University of Bristol - Business, Economics and Innovation MSc Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship
University of Bristol - Business, Economics and Innovation

University of Bristol - Business, Economics and Innovation

MSc Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Bristol, United Kingdom

MSc

1 year

English

Full time

GBP 35,300 / per year **

On-Campus

* home applicants | overseas applicants: 25 july 2025

** overseas full-time | home full-time: GBP 19,700 per year | home part-time two years: GBP 9,850 per year

Key Summary

About: The MSc Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Bristol teaches you to apply undergraduate knowledge to real-world business challenges. You'll learn design-led, human-centred techniques, do applied commercial projects in collaborative teams, and work with innovators in Bristol's startup ecosystem. The programme focuses on intrapreneurship within existing organisations and uses practice-based teaching. Keywords: innovation, entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, design thinking.

Career Outcomes: You'll graduate with a portfolio and network to support venture creation or roles in innovative organisations. Potential careers include startup founder, intrapreneur/product manager, innovation consultant, and corporate innovation lead. Skills include opportunity identification, design-led problem solving, and commercialisation.

To thrive in a disrupted world you will need creativity as well as commercial acumen. Come to the home of innovative, design-led, creative business education and transform your prospects.

The MSc Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship will teach you how to apply your existing undergraduate degree knowledge in real-world business challenges appropriate to joining innovative organisations. You'll get the chance to:

  • Start up your career and ideas in a professional-supported environment
  • Undertake applied commercial projects in collaborative teams
  • Learn human-centred techniques for designing and developing ideas of real value.

We welcome students from any discipline who are thinking about building a career either in large commercial organisations or startups.

This program shares much of its teaching with our other Innovation and Entrepreneurship programmes (MSc and MA) but has a specific focus on intrapreneurial activity adding value within existing organisations.

This course will develop the high-level skills and critical competencies needed for successful organisational innovation and intrapreneurship, through a largely practice-orientated educational approach based on collaborative teamwork across disciplines and cultures.

During the programme, you get opportunities to work alongside innovators and their businesses to develop a deep understanding of opportunities and challenges.

Bristol is a recognised hub for innovative and entrepreneurial business, being ranked within the top five best places in the UK to start outside of London (Startup Cities Index, 2022), and home to some of the most impactful, innovative, and creative organisations in the world.