MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at University of Manchester

Innovation with Intent. Entrepreneurship with Impact. A one-year MSc designed to prepare you to analyse, manage and apply innovation and entrepreneurial thinking across organisations and sectors. Learn how innovation processes operate in established firms, start-ups and public institutions, and how these can be applied in practice.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Department: Alliance Manchester Business School  |  Duration: 1 year  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You will study for 180 credits in total. 8 core and optional units = 120 credits Dissertation = 60 credits Students will complete four core units in semester 1 that provide theoretical and practical foundations in innovation management and entrepreneurship. In semester 2 students elect three units from the list of optional courses to suit their interests, with options in three core areas: firm innovation and strategy entrepreneurship and business creation, and innovation and society, focussing on e.g. global challenge, regional factors, and emerging technologies.

Career pathways

Professional and transferable skills Throughout the programme, you will develop a broad range of professional capabilities that are valued across innovation-focused, entrepreneurial and strategic roles, including: Innovation strategy and opportunity evaluation. Entrepreneurial thinking, venture development and business model innovation.

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