MSc Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, United Kingdom
Course overview
MSc Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship focuses on building the essential skills that facilitate the commercialisation of product ideas and the acquisition of financial backing. You will learn how to grow effective teams and develop business plans that can detail product commercial differentiation within a market, product costs, operational and marketing costs, and risks. This degree will equip you with an understanding of what can be patented and how to protect your ideas.
You will undertake modules in product innovation, capital investments, strategic marketing, project management and supply chain systems. Following completion of the taught modules, you will complete an Investor Report and deliver an assessed investor pitch to ensure that you have developed the necessary skills to enable you to secure keys funds in order to grow a business. This programme has been designed to be accessible by students who have graduated from almost any discipline.
It does not require detailed technical knowledge in any one field, only on what can be patented.
Key highlights
- Covers commercialising product ideas and securing financial backing
- Modules in product innovation, capital investments and strategic marketing
- Also covers project management and supply chain systems
- Learn what can be patented and how to protect ideas
- Concludes with an Investor Report and assessed investor pitch
- Open to graduates from almost any discipline
Entry requirements
- IELTS: 6 — 6.0 IELTS 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent
Scholarships
AberDoc Scholarship
Tuition fees (up to the UK (Home) rate of £5,006 per annum). A maintenance allowance of approximately £20,780 per annum and access to a travel and conference fund (max. £1000 per annum) will also be provided.
AberGrad Scholarship
A £1,000 tuition fee discount is available to Aberystwyth graduates.
Up to £1,000Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship
UK First Honours degree will be eligible for a £3,000 discount; UK Upper Second (2:1) or Lower Second (2:2) degree will receive a £2,000 discount.
Careers this course leads to
- Entrepreneur
- Product manager
- Innovation manager
- Business development manager
- New product development manager
- Start-up founder
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Aberystwyth University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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