MSc Strategic Innovation Management with a Professional Placement Year
University of Sussex Business School
Key Information
Campus location
Brighton, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 - 3 years
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
GBP 27,000 / per year
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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Introduction
Innovation is the key for companies who wish to grow, survive and outperform their competitors. On this MSc, you’ll gain the skills and knowledge to lead and manage innovation at operational and strategic levels. Focusing on new product and service development in private- and public-sector organisations, you’ll:
- understand the causes, consequences and managerial implications of scientific development, technological progress and innovation;
- analyse complex trends and challenges such as digital transformations and environmental sustainability;
- learn to create appropriate value from innovation;
- analyse innovation management challenges in a variety of economic and organisational contexts.
This course draws on the expertise of innovation management experts from SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit, based at the University of Sussex Business School. You’ll benefit from our collaboration with the OECD, Sussex Innovation Centre, Wired Sussex and other innovative organisations. You’ll also learn from guest speakers about their innovation management practices.
Curriculum
Choose to study this course full-time or part-time to fit your work and personal life. Modules for the full-time course are listed below.
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2022/23. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
We’ll do our best to provide as many optional choices as we can, but timetabling constraints mean it may not be possible to take some module combinations. The structure of a small number of courses means that the order of modules or the streams you choose may determine whether modules are core or optional. This means that your core modules or options may differ from what’s shown below.
We’ll display the modules running in the academic year 2023/24 as soon as possible.
Year 1
Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
Autumn teaching
- Design Thinking for Innovative Problem Solving
- Digital Transformations and Innovation
- Management Research and Practice Skills
- Managing Innovation
- Science, Technology and Innovations: Markets, Firms and Policies
Spring teaching
- Managing Intellectual Property
- New Product Development Strategy
Summer teaching
- Innovation Management Project
Options
Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example, in response to student feedback or the latest research.
While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped, and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.
Spring teaching
- Industrial and Innovation Policy
- Infrastructure, Innovation and Sustainability
- Innovation for Sustainability
- Innovation in the Creative Economy
- Introduction to Quantitative Research
- Management of Risk
- Network Analysis and Infographics
- New Venture Creation and Simulation
- Quantitative Methods for Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
- Strategic Management (Business & Management)
Year 2
Core modules
All year
- MSc Professional Placement Year
Science, Technology and Innovation Challenge
You’ll have the opportunity to compete for a prize for developing novel science, technology and innovation ideas. Our Science, Technology and Innovation Challenge helps you develop skills in:
- presenting
- communication
- critical thinking.
You can work on your own or in a small team. At the end of the year, you’ll pitch your idea to a panel of industry experts and a live audience.
The Challenge is optional. It’s designed to enrich your academic studies and give you the opportunity to apply knowledge gained from the course. It’ll also allow you to explore essay and dissertation topics.
Please note
If you’re receiving – or applying for – USA federal Direct Loan funds, you can’t undertake your placement/internship in the USA if the number of credits for the placement/internship exceeds 25% of the total credits for your course.
Career Opportunities
This MSc will prepare you to lead and manage innovation at operational and strategic levels in a range of sectors, including:
- management consultancy
- product and service development
- business and technology analysis
- entrepreneurial and new venture creation and growth
- project or technology management
- global business
- R&D and innovation management
- general management in large, multinational organisations
- project-based organisations in the private and public sectors
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Rankings
- 1st in the UK for annual research income in 2020/21 (Chartered Association of Business Schools)
- 13th in the UK for Business and Economics (The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022)
- Top 100 in the world (QS World University Rankings: Masters in Management Rankings 2023)
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
We are pleased to announce that all international applicants, who study a full-time master's course at the University of Sussex Business School, will receive a £2,000 Award towards their overseas tuition fee.
We want to do our best to make sure that all international students have the opportunity to study at our EQUIS and AMBA-accredited schools.