Program Overview
Master's in Impact Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The Master's in Impact Entrepreneurship and Innovation is a management program focused on developing skills for creating and implementing innovative solutions that impact society. The program aims to train future leaders of innovation with impact, based on management and scientific evidence, as well as practical learning and entrepreneurial projects.
Education Objectives
The main objective of the degree program is to provide students with the technical and scientific knowledge necessary to identify, create, and develop innovative solutions to complex social problems. The program also aims to provide students with the appropriate management tools for the implementation and management of innovative projects with impact, through a model of experiential and experimental teaching.
General Characterization
- DGES code: MB55
- Cycle: Master (2nd Cycle)
- Degree: Master
- Access to other programs: Allows access to other study cycles
- Coordinator: Professor Doutor Roberto Ragozzino
- Opening date: September 2025
- Vacancies: 100
- Fees: 12,149
- Schedule: Full-time, on-campus
- Teaching language: English
Degree Pre-requisites
To obtain the master's degree, students must complete a minimum of 90 ECTS. For graduation, students must complete the degree academic requirements and the necessary number of ECTS, according to the course's list offered in the academic year.
Conditions of Admittance
Eligible candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Candidates with experience are welcome. Additional requirements include:
- Proof of B2-level English language proficiency
- Up to 2 years of professional experience
- Under 36 years of age
Evaluation Rules
Students are evaluated through various methods, including exams, assignments, projects, presentations, and participation in class discussions.
Structure
The program structure includes the following courses, divided by semester:
Fall
| Code |
Name |
ECTS |
| 2585 |
Evidence-Based Practices for Wellbeing |
7.0 |
| 2460 |
Strategy Consulting |
7.0 |
| 2578 |
Mastering Your Career |
2.0 |
| 2648 |
Diversity & Inclusion |
7.0 |
| 2176 |
Development Economics |
7.0 |
| 2421 |
Applied Entrepreneurship |
7.0 |
| 2628 |
Entrepreneurship with Impact |
7.0 |
| 2784 |
Curricular Internship - Semestral |
7.0 |
| 2582 |
Competitive Strategy: An Analytical Approach |
7.0 |
| 2484 |
Corporate Strategy and Transformation |
7.0 |
| 2232 |
Applied Corporate Finance |
7.0 |
| 2652 |
Fundamentals on Environment and Sustainability |
7.0 |
| 2206 |
Banking |
7.0 |
| 2446 |
Small Business Management |
3.5 |
| 2477 |
Introduction to Programming |
7.0 |
| 2229 |
Investments |
7.0 |
| 2233 |
Macroeconomics of Financial Markets |
3.5 |
| 2386 |
Persuasion and Negotiation |
7.0 |
Spring
| Code |
Name |
ECTS |
| 2695 |
Introduction to Machine Learning |
7.0 |
| 2220 |
Entrepreneurial Finance & Venture Capital |
7.0 |
| 2698 |
Management Consulting |
7.0 |
| 2460 |
Strategy Consulting |
7.0 |
| 2580 |
Value-Based Health Care |
7.0 |
| 2578 |
Mastering Your Career |
2.0 |
| 2638 |
Design Thinking for Social Innovation |
7.0 |
| 2421 |
Applied Entrepreneurship |
7.0 |
| 2654 |
