Program Overview

Master in Creativity and Innovation

The Master in Creativity and Innovation is an interdisciplinary programme designed to expand students' perception, employ creative skills, develop ideas individually and within teams, sustain a creative climate, and manage innovation.

Programme Overview

This postgraduate course offers methods and processes to identify opportunities and cultivate appropriate skills and attitudes. It promotes imaginative, flexible, and practical thought and action, improving the ability to respond practically and creatively to problems and opportunities.

Programme Structure

• The programme spans 6 semesters, with 90 ECTS credits.
• It is offered on a part-time distance learning basis, with an optional full-time basis.
• The programme includes an in-person intensive week at the start of each semester.

Taught Component

The taught component consists of compulsory and elective study-units, totaling 60 ECTS credits in the first two years.

Year 1

• Compulsory Units:
  • IOT5007: Foresight Techniques for Creativity and Innovation (4 ECTS)
  • IOT5019: Creative and Critical Thinking: Theory and Practice (10 ECTS)
  • IOT5029: Innovation in Organisations (5 ECTS)
  • IOT5033: Entrepreneurship and Business Venturing (4 ECTS)
• Elective Units:
  • IOT5032: Leadership for Managing Change and Innovation (4 ECTS)
  • IOT5037: Innovation Adoption and Diffusion (4 ECTS)
  • IOT5038: Creativity and Innovation in the Cultural and Creative Industries (4 ECTS)

Year 2

• Compulsory Units:
  • IOT5004: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods (6 ECTS)
  • IOT5028: Creativity, Innovation and New Digital Technologies (5 ECTS)
  • IOT5034: Strategic and Entrepreneurial Decision-Making (4 ECTS)
  • IOT5039: Integrating Creativity and Innovation in Marketing Concepts (6 ECTS)
• Elective Units:
  • IOT5006: Strategic Innovative Design for Enhancing Business Performance (4 ECTS)
  • IOT5024: Creativity: Psychological Perspectives (4 ECTS)

Research Component

• The research component consists of a dissertation (30 ECTS) in the third year.

Admission Requirements

• Applicants must possess a Bachelor's degree from a recognized university.
• Third Country Nationals are not eligible for a Malta Long-Stay D-Visa and must apply for a Short-Stay C-Visa.

Tuition Fees

• Total tuition fee for non-EU applicants: Eur 10,800 (Eur 5,400 per year for the first two years).

Career Prospects

• Graduates will have an attractive CV and will be sought after by employers to contribute their original creativity and skills to the workplace.
• Access to further studies is available at the doctorate level.

Programme Aim

The aim of the programme is to create a process to develop and promote imaginative, flexible, and practical thought and action by:

• Developing a more creative attitude
• Improving the ability to respond practically and creatively to problems and opportunities
• Learning a variety of approaches designed to develop ideas, manage innovation, and apply the knowledge and skills gained
• Being better placed to help establish an organisational climate in which creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation can be fostered
• Understanding a variety of approaches to