits)
- Entrepreneurial Finance (5 credits)
- Degree Project (15 credits)
Career prospects
The Master’s programme in Entrepreneurship and Innovation has an excellent employer reputation. A majority of our graduates are working in a leading role at established companies or managing their own businesses and start-ups, involved in business development and entrepreneurship.
The programme is designed to provide the tools necessary for starting new independent businesses or to work in advisory roles to new venture start-ups. It also gives graduates practical experience in research commercialisation, as well as tools to proactively work in projects in highly uncertain or risky market environments.
The new competitive landscape makes it essential for existing companies to renew and develop. Knowledge of entrepreneurship and innovation processes, in general, is thus a valuable asset if you aim for a career in this field. The knowledge and skills that follow from the experience and learning from the programme are much sought after by a wide range of organisations.