Strategic Errors in Organizations |
7.0 |
| 2784 |
Curricular Internship - Semestral |
7.0 |
| 2484 |
Corporate Strategy and Transformation |
7.0 |
| 2232 |
Applied Corporate Finance |
7.0 |
| 2652 |
Fundamentals on Environment and Sustainability |
7.0 |
| 2206 |
Banking |
7.0 |
| 2446 |
Small Business Management |
3.5 |
| 2485 |
Innovation and Value Creation Wheel |
7.0 |
| 2477 |
Introduction to Programming |
7.0 |
| 2229 |
Investments |
7.0 |
| 2168 |
Macroeconometrics |
7.0 |
| 2233 |
Macroeconomics of Financial Markets |
3.5 |
| 2437 |
Luxury and Fashion Marketing |
7.0 |
| 2661 |
Better Marketing for Consumer Wellbeing |
7.0 |
| 2165 |
Microeconometrics |
7.0 |
| 2756 |
Entrepreneurial Project |
7.0 |
| 2765 |
Innovation Project |
7.0 |
| 2660 |
Applied Sports Projects |
3.5 |
| 2438 |
Cross-Cultural Issues for Marketing |
7.0 |
Fall 1st Half
| Code |
Name |
ECTS |
| 2337 |
Integrated Marketing Communications |
3.5 |
| 2760 |
Becoming a Change Maker |
3.5 |
| 2329 |
Consumer and Managerial Decision Making |
3.5 |
| 2218 |
Derivatives |
3.5 |
| 2481 |
Product Design and Development |
3.5 |
| 2454 |
Doing Business in China |
3.5 |
| 2332 |
Entrepreneurship |
3.5 |
| 2789 |
Firms and Markets |
3.5 |
| 2688 |
Curricular Internship - Trimestral |
3.5 |
| 2639 |
Entrepreneurial Strategy |
3.5 |
| 2468 |
Technology Strategy |
3.5 |
| 2480 |
Digital Strategy and Transformation |
3.5 |
| 2193 |
Behavioral Economics and Finance |
3.5 |
| 2768 |
Personal Finance |
3.5 |
| 2490 |
Geoeconomics and International Relations |
3.5 |
| 2352 |
Quality Management |
3.5 |
| 2446 |
Small Business Management |
3.5 |
| 2376 |
Project Management |
3.5 |
| 2389 |
Customer Relationship Management |
3.5 |
| 2618 |
Risk and Crisis Management |
3.5 |
| 2783 |
Corporate Financial Risk Management |
3.5 |
| 2790 |
Financial Management for Entrepreneurs |
3.5 |
| 2632 |
Opportunity Identification |
3.5 |
| 2277 |
Investimentos com Impacto |
3.5 |
| 2388 |
Leadership and Change Management |
3.5 |
| 2233 |
Macroeconomics of Financial Markets |
3.5 |
| 2613 |
Asian Brands |
3.5 |
| 2643 |
Social Media Marketing |
3.5 |
| 2473 |
Negotiation |
3.5 |
| 2416 |
Family Business |
3.5 |
| 2128 |
Política da Concorręncia |
3.5 |
| 2375 |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
3.5 |
| 2364 |
Venture Simulation |
3.5 |
| 2689 |
Hospitality Trends |
3.5 |
| 2656 |
Work & Family |
3.5 |
| 2496 |
Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning |
3.5 |
Fall 2nd Half
| Code |
Name |
ECTS |
| 2440 |
Big Data Analysis |
3.5 |
| 2222 |
Financial Statement Analysis |
3.5 |
| 2493 |
Marketing Analytics |
3.5 |
| 2215 |
Auditing |
3.5 |
| 2778 |
Cybersecurity in Organizations |
3.5 |
| 2337 |
Integrated Marketing Communications |
3.5 |
| 2329 |
Consumer and Managerial Decision Making |
3.5 |
| 2218 |
Derivatives |
3.5 |
| 2588 |
Science-Based Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
3.5 |
| 2774 |
The Business of Climate Action |
3.5 |
| 2789 |
Firms and Markets |
3.5 |
| 2590 |
Leading Social Enterprises with Impact in International Development |
3.5 |
| 2649 |
Energy and Climate Change |
3.5 |
| 2688 |
Curricular Internship - Trimestral |
3.5 |
| 2468 |
Technology Strategy |
3.5 |
| 2480 |
