Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Management MSc

Overview

Are you interested in working entrepreneurially? Whether that is in a large multinational, your own business, or as a business consultant or analyst, this course is designed for you.

You will take our ingenuity module where you will consider how to solve problems by thinking differently, as well as taking modules in leading entrepreneurial growth, launching new ventures and entrepreneurial creativity.

Your new knowledge is then deployed through a 'live' consultancy project with a fast-growing, local business where you will develop a report to show how the business can exploit new market opportunities, which is one of the things our students most like about the course.

Our approach is not to tell people how to become entrepreneurs, but to really engage them in practice so they develop their own entrepreneurial capabilities. You will cover core subjects in creativity, launching new ventures, and entrepreneurship in context, along with leading entrepreneurial growth and the unique ingenuity project. You will also have a wide variety of options to tailor the course to your career aspirations.

Cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship courses are also available:

• Applied Biopharmaceutical Biotechnology and Entrepreneurship MSc
• Communication and Entrepreneurship MSc
• Cultural Industries and Entrepreneurship MSc
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Entrepreneurship MSc
• Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship MSc

Key facts

• This course is delivered by The Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a centre of entrepreneurial skills development, innovation and work with small and medium enterprises
• Part of an elite group of EQUIS and AMBA accredited business schools
• 6th in the UK for research power in the latest Research Excellence Framework, with teaching informed by the latest developments
• An inspiring research portfolio worth £799m
• 91.1% of MSc graduates from Nottingham University Business School secured work, self-employment or further study within six months of graduation
• More than 19,000 Business School alumni connect you to a powerful global network of business contacts

Course details

Across the autumn and spring semesters, you will take 120 credits of taught modules including a 30-credit entrepreneurship consultancy project. Each module typically consists of 10 two or three hour sessions.

You will complete a 60-credit 14,000-word dissertation or business plan over the summer, and will be allocated an appropriate dissertation supervisor who will oversee your progress.

Assessment

You will be assessed through a combination of individual essays or group projects and written exams.

Modules

Core modules

Semester one

• Entrepreneurial Creativity
• Entrepreneurship in Context
• Launching New Ventures

Semester two

Core module

• Entrepreneurship Project
• Leading Entrepreneurial Growth

Optional modules

• Business to Business Marketing
• Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
• E-Business
• Entrepreneurship Business Plan
• Entrepreneurship Dissertation
• Managing for Sustainability
• Venture Capital and Private Equity

The modules we offer are inspired by the research interests of our staff and as a result may change for reasons of, for example, research developments or legislation changes. This list is an example of typical modules we offer, not a definitive list.

Careers

Career destinations for our postgraduates include accountants, finance and investment analysts, higher education teaching professionals, investment bankers, IT business analysts, management consultants, marketing professionals, public relations professionals and university researchers.

Postgraduate careers team

Our in-house Postgraduate Careers Team provides expert advice and guidance so that you can make an informed decision about the right career path for you.

As soon as you have accepted your offer of a place at the Business School, we can begin working with you to support your career planning needs. You can take part in pre-course careers discussions and take advantage of remote and online support through Career Leader, an online assessment tool which helps you to measure your business interests and motivations before starting your course. Our support continues throughout your time at Nottingham and after you graduate.

Employability and average starting salary

91.1% of postgraduates from Nottingham University Business School who were available for employment secured work or further study within six months of graduation. £25,000 was the average starting salary, with the highest being £57,200.*

* Known destinations of full-time home postgraduates 2016/17. Salaries are calculated based on the median of those in full-time paid employment within the UK.

Visit the Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Management MSc page on the University of Nottingham website for more details!