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Utrecht University Master of Science in Innovation Sciences
Utrecht University

Master of Science in Innovation Sciences

Utrecht, Netherlands

2 Years

English

Full time

01 Jun 2025

Sep 2025

EUR 23,765 / per year

On-Campus

Introduction

Innovation creates new opportunities that lead to sustainable economic growth and can help tackle serious societal problems relating to sustainability, climate change and health. During our two-year Innovation Sciences Master’s programme, you will learn how to transform new ideas into marketable innovations, and how to manage and promote innovation processes within companies as well as in society at large.

Analyse the journey from knowledge to innovation

Creating a culture of innovation is one of society’s greatest challenges. As an Innovation Sciences student, you will analyse the various stages of the innovation process with a view to developing effective strategies for promoting innovation. This programme aims to give you an insight into the nature of technological change and the conditions affecting innovation and knowledge production. It also aims to give you an understanding of the societal uptake of innovations and the role of companies and other stakeholders such as research institutes, governments and citizen initiatives in the wider innovation system.

This programme is aimed at students with a background in technology, natural sciences, engineering or life sciences that wish to extend their technical background with knowledge about technology and innovation management and societal processes driving innovation. Moreover, Innovation Sciences is highly relevant for students from management and economics who aspire to blend their knowledge with innovation-driven perspectives.

Dynamics of technologies and innovation

  • This two-year multidisciplinary Master’s programme focuses on the dynamics of newly emerging technologies and innovation. After completing this programme, you will be able to link emerging technologies to human and economic needs, as well as to how they contribute to addressing grand societal challenges. Particularly, around energy, sustainable transport, and life sciences. How does innovation contribute to economic growth, welfare, climate change, energy security, health, mobility and sustainability?
  • As an Innovation Sciences student you will:
  • Explore innovation processes by combining technology, natural sciences, life sciences and social sciences.
  • Expand your knowledge of technology and innovation by studying and applying theories and methods.
  • Understand the innovation process by analysing the societal dynamics of emerging technologies and new innovations.

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