Digital Strategy and Transformation |
3.5 |
| 2691 |
Climate Finance |
3.5 |
| 2622 |
Blockchain Fundamentals |
3.5 |
| 2204 |
Mergers, Acquisitions, Restructuring |
3.5 |
| 2257 |
Futures and Options |
3.5 |
| 2690 |
Shopper Marketing Management |
3.5 |
| 2359 |
Operations Management |
3.5 |
| 2417 |
Management of Non-Profit Organizations |
3.5 |
| 2446 |
Small Business Management |
3.5 |
| 2790 |
Financial Management for Entrepreneurs |
3.5 |
| 2621 |
Algorithmic Governance |
3.5 |
| 2217 |
Corporate Governance |
3.5 |
| 2194 |
History of Economic Analysis |
3.5 |
| 2277 |
Investimentos com Impacto |
3.5 |
| 2448 |
Business Model Innovation |
3.5 |
| 2764 |
Healthcare Innovation |
3.5 |
| 2693 |
Innovation for Impact |
3.5 |
| 2694 |
Leading Transformation |
3.5 |
| 2441 |
Digital Marketing |
3.5 |
| 2339 |
International Marketing Strategy |
3.5 |
| 2346 |
Modeling Business Decisions |
3.5 |
| 2500 |
Performance and Progress |
3.5 |
| 2236 |
Private Equity |
3.5 |
| 2185 |
Game Theory |
3.5 |
| 2651 |
Digital Transformation in Hospitality |
3.5 |
| 2491 |
Data Visualization |
3.5 |
Spring 1st Half
| Code |
Name |
ECTS |
| 2493 |
Marketing Analytics |
3.5 |
| 2215 |
Auditing |
3.5 |
| 2239 |
Corporate Valuation |
3.5 |
| 2181 |
Policy Evaluation |
3.5 |
| 2668 |
Sustainability Evaluation of Policies, Plans and Projects |
3.5 |
| 2337 |
Integrated Marketing Communications |
3.5 |
| 2616 |
Cracking the Sales Code |
3.5 |
| 2218 |
Derivatives |
3.5 |
| 2481 |
Product Design and Development |
3.5 |
| 2752 |
Team Dynamics in Organizations |
3.5 |
| 2371 |
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Eliminate, Circulate and Regenerate |
3.5 |
| 2134 |
Economics of Education |
3.5 |
| 2135 |
Economics of Health and Health Care |
3.5 |
| 2138 |
Environmental Policy |
3.5 |
| 2145 |
Labor Economics |
3.5 |
| 2184 |
Political Economy |
3.5 |
| 2332 |
Entrepreneurship |
3.5 |
| 2273 |
Fintech Ventures |
3.5 |
| 2688 |
Curricular Internship - Trimestral |
3.5 |
| 2685 |
Applied Quantitative Studies |
3.5 |
| 2667 |
Service Excellence |
3.5 |
| 2691 |
Climate Finance |
3.5 |
| 2768 |
Personal Finance |
3.5 |
| 2248 |
Fixed Income |
3.5 |
| 2622 |
Blockchain Fundamentals |
3.5 |
| 2490 |
Geoeconomics and International Relations |
3.5 |
| 2352 |
Quality Management |
3.5 |
| 2214 |
Asset Management |
3.5 |
| 2699 |
Sports Club Management |
3.5 |
| 2657 |
Hospitality Operations Management |
3.5 |
| 2614 |
Revenue Management |
3.5 |
| 2389 |
Customer Relationship Management |
3.5 |
| 2334 |
Global Human Resources Management |
3.5 |
| 2217 |
Corporate Governance |
3.5 |
| 2226 |
Hedge Funds |
3.5 |
| 2465 |
Open Innovation |
3.5 |
| 2448 |
Business Model Innovation |
3.5 |
| 2795 |
Innovations in the Experience Economy |
3.5 |
| 2613 |
Asian Brands |
3.5 |
| 2636 |
Brands and Marketing in Asia´s Emerging Markets |
3.5 |
| 2643 |
Social Media Marketing |
3.5 |
| 2339 |
International Marketing Strategy |
3.5 |
| 2763 |
Entrepreneurial Mindset |
3.5 |
| 2772 |
Research Methods for Finance |
3.5 |
| 2196 |
International Migration |
3.5 |
| 2665 |
Mental Models for Strategy |
3.5 |
| 2633 |
System Change |
3.5 |
| 2473 |
Negotiation |
3.5 |
| 2338 |
International Business |
3.5 |
| 2416 |
Family Business |
3.5 |
| 2635 |
Organizing for Good in the digital age |
3.5 |
| 2494 |
Computational Thinking and Data Science |
3.5 |
| 2770 |
Power and Social Change |
3.5 |
| 2687 |
Public Policy |
3.5 |
| 2236 |
Private Equity |
3.5 |
| 2672 |
Responsibility and Ethics of Business |
3.5 |
| 2646 |
Strategic Costing |
3.5 |
| 2278 |
Sustainable Finance |
3.5 |
| 2173 |
Macroeconomic Theory |
3.5 |
| 2656 |
Work & Family |
3.5 |
| 2755 |
Advanced Financial Transactions in M&A |
3.5 |
| 2715 |
Sustainable Tourism |
3.5 |
| 2496 |
Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning |
3.5 |
Spring 2nd Half
| Code |
Name |
ECTS |
| 2623 |
Network Analytics |
3.5 |
| 2282 |
Sovereign Advisory |
3.5 |
| 2215 |
Auditing |
3.5 |
| 2239 |
Corporate Valuation |
3.5 |
| 2778 |
Cybersecurity in Organizations |
3.5 |
| 2710 |
Data Science for Impact |
3.5 |
| 2794 |
B-Corp Clinic |
3.5 |
| 2683 |
E-Commerce and Metaverse |
3.5 |
| 2753 |
Tourism & Hospitality Consulting |
3.5 |
| 2218 |
Derivatives |
3.5 |
| 2458 |
Talent Development |
3.5 |
| 2791 |
Advanced Product Design |
3.5 |
| 2752 |
Team Dynamics in Organizations |
3.5 |
| 2197 |
Advanced Behavioral Economics |
3.5 |
| 2134 |
Economics of Education |
3.5 |
| 2961 |
Economics of Immigration |
3.5 |
| 2158 |
Economics of Health Systems |
3.5 |
| 2332 |
Entrepreneurship |
3.5 |
| 2588 |
Science-Based Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
3.5 |
| 2688 |
Curricular Internship - Trimestral |
3.5 |
| 2351 |
Pricing Strategies |
3.5 |
| 2775 |
Investment Philosophies |
3.5 |
| 2673 |
Decentralized Finance |
3.5 |
| 2960 |
Blue Finance |
3.5 |
| 2676 |
Finance and the transition to net zero |
3.5 |
| 2243 |
Real Estate Finance |
3.5 |
| 2279 |
Islamic Finance |
3.5 |
| 2177 |
Public Finance |
3.5 |
| 2397 |
Innovation Management |
3.5 |
| 2757 |
Hotel Asset Management |
3.5 |
| 2359 |
Operations Management |
3.5 |
| 2417 |
Management of Non-Profit Organizations |
3.5 |
| 2225 |
Risk Management |
3.5 |
| 2749 |
Management in the Public Sector |
3.5 |
| 2226 |
Hedge Funds |
3.5 |
| 2592 |
Strategy Implementation |
3.5 |
| 2465 |
Open Innovation |
3.5 |
| 2448 |
Business Model Innovation |
3.5 |
| 2240 |
Financial Intermediation |
3.5 |
| 2776 |
Hotel Investment and Development |
3.5 |
| 2233 |
Macroeconomics of Financial Markets |
3.5 |
| 2613 |
Asian Brands |
3.5 |
| 2708 |
Sports Marketing |
3.5 |
| 2441 |
Digital Marketing |
3.5 |
| 2619 |
Social Marketing |
3.5 |
| 2751 |
Sustainable Marketing |
3.5 |
| 2141 |
Global Energy Markets |
3.5 |
| 2338 |
International Business |
3.5 |
| 2716 |
Regenerative Business |
3.5 |
| 2663 |
AI Impact on Business |
3.5 |
| 2644 |
Sustainable Operations |
3.5 |
| 2635 |
Organizing for Good in the digital age |
3.5 |
| 2500 |
Performance and Progress |
3.5 |
| 2647 |
Strategic Planning and Control |
3.5 |
| 2770 |
Power and Social Change |
3.5 |
| 2687 |
Public Policy |
3.5 |
| 2236 |
Private Equity |
3.5 |
| 2375 |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
3.5 |
| 2235 |
Credit Risk |
3.5 |
| 2185 |
Game Theory |
3.5 |
| 2755 |
Advanced Financial Transactions in M&A |
3.5 |
| 2675 |
European Union: Governance and Crises |
3.5 |
| 2491 |
Data Visualization |
3.5 |