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Students select and follow four specialist pathways, aimed at giving them domain-specific knowledge, networks and skills.
Fintech Entrepreneurship: for students with a background in the financial services industry who intend to develop a fintech startup.
Health Care Entrepreneurship: for students who intend to develop a health care based startup in a university that boasts one of the world’s leading medical schools and Faculties of Life Sciences, Brain Sciences and Population Health Sciences.
Retail and Consumer Entrepreneurship: for students who intend to develop consumer services and products in fashion, design, video gaming, food, retail, advertising, media, education, publishing, music, and creative industries.
Technology Entrepreneurship: for students who intend to develop high impact services and products which take advantage of emerging technologies or emerging business models enabled by technology (such as platforms).
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UCL School of Management offers a unique research and education programme with a focus on technology management, innovation, creation/growth of technology-intensive organisations, operations research, and entrepreneurship.
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Technology Entrepreneurship MSc students have access to world-class technical expertise and resources within a structured framework of support and formal business education, backed up with strong links to UCL Advances.
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Students have access to a wide range of innovation-focused initiatives and events at UCL, including the London Entrepreneurs'
Challenge, weekly networking events and the Knowledge Exchange
Associates scheme. UCL is based near London's 'Tech City'.
The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, and class discussion. Students are given the opportunity to attend weekly lectures from leading global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
Assessment is through presentations, course work, long-essay, class participation, open-book and unseen examination, and the dissertation.
Mode: Full-time: 1 year; Part-time: 2 years
Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits. The programme consists of eight core modules (120 credits), and a research dissertation
(60 credits).
A Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits, full-time nine months, part-time two years) is offered to students who are unable to complete the standard
180 credits. A Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits, full-time three months, part-time nine months) is offered to students who are unable to complete the standard 180 credits.
CORE MODULES
// Building High Impact Ventures
// Customer Development and Lean Startup
// Entrepreneurial Finance
// Entrepreneurial Marketing and Analysis
// Prototyping
// Strategic Management of Entrepreneurial Ventures
OPTIONS
// Students choose one of the following modules:
// Fintech Entrepreneurship
// Health Care Entrepreneurship
// Retail and Consumer Entrepreneurship
// Technology Entrepreneurship
// Students choose one of the following modules:
// Managing the Growing Firm
// New Venture Development
DISSERTATION/REPORT
// All students undertake an independent research project working with a real world mentor from the London startup community and a supervisor from the UCL Entrepreneurship teaching team that includes a high-quality business or new venture plan as part of their
10,000-word dissertation.

Former Technology Entrepreneurship MSc students have gone on to create start-up companies such as: www.wowzer.com, and www.vungle.com, work for high-profile companies such as Barclays,
Lloyds, Delloite, Tesco, UBS, Pegatron, Bank of New York, France
Telecom, Tradedoubler, or higher education institutions such as UCL,
Imperial College, Aberdeen University and the University of Cape Town.
Recent career destinations* include:
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Wish Bird, CEO, 2013
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Blue Ronin, CEO, 2013
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We Like Shopping, CEO, 2013
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Jive Bike, CEO, 2012
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Vungle.com, CEO, 2012
* data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by HESA looking at the destinations of UK and EU students in the 2010–2012 graduating cohorts six months after graduation and, where necessary, departmental records.

Normally a minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree from a
UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.
Candidates with alternative qualifications may be considered and should seek advice from the department prior to making an application.
Together with essential academic requirements, applicants must have a demonstrated interest in pursuing an entrepreneurial venture or career and must have undertaken entrepreneurial activities, not simply aspire to entrepreneurship.
Emphasis is placed on applicants’ ability to begin developing their startup immediately. Therefore work experience is highly valued, and applicants with between two and 25 years’ work experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency.
The level of English language proficiency for this programme is: Good.
Information about the evidence required, acceptable qualifications and test providers is provided at: www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/english-requirements
The deadline for all applicants is 29 July 2016.
Students are advised to apply as early as possible due to competition for places. Those applying for scholarship funding (particularly overseas applicants) should take note of application deadlines.
Together with essential academic requirements, the personal statement is your opportunity to explain your reasons for applying to study this particular MSc programme. The course requires that applicants have clear entrepreneurial ambitions and so you need to provide evidence of having begun to pursue these. In assessing your application, we also require you to clearly demonstrate why you want to study Technology and Entrepreneurship at UCL and how you hope to develop your future career as an entrepreneur with reference to the core course modules we offer.
Details on how to apply are available on the website at: www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/apply
// UK & EU (2016/17) entry: £11,090 (FT)
// Overseas (2016/17) entry: £24,400 (FT)
// UK & EU (2016/17) entry: £5,725 (PT)
// Overseas (2016/17) entry: £12,200 (PT)
Full details of funding opportunities can be found on the UCL
Scholarships website: www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships
All applicants: 29 July 2016
Dr Chris Coleridge
Email:
Telephone: mgmt-te@ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 3108 4081
PDF Updated: May 25, 2016
Information correct at time of going to press. See website (www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk) for latest information