Course summary
MSc Brewing and Distilling with Entrepreneurship is designed to provide students with high level education in brewing and distilling and key transferable professional skills which will provide entry to careers in these industries, including private entrepreneurial ventures. Business practices and demands in brewing and distilling are changing rapidly. Graduates of this programme will possess the skills to assess and address both technical and entrepreneurial challenges as they arise in the industry. Our series of ‘Fit for work’ events held on campus include seminars, talks, networking and recruitment exercises and involve a range of industry professionals from graduates with their own companies, to representatives from the major breweries and distilling companies. Accreditation: The Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) offer graduates the opportunity for exemption from the Diploma in Brewing, or Diploma in Distilling should they, later in their career, wish to undertake the IBD Master Brewer or IBD Master Distiller qualification through the IBD.
Modules
MSc Brewing and Distilling with Entrepreneurship contains four mandatory courses in brewing/distilling; two mandatory courses in entrepreneurship; and two optional courses from Brewing/ Distilling/ management. It includes a dissertation and this must contain or refer to some element of entrepreneurship/enterprise. Core courses Cereals Malting and Mashing, Wort Boiling Fermentation and Beer Maturation , Entrepreneurship and Creativity, Filtration and Packaging, Distilling and Whisky Maturation , Entrepreneurial Venturing. MSc Research project which will include some element of enterprise/entrepreneurship
Assessment method
Written thesis.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website
English language requirements
Applicants whose native language is not English and who have not been educated previously in the English language must provide evidence of their English language ability to ensure they can cope with the demands of a Heriot-Watt programme taught and assessed in English. Further information about the English Language tests that we currently accept as proof of English Language ability including our own English Language programmes, can be viewed on our website.
HWU English Language Requirements
https://www.hw.ac.uk/study/entry/english-language-requirements.htm
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Additional fee information
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Provider information
Heriot-Watt University
Riccarton
Edinburgh
EH14 4AS