Teaching Objectives
The MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management programme is designed to enable students to:
1. develop skills in creative thinking and problem solving.
2. examine and assess the importance of innovation and its management.
3. gain exposure to “real life” entrepreneurial situations.
4. develop a clear understanding of the issues in financing and marketing that face the entrepreneur.
5. gain an overview of the patterns and the practices of entrepreneurship in Greater China.
6. develop skills in experiential, interactive and integrative learning.
7. develop team working skills.
8. obtain insights into the historical and current ideas in entrepreneurship.
Applicants for this programme can have a first degree of any discipline. A second class honours in the first division or equivalent in their first degree is normally required.
Teaching and learning
Teaching and learning sessions are highly interactive, with a case study focus, so that there is less emphasis on abstract theory and more emphasis on acquiring knowledge and decision-making skills that can be applied. Unlike ordinary marketing, finance and accounting programmes, entrepreneurship students will explore these subjects from the unique perspective of an entrepreneur, helping them to gain an understanding of the specific challenges faced when starting and developing a new business.
Programme Outline
The MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management programme can be taken on a full-time or part-time basis and commences in the September of each year. Students are required to take taught modules and prepare an individual dissertation or an extended business plan.
The structure of this programme is modular, with individual taught modules each typically have a weighting of 15 credits. One credit represents 10 hours of student work, meaning that a 15 credit module represents 150 hours of study including formal teaching, independent study, revision, and preparation for assessments. This degree requires the successful completion of 180 credits; 90 of which consist of taught modules, 30 for an Entrepreneurship project and 60 credits for the Entrepreneurship Business Plan or Dissertation project.
Programme structure
Students must complete 180 credits in total.
Fee
Tuition: 90,000 RMB per year
Academic textbooks: 2,500 RMB per year (the actual amount will be calculated and settled at the end of the academic year)
Future Career
This degree provides an ideal study path for people wishing to start their own business or be involved in early stage start-up companies. Equally, as larger organisations are increasingly valuing people who can innovate and act entrepreneurially from a management perspective, those looking to pursue management careers will gain highly relevant and applicable skills.
Additionally the programme provides a strong base from which to undertake post graduate research study into the area of entrepreneurship.
