Master Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MA)
Online
DURATION
24 up to 48 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
EUR 1,936 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* Price starts from, includes up to 67% discount on tuition fees. For a personalized offer contact the University.
Introduction
Your path into the future
Innovation and entrepreneurship are essential to progress for companies of all shapes and sizes. They require both creativity and sound management knowledge. This is precisely where IU’s online Master of Arts in Innovation and Entrepreneurship programme comes into play.
This degree offers you scientifically sound and practice-oriented expertise in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship at an affordable price with the help of their scholarship of up to 67%. You will be able to realise your own business ideas and enable you to take on responsibility in a variety of areas, bringing innovative management to companies.
Why IU?
- Germany’s largest University: With over 100,000 students from more than 153 countries
- Digital, Flexible, 100% online: IU offers outstanding, innovative digital learning materials and a great online environment for success in your studies wherever you are with online classes and exams 24/7.
- Fully Accredited Degree: All IU's degrees benefit from German state accreditation and are internationally recognized in major jurisdictions such as the EU, US and UK
- Study at a 5-star rated University from QS: IU is the first German university that achieved a 5-star rating for Online Learning from QS
- International Focus, Practical Orientation: 94% of their graduates have a job within six months of graduation.
- Scholarships available: Depending on your situation, motivation, and background, IU offers scholarships that can reduce your tuition fees by up to 67%.
A short overview of your study
- Degree: Master of Arts (MA)
- Credits: 120 ECTS.
- Start of study: Anytime (no fixed start date or enrolment deadlines)
- Study duration: Different time models are available.
- Study model: Online study including online exams 24/7
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Career Opportunities
Career Relevance
This degree programme qualifies you for a career in innovation management as well as for entrepreneurial self-employment. You could work as one of the following:
Project Manager of Innovation Projects
As a project manager of innovation projects, you are responsible for all kinds of innovation projects in industrial and service companies. You always work at the interface between product development and marketing.
Product/Process Innovation Consulting
Your tasks include defining the specifications for product and process innovations. In your position, you always ensure that the cooperation between production and marketing functions smoothly.
Business Model Innovation Coach
As a coach of business model innovations, your task is to analyse industry and sector-specific developments and trends as the basis for business model innovations. You advise and support innovation teams in the definition and implementation of new business models.
Admissions
Curriculum
This degree programme creates an optimal basis for you to get started in the start-up scene. In modules such as Business Model Design and Digital Business Models, you learn how to develop successful business models, with both traditional and digital business model development playing a central role. Courses such as Design Thinking, Lean Start-Up and Agile Project Management equip you with the latest management skills for innovation. In addition, you have the opportunity to specialise in the Tech track - for example in Data Science and Analytics or Big Data - or in the Business track - for example in Corporate Finance and Investment, Performance Measurement, Consumer Behaviour and Brand Management, Leadership or Change. This means nothing stands in the way of your mission to bring innovations with the potential to the big time.
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Electives
In the Master's distance learning programme Innovation and Entrepreneurship, you have the opportunity to choose two electives amounting to 20 ECTS and gaining deeper knowledge in areas such as Startups, data science and analytics, digital transformation, big data and consumer behaviour and brand management.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Start-Up Lab
- Data Science and Analytics
- Big Data
- IT Project and Architecture Management
Rankings
Accreditations, Rankings, and Memberships
 | AccreditationIU International University of Applied Sciences has received system accreditation from EQAR, FIBAA, the German Accreditation Council, the German Council of Science and Humanities, and WES Canada. This means their courses, faculty and teaching material all match the rigorous standards that have been set for them and they can now accredit their own programmes. |
 | Cambridge Assessment International Education / High School Diploma A-LevelsIU is the first online university partner of Cambridge International's high school diploma A-Levels. Students now have a chance to earn a high school diploma while studying for a bachelor’s degree – with no additional cost. The A-Levels is a unique 12-month course with a 150-hour workload, which you take alongside your bachelor courses. The A-Levels concludes with an exam that can be retaken an infinite number of times. |
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| Awards and RankingsIU is the first German university to get 99/100 on the QS Stars Report, but they also topped 6 out of 25 categories in Germany’s largest university ranking by CHE. Recently IU’s online MBA programmes ranked 26th in Europe in the prestigious QS Online MBA Rankings, an impressive achievement and recognition on the international stage. |
 | MembershipsIU is a member of the Business Graduate’s Association, Online Learning Consortium, AASCB, and UNESCO's Global Education Coalition. These memberships give them connections to other institutions, companies, and NGOs as well as top-tier degree programmes and lifelong learning development courses. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, IU helps students in need to continue their education and pursue lifelong learning. |
Global Recognition and Academic Partners
Global RecognitionAs IU is recognised by WES Canada and U.S., their degrees can be converted into points according to local academic standards in the Canadian Immigration Point System and American Immigration Assessment Scheme. In April 2023, IU became the first German university to be a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), the only public authority in India that ascertains foreign institutions. This means that their on-campus programmes are recognised by employers across India and other Commonwealth Nations. |
Academic PartnersThrough partnerships with academic institutions from all around the world, IU offers a more affordable way for students to study and live abroad. The IU Study Abroad Alliance lets students start a degree online at IU and complete it at a partner university in the US, Canada, Australia or Europe, where career opportunities are aplenty. |
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
Online Scholarship Initiative: Save up to 67%!
Get your European degree from the largest universities for online studies in Germany — without sacrificing your job or family commitments!
With over 20 years of experience and over 100,000 worldwide students, IU offers scholarships from 25% up to 67%.
Distance learning at IU International University of Applied Sciences offers students the opportunity to develop on a personal and professional level and advance their careers through flexible, practice-oriented study.
You can start your education whenever you want - studies and exams are available to you 24/7.
(Be aware that IU scholarships are not available to students from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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