Master of Science in Business Development and Entrepreneurship
Utrecht University
Key Information
Campus location
Utrecht, Netherlands
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 2,209 / per year **
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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* Non-EU/EEA students: 1 April
** EU/EEA, Surinam or Swiss students; €17,500: International students
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Introduction
New World of Business
Our globalized, digital economy and disruptive new technological innovation are creating virtually unlimited opportunities for new ventures. Human creativity and an entrepreneurial mindset are needed to initiate successful new ideas and develop sustainable new markets and business models that benefit society as well as business. If you are energized by the dynamic possibilities of the rapidly-evolving new world of business, the Utrecht University MSc in Business Development and Entrepreneurship gives you the practical abilities, networks, and strong academic foundations you need.
Research Expertise
This Master’s program is based on Utrecht University’s world-class research in the domain of entrepreneurship and innovation and the interaction with business strategy and policy practice by U.S.E. staff members and lecturers. It also draws upon the broad international research network of the Utrecht Center for Entrepreneurship.
"In this Master’s program, you get the knowledge and skills to create an environment that empowers the greatest entrepreneurial talent to thrive inside organizations, regions, and countries".
dr. Coen Rigtering
Program Outcome
Master’s program in Business Development and Entrepreneurship provides you with:
- The tools, skills, and techniques to recognize and develop new opportunities within established organizations as well as start-ups;
- Market analysis and empirical techniques for such analysis, including customer development;
- Strategy creation abilities. Special attention is paid to the launch of new products and services;
- Competencies for organizing and managing fast-growing corporations and corporate units, internally as well as in value-creating networks;
- Knowledge of how to finance new ventures, especially in a corporate environment.
Curriculum
In the Master in Business Development and Entrepreneurship you focus on:
- Venture development, creating the right environment and context for new ventures to thrive;
- Capturing value from innovation;
- Product and service development;
- Entrepreneurial marketing using methods like co-creation with customers and design thinking;
- Obtaining and managing (venture) capital.
Career Opportunities
Upon completion of the MSc in Business Development and Entrepreneurship, you are an expert in creating an environment in which new ventures can take hold and flourish. This expertise is highly sought after in business development functions (including innovation, marketing, and finance) in large (multinational) corporations. The same applies to entrepreneurial teams, start-ups, and various other economic development functions.
In the past three decades, most large corporations have been shrinking. Many of them have outsourced a substantial part of their employment to other countries, often outside of Europe. Strong employment numbers in developed economies come largely from new, fast-growing companies with an agile and entrepreneurial approach. These companies demand different skills, knowledge, and mindsets from their employees than in the old hierarchical environment of business. And increasingly ambitious, young professionals are self-employed, launching their own entrepreneurial businesses.
Positions by graduates of this program could include:
- Entrepreneur, often in a team.
- Business Developer, often within a fast-growing corporation or business unit, but possibly also in the public-private context of incubators.
- Marketeer often focused on the launch of new products and services (with research skills for this purpose).
- Venture Finance Analyst, as the review of business plans within financial corporations, grows more important each day.