The MSc in Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship will provide students with the skills required to develop and grow new ventures both in startup and corporate context.

Why Study the MSc in Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship?

• The MSc provides a unique mix of business strategy and entrepreneurship content that combines both leading academic research as well as the opportunity to apply this in a real world context.
• The MSc will be delivered by internationally recognised scholars in the field in combination with leading practitioners.
• The MSc will comprise of a small and highly selective student cohort.

About the MSc in Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship programme

The MSc in Business Strategy & Entrepreneurship is designed for graduates seeking a rigorous foundation prior to launching their own company or entering an existing corporation in a role focused on business development and growth.

The programme will provide students with the required skills via a combination of teaching methods covering knowledge about best business practices, as well as the fundamental principles behind them. Building on these skills, students will also have the opportunity to create a new venture. The development of this new venture will be supported by academic faculty as well as a corporate sponsor or entrepreneur.

Programme Structure

The programme consists of nine subjects completed over one year of study.

Semester 1

 

Semester 2

Semester 3 - New Venture Plan

We recognise that students value the opportunity to apply their learning in practice. We have therefore replaced the traditional dissertation with a practical New Venture Plan. For the New Venture Plan, you will work in a project team comprising three to five members, supervised by an academic expert. The plan will focus on either the development of a start-up business or the development of a new venture for an external organisation.

In the case of developing a new venture for an external organisation, the project team will spend two months learning about the participating organisation’s operating environment, analysing the opportunity for the new venture, designing and developing the business model for the venture, and presenting the proposed solution to their management board at a formal presentation.

Participating organisations could be small start-ups or established organisations, in various industries such as financial services, fashion retail, healthcare, IT services, hospitality, leisure and sports, charities and local council services.

In the case of developing a start-up business, the project team will develop the business model for the business under the supervision of an external entrepreneur. The culmination of the project will be a presentation of the start-up business model to a panel of venture capitalists.