MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Key information

• Duration: 1-year full time, 2 years part-time
• Start date: September 2021
• Apply by: 1 August (International), 1 September (UK/EU)

Entrepreneurial skills are essential for career success – whether in small and medium-sized enterprises, your own business or on project-based venture teams in large companies.

On this intensive and innovative course, you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation. The course covers different organizational, sectoral and geographical contexts, and aims to combine state-of-the-art academic knowledge with practical challenges in the business world. You’ll develop practical and reflective skills around conceptualizing, designing, managing and growing new ventures and existing entrepreneurial organizations.

Full-time and part-time study

Choose to study this course full time or part time, to fit around your work and family life.

For details about the part-time course, contact us at bmec@sussex.ac.uk

How will I study?

You’ll study core modules and options in the autumn and spring terms. A research methods module runs in the spring term. In the summer term, you choose to either carry out an independent research project or to work on a company-based project with the Sussex Innovation Centre.

You’ll be assessed by a combination of coursework, essays, group and individual reports, and presentations. There are also unseen examinations.

Modules

These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

• Research Project (Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
• Design, Creativity and Innovation
• Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
• Leading, Managing and Developing People
• Managing Innovation
• New Venture Creation and Simulation
• Research Methods (International Management)

Options

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.

• Accounting for Decision Makers
• Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Digital Marketing
• Entrepreneurial Finance
• Global Business Environment
• Information Systems and Management
• Innovation in the Creative Economy
• International Entrepreneurship
• Managing Intellectual Property
• Marketing Management