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Course Overview

This course combines rigorous academic theory with the practical skills, hands-on experience, and valuable networks you need to make your business a success.

The course is designed to stimulate the entrepreneurial ethos of individuals and develop their skills and capabilities to lead and direct start-ups. Study throughout your first two semesters will immerse you in an entrepreneur's journey and introduce you to the networks and investment opportunities you will need to get your ideas off the ground. This will culminate in a large-scale final project.

In your final semester, you’ll undertake the Business Model and Entrepreneurship Project, which enables you to kick-start your venture and find opportunities to finance for growing it to a sustainable one.

What you’ll gain from this degree?

  • Through the Business Model and Entrepreneurship Project, you will have the opportunity to set up and establish your own enterprise and be mentored by experts in the field, or perhaps develop ideas for a family business with which you are involved already. You will have the opportunity to pitch directly to venture capital investors and business angels with the opportunity to raise funding or further collaborations.
  • During the course your professional and business networks will be enriched by an international experience, following a ‘young’ entrepreneurial firm, experiencing directly the entrepreneurial journey.
  • the course provides you a unique seed fund and access to the entrepreneurial community, presenting you with connections to experts, entrepreneurs, business angels, and capitalists.
  • All Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship students at Nottingham Business School will have access to The Hive, a purpose-built center dedicated to helping turn business ideas into reality.
  • Develop management skills to explore new venture opportunities and advance participants’ ideas to feasible enterprises.

What you'll study?

This course aims to stimulate the entrepreneurial ethos of individuals and develop their skills and capabilities to lead and direct start-ups. This is done in four phases:

  • Phase 1: developing and screening your business ideas - your business ideas will be challenged by your peers and other business colleagues to see if they are sustainable and have the potential value in the current global climate. It will encourage you to plan ahead and anticipate any changes within your market so you are prepared to face them.
  • Phase 2: creating your offer and finding opportunities - you will define your value proposition and position it within the market against competitors and the current market conditions. This will also give you the opportunity to ‘hire’ your fellow classmates whose ideas do not pass this stage to help develop yours.
  • Phase 3: utilize global market conditions - your skills in innovation and core competencies will be advanced to face international challenges and gain confidence to deal with diverse cultures and attitudes.
  • Phase 4: convincing markets and investors - here you will be pitching your business idea to venture capitalists and other business centers such as Wave Venture and 3i, to try to secure funding for your business idea to start to develop and grow it. You will have the opportunity to seek advice on internationalizing your own concepts from experts and contacts that the course team will introduce you to.

Entry Requirement 

Academic Requirements:

  • You will need an undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK undergraduate honors degree (2.2 or above).
  • All applicants will be required to demonstrate a commitment to the subject they wish to study and should demonstrate how their chosen programme of study will benefit them in their future careers.
  • One academic reference.

English Language Requirements:

If English is not your first language you need to show us that your language skills are strong enough for intensive academic study. We usually ask for an IELTS test and we accept some alternative English language tests.

Fees

UK Student Fee

One year (full-time): £12000

International Student Fee

One year (full-time): £18800

 


This information was accurate on : 30/03/2021
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