University Of Warwick, WMG Department
Coventry, United Kingdom
Warwick's MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship combines industry leading approaches in venture design, with the skills needed to launch and grow innovative, digitally enabled and technology-driven businesses
Designed for innovators eager to make an impact on the worlds of commerce and industry, whilst keeping in view the demands being placed on businesses to remain socio-economically responsible. This course will benefit those who want to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and implement transformative solutions, be that within a start-up, an established family business, or even a major conglomerate. You will apply leading edge approaches to assess emerging opportunities in new markets, industries and geographies.
It is a practical course, covering the new venturing process from generating new business ideas, understanding market trends, applying new technology, and designing the infrastructure, right through to launching the business. You will focus on how innovation can be exploited to design leading-edge new products and services.
Themes covered include business modelling, disruptive thinking, product design, growth hacking, corporate venturing, and financial analysis. Throughout your final project, you will be mentored to develop your own business idea, so that by the end of the course you will be in a strong position to launch your own business, or rejuvenate an existing one.
In WMG, our focus on building key competencies through start-up simulations, industry engagement and experiential learning style helps students in bringing their new venture visions to fruition. You will gain a wide array of skills from 3D printing, digital content creation, idea pivoting to sales. You'll also have numerous opportunities to pitch your ideas, take part in contests, and explore start-up ecosystems.
On this course you will study the following modules:
And a choice of two electives from:
In addition to the taught modules, you will complete a dissertation project which is worth a third of your final Master's grade (60 credits). This substantial individual project is designed to strengthen your academic and research skills, while allowing you to explore a specific area that reflects your interests and career goals. For this course, your project is usually devoted to developing your business idea in a rigorous manner so that by the end of the course, you not only have a strong piece of academic research, but you will hopefully also be well equipped to launch your business.
Instead of the dissertation project, students can take an Industry Collaboration Project (ICP), through which you can integrate academic learning with practical experience in a professional setting.
