University of Edinburgh Business School

MSc in Unternehmertum und Innovation

Semester 1

September–December

Compulsory courses

• Entrepreneurial Finance
• Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation in Context
• Managing Innovation in Context

Semester 2

January–May

Compulsory courses

• Management Consultancy in Practice: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Doing Research for Business

Option courses (Group 1) - Choose 1

• Design Thinking (1): History and Theory
• Digital Business: Transforming Organisations in the Digital Era
• Sustainable Knowledge-based Business

Option courses (Group 2) - Choose 1

• Design Thinking (2): Practice
• Digital Business: Competing in the Age of Platforms
• Family Business Management
• Organising for Social Change
• Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation

Summer

May-August

Dissertation / Capstone - Wählen Sie 1

• Dissertation (Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
• Business Plan Capstone

Our Entrepreneurship and Innovation programme combines theoretical and empirical perspectives with the development of practical skills and opportunities for the application of knowledge to real-life organisational issues faced by those establishing and managing innovation-driven organisations.

Knowledge and understanding

By the end of the programme, students will have knowledge and understanding of:

• Key concepts underpinning entrepreneurship and its application in the recognition and exploitation of product/ service/ process opportunities
• Key concepts underpinning innovation and the issues associated with developing and sustaining innovation within organisations
• How to design creative strategies for pursuing, exploiting and further developing new opportunities
• Issues associated with securing and managing financial resources in new and established organisations

Graduate attributes

By the end of the programme, students will be able to:

• Theorie und Praxis zu Innovation, Unternehmertum und unternehmerischem Vorhaben kritisch anwenden
• Entwickeln Sie tragfähige, kreative und innovative nachhaltige Lösungen in den Bereichen Innovation und Unternehmertum
• Respond positively and effectively to problems in unfamiliar contexts
• Apply new ideas, methods and ways of thinking
• Engage with a range of stakeholders to deliver creative and sustainable solutions to specific problems
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Arbeiten Sie effektiv mit Kollegen zusammen, die über unterschiedliche Fähigkeiten und Erfahrungen verfügen, und seien Sie in der Lage, Ihre Praxis in der Zusammenarbeit mit Kollegen mit unterschiedlichen Fähigkeiten, Erfahrungen und Denkweisen kritisch zu reflektieren.
• Berücksichtigen Sie die ethischen und ökologischen Aspekte und Verantwortlichkeiten, die Manager bei ihren Entscheidungen berücksichtigen.

Career Development

Our MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation will help you to develop business skills that are essential in a wide range of different organisations. Our dedicated Student Development Team is here to help you become equipped to maximise your potential in the global market.

Graduate employment

Der MSc in Entrepreneurship und Innovation bietet Studierenden die Möglichkeit, Fähigkeiten zu entwickeln, die in einer Vielzahl von Organisationen, in neuen und bestehenden Unternehmen und in einer breiten Palette von Branchen angewendet werden können.

The programme prepares students for a range of careers including:

• Managers of innovation within existing organisations
• Policy and business development roles
• Venture founders
• Taking on more serious roles within a family-run business