MSc Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Curriculum and Courses

Foundational Courses

This seminar explores ethical decision-making frameworks, values-based leadership, and organizational culture. Students examine sustainability practices, corporate social responsibility, and ethical dilemmas in modern business. The course prepares entrepreneurs to build ventures with strong ethical foundations.

Students develop leadership competencies including different leadership styles, teamwork dynamics, conflict resolution, and goal-setting techniques. The course emphasizes project management methodologies and practical team-building exercises essential for managing new ventures and collaborative environments.

The capstone course for venture creation covers launching new businesses, ideation processes, market analysis, and feasibility assessment. Students develop comprehensive business plans, navigate legal and regulatory requirements, and learn strategies for overcoming common startup challenges. This is the foundation course for the program.

This course addresses the financial aspects of entrepreneurship, including evaluating business viability, understanding funding options, and working with angel investors and venture capital. Students learn to analyze financial statements, manage cash flow, and explore alternative financing options such as crowdfunding for startups.

Strategic planning for entrepreneurial ventures involves business model generation, competitive analysis, market segmentation, and developing sustainable revenue models. Students learn customer discovery techniques and create integrated financial and strategic plans for new market entry and growth.

This course teaches design thinking methodology—empathy, problem identification, ideation, prototyping, and iterative testing. Students apply user-centered design principles and engage in interdisciplinary collaboration to develop innovative solutions to complex business problems.

Students explore the complete product development lifecycle, from market research and prototyping to commercialization. Topics include intellectual property protection, regulatory compliance, and project management strategies for bringing innovative products to market efficiently.

Internship Option: Supervised hands-on experience in an entrepreneurial setting, focusing on professional development and research. Capstone Option: Comprehensive case study or industry collaboration project applying real-world entrepreneurial challenges and solutions.

Elective Courses

This specialized course addresses unique challenges in biomedical entrepreneurship, including regulatory hurdles, FDA approval processes, drug development, medical devices, and digital health innovation. Students gain insights into biotechnology commercialization and exit strategies.

Covers the legal framework for entrepreneurs, including intellectual property law, contract law, employment law, cybersecurity, and data privacy regulations. Students learn to protect their ventures and navigate compliance requirements in regulated industries.

Focuses on leading new ventures through vision articulation, team building, culture development, and strategic decision-making. Students learn resource management, stakeholder engagement, and scaling strategies for growing organizations.

Marketing strategies for startups include identifying target customers, developing go-to-market strategies, and leveraging social media and content marketing. Students build brands and create marketing campaigns for technology-based ventures with limited budgets.

Explores sustainability principles in entrepreneurship, sustainable business models, life cycle assessment, green chemistry, and renewable energy ventures. Students learn to create businesses that balance profit with environmental and social responsibility.

Addresses international business expansion, identifying global opportunities, cross-cultural communication strategies, and international trade considerations. Students develop skills for building global brands and scaling ventures across borders.