Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Taught)

Warwick's MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship combines industry leading approaches in venture design, with the skills needed to launch and grow innovative, digitally enabled and technology-driven businesses.

This collaborative programme designed by WMG and taught in partnership with Warwick Business School, draws on the best expertise in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Course Overview
Designed for innovators eager to make an impact on the worlds of commerce and industry, whilst keeping in view the demands being placed on businesses to remain socio-economically responsible. This course will benefit those who want to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and implement transformative solutions, be that within a start-up, an established family business, or even a major conglomerate. You will apply leading edge approaches to assess emerging opportunities in new markets, industries and geographies.

It is a practical course, covering the new venturing process from generating new business ideas, understanding market trends, applying new technology, and designing the infrastructure, right through to launching the business. You will focus on how innovation can be exploited to design leading-edge new products and services.

Themes covered include business modelling, disruptive thinking, product design, growth hacking, corporate venturing, and financial analysis. Throughout your final project, you will be mentored to develop your own business idea, so that by the end of the course you will be in a strong position to launch your own business, or rejuvenate an existing one.

Our focus on building key competencies through start-up simulations, industry engagement and experiential learning style helps students in bringing their new venture visions to fruition. You will gain a wide array of skills from 3D printing, digital content creation, idea pivoting to sales. You'll also have numerous opportunities to pitch your ideas, take part in contests, and explore start-up ecosystems.

This information is applicable for 2026 entry. Given the interval between the publication of courses and enrolment, some of the information may change. It is important to check our website before you apply.

Core modules are required modules that all students will complete whilst on this programme. Core modules include:

• Digital Start-up and Business Modelling
• Disruptive Technology and Innovation 2.0
• Product Design
• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Entrepreneurial Finance
• Corporate Entrepreneurship

Optional modules
Students will take two additional elective modules chosen from a list of options provided to you at the start of the academic year - one from WMG and one from WBS. Please see below for an indicative list of electives available for this course:

• Enterprise eCommerce Solutions (WMG)
• Sales and Sales Management (WMG)
• Project Management (WBS)
• Branding and Marketing Communications (WBS)

This course uses a variety of assessment methods across modules. These may include reports (both topic based and reflective), essays, individual and group presentations, critical evaluation or commentary pieces, case study exercises, simulation reports, business or consultancy reports, online tests, and video presentations.

Assessments have been designed not only to assess your achievement in meeting the course learning outcomes in an academically sound manner, but also contribute to preparing you with the requisite competencies required for employment.

For the research component, you will undertake a major project, which will develop your research and analytical skills. Project submission is likely to include both a written and a presentation element, accounting for 33% of your overall academic grade.