MSc Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy with Placement Year
London, United Kingdom
MSc
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
GBP 15,000 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Home (+£1,425 placement year fee) | International: £26,000 (+£1,425 placement year fee)
Key Summary
About: This MSc at SOAS University of London develops skills in innovation, entrepreneurship and strategy with a placement year. It targets people seeking careers in managing innovation and policy and can lead to doctoral studies. The programme covers innovation management for challenges such as climate change, financial inclusion, AI governance and technology transfer. SOAS is ranked 42nd for Accounting and Finance and 2nd for Research Impact.
Career Outcomes: Graduates gain management, finance, statistics, computing, reasoning and analytical skills. Career opportunities include consulting, policy, finance, innovation management, entrepreneurship and research. Recent employers include Deloitte, J.P. Morgan and the World Food Programme.
This programme has been designed for those seeking a career in the management of creativity, knowledge, innovation and policy. It also provides a feeder route for those seeking to embark on Doctoral Studies.
Entrepreneurship and innovation are key determinants of organisational performance. As knowledge has become more central to business and organisational performance in the 21st century, catalysing creativity and managing innovation has taken on greater importance.
There is also a need to manage innovation to help resolve major challenges, such as, climate change, public health crises, financial inclusion, management of artificial intelligence, technology transfer and convergence.
Please note: you will be expected to secure the work placement yourself, to be approved by the academic department. The SOAS Careers team are on hand to help you with your CV, interview skills and finding the right organisation for you.
Why study MSc Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy with Placement Year at SOAS?
- We are ranked 42nd in the UK for Accounting and Finance (Complete University Guide 2025)
- We are ranked 2nd in the UK for Research Impact (REF 2021)
Year 1 - Core
- Innovation, Management and Entrepreneurship - 15 credits
Year 1 - Compulsory
- Research Methods - 15 credits
- International Business Strategy - 15 credits
- Project Management (School of Finance and Management) - 15 credits
- Innovation Systems, Complexity and Policy - 15 credits
Year 1 - Guided options
- Corporate Finance - 15 credits
- Cultural Intelligence and Global Business Communication - 15 credits
- International human resource management - 15 credits
- International Marketing - 15 credits
- Management, Innovation and Leadership in the Public Sector - 15 credits
- Financial Data Modelling - 15 credits
- Digital Government and Regulation - 15 credits
- Public Governance, Accountability and Transparency - 15 credits
- Consumer Behaviour - 15 credits
- Digital Marketing - 15 credits
- Emerging Market Finance - 15 credits
- Public Financial Management - 15 credits
- Data Analytics with Python - 15 credits
- Financial Markets and Instruments (PG) - 15 credits
Year 2 - Year in Industry
- Postgraduate Placement Year - 60 credits
Graduates from the School of Finance and Management leave SOAS with a coherent and solid knowledge of management and finance, with skills in statistics and computing, critical reasoning and analytical thinking.
Recent graduates have been hired by:
- Christian Aid
- Dagong Global
- Deloitte
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Elbus Group
- Financial Times
- FM Capital Partners
- HM Treasury
- Houlihan Lokey
- Huaxia Bank, China
- IDB (Islamic Development Bank)
- Investec
- J.P. Morgan Asset Management
- KPMG
- Lloyds Banking Group
- Santander
- UBS
- University of Oxford
- White & Case LLP
- World Food Programme