Course summary
Overview Prepare to launch or grow your business on this entrepreneurial Master's degree. Develop business ideas to pitch to investors during the course as you learn how business works in different countries, and graduate ready to bring ideas to the market in a global environment. You'll explore topics including business, product development, and the process of innovation management in large companies as you prepare for your career as an entrepreneur. Use your own business ideas to inform your studies and identify, test and market a business idea in groups. You'll develop your business knowledge and understanding and critically evaluate a company that you choose. You'll work with students from a range of backgrounds on projects, activities and assessments, and learn from industry experts throughout the course. By the time you graduate you'll have all of the skills and knowledge you need to run your own business. This course is suitable for students from any academic background with an interest in business and innovation. You do not need to have studied innovation management in the past to apply. What you'll experience On this course you'll:
- Hear from industry professionals and guest speakers from companies including HP
- Access industry networking opportunities
- Network with students from a range of backgrounds
- Hear from regular entrepreneurial guest speakers including course graduates
- Benefit from the Entrepreneurs in Residence program
- Access student startup and career support throughout your studies, and for up to 5 years after you graduate
- Careers and opportunities*
- Marketing
- New product development
- Innovation
- Research and development
- Technology
- Engineering
- Project management
- Administration
- The arts
Modules
What you'll study on this MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship degree course Each module on this course is worth a certain number of credits. You need to study modules worth a total of 180 credits. For example, 4 module worth 30 credits and 1 module worth 60 credits. Modules Core modules in include:
- Entrepreneurship and Business Venturing (30 credits)
- Entrepreneurship Theory (30 credits)
- Innovation Management (30 credits)
- Managing New Product Development (30 credits)
- Research Methods and Dissertation (60 credits)
- academic writing
- note taking
- time management
- critical thinking
- presentation skills
- referencing
- working in groups
- revision, memory and exam techniques
- lectures
- workshops
Assessment method
For each unit you'll be assessed in a way that's relevant to test your knowledge. This will involve you thinking and working in an original way to overcome problems. At the end of the course you'll produce a dissertation related to your workplace, your future career, or a business venture.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Entry requirements
A second-class honours degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0. | |
| Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
| Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 91 with a minimum of 20 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 20 in Writing. | |
| PTE Academic | An overall score of 61 with a minimum of 54 in each skill. |
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £12000 | Year 1 |
| England | £12000 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £12000 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £12000 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £12000 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £12000 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £12000 | Year 1 |
| International | £17900 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship
Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation.
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP