Strategic Innovation Management
Study Strategic Innovation Management in Groningen and discover how you can help businesses develop, organise, and protect innovations.
In a world driven by innovation, how can you foster an innovative organization? And how can your innovations be both profitable and sustainable in the long term?
In the Strategic Innovation Management profile, part of our MSc Business Administration, you will gain expertise in the strategic process of managing innovations. You will explore these four themes:
- Develop innovation strategies : define a strategy to identify and use the most effective sources of innovation to stay ahead of the curve.
- Organize company resources: internally re(organize) your company to encourage innovation.
- Collaborate for success: enhance innovativeness and drive success through collaboration with external parties.
- Innovate for profit: ensure that organizations capture value from innovative ideas, products, and business models.
The programme in Groningen is taught by a small group of top academic researchers , builds on leading academic research and has a very strong link with the business world. You will acquire all the essential tools to understand, evaluate, and engage with real-life scenarios.
IELTS Academic overall score 6.5 (Speaking 6, Writing 6.5); TOEFL internet-based overall score 90 (Speaking 20, Writing 24); Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency (overall score 176, Speaking 169, Writing 176); LanguageCert Academic: overall score 70 (min. 65 in Speaking, 70 in Writing); Pearson PTE Academic (min. 56 in Speaking, 70 in Writing).
To be eligible for admission to this Master, you need to hold an academic Bachelor's or Master's degree from a research university in one of the following - or closely related - fields: Business Economics, Business Administration, Econometrics and Operations Research, Economics and Business Economics, International Business, Technology Management.
Checklist including brief description (max. 20 pages) of relevant courses you have taken in the field of the specific Master programme you are applying for, and of any courses in research methods and statistics. Course descriptions must include a description of topics covered in the course, learning objectives and a literature list of the course book(s) used in each course.
Job prospects
Strategic innovation management is becoming more and more important across industries internationally. This means that as a graduate, you can choose between many career paths. This programme is the ideal choice if you are interested in a career in strategic or innovation management, business development, or consultancy.
You may start your career with a national or international company, a non-profit organization, or a government institution. Our graduates work as:
- Business development manager
- Innovation manager or consultant
- Strategic consultant
- Management trainee
- Innovation analyst
- Sustainable innovation specialist
- Digital transformation specialist
