Be prepared to launch your business with innovative knowledge thanks to your MBA specialising in Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
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Innovation and entrepreneurship are the drivers of a successful Business idea. Sometimes they are even used synonymously, but they are not the same thing. One thing is clear: one cannot contribute to the successful implementation of innovative concepts without the other. No matter how good an idea is, if the entrepreneurial flair is missing, it usually remains just an idea. And vice versa, the Market can hardly be rolled up from behind if a new development is just yesterday's news. With the MBA programme in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, you will acquire the necessary tools to drive innovative business ideas forward with entrepreneurial competence and successfully place them on the Market.
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Innovation and entrepreneurship go hand in hand. Your MBA Innovation & Entrepreneurship makes you doubly indispensable. With your MBA, YOU have several options for your career choice. Become, for example:
With your own innovative business model, you challenge the established industry’s best players, and initiate a modernisation of the entire economy. You can do this with your own start-up or as a managing director in an existing company. After you have brought your business idea to the market, you have to place it there skilfully and ensure its long-term success. Depending on the size of your company, you may also have other management and leadership tasks.
You are responsible for the market launch of a new product, business model or service. You make sure that your development conquers the market. You ensure continuous improvement for the product and your team. In doing so, you draw on the knowledge from your studies, for example agile management methods, strategies for marketing and sales, and entrepreneurial skills.
You make sure that innovations are not only a thought, but are also implemented. You keep in touch with all departments involved in the company and know the status of the work. You interact with customers, competitors, suppliers, universities and researchers. You work together with product developers, technical experts, industry experts and sales staff on the best possible implementation of new developments.
We have developed a suitable study model for every life situation and every learning type. This also applies to your MBA study programme in Innovation & Entrepreneurship. This is the only way to ensure that you never lose sight of your personal and professional goals and that your Master's degree programme is optimally suited to your individual needs. This is exactly why we at the IU International University of Applied Sciences place so much value on the fact that you alone decide when, where and how you want to study - without compromise.
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You study completely on your own terms. Get the perfect blend of innovative study tools, interactive study formats via video chat (live or on demand) and personal support.
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Study 100% in English at IU’s campus in Cologne and learn through career-oriented, face-to-face teaching by experienced professors with strong industry backgrounds. Develop the skills you need for tomorrow’s careers.
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Do you want to remain independent at all times during your Master's programme? With IU online study programme, you can remain completely flexible so that you can always freely allocate the time available for studying and determine the location of the next lecture yourself. We offer the perfect mix of innovative learning tools, virtual teaching formats and personal support. These are ideal conditions for combining your everyday life, your MBA studies and your professional goals.
Sometimes things turn out differently. And then differently than you think. That's exactly why you can design your Master's programme according to your individual needs and choose between a full-time or part-time model. Depending on which option you choose, the content of the different solutions is absolutely the same. Only the duration varies between 18, 24 and 36 months. And if you need more time than expected, you can extend your MBA studies at any time free of charge.
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Whether a Master's programme or an MBA programme is the better choice for you depends entirely on your professional goals and your individual requirements. While a classic Master's programme allows you to further deepen the specialised knowledge you gained during a Bachelor's programme, an MBA focuses even more on teaching specialised knowledge such as leadership strategies and management skills. However, both forms of study offer excellent career prospects and attractive salary benefits if you want to start a new career, change industries or recommend yourself for higher positions. In any case, your IU degree programme will help you progress, as it not only provides you with specific Business knowledge for a selected field, but above all optimally combines theory and practice.
The MBA programme in Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the IU International University of Applied Sciences provides you with a solid foundation in Business Administration and Marketing. Topics such as Leadership, Corporate Finance and International Marketing form the necessary foundation so that you can later successfully develop and sell your innovations - from the idea to market maturity. You will learn how to build up a product, a brand or a company from the ground up and position it successfully in the market. You will focus on Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Intrapreneurship. This means building a social and economic environment for a lively corporate culture in which employees can also contribute innovative ideas. In addition, there are methods and Business models of Innovation Management as well as an Excursion into the area of Design Thinking.
After your MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, you will be able to develop innovative Business ideas and actively drive them forward in new or established companies. Because Innovation and Entrepreneurship always go hand in hand, you are indispensable as a professional with special knowledge and leadership skills. Either you start out as a Founder or Managing Director in order to challenge the established top dogs of an industry with your own business model. Or as a Product Owner or Product Manager you are responsible for the Market launch of a new Product, Business Model or Service. And as an Innovation Manager:in, you make sure that innovations and new developments are not only thought through, but actually realised in the end.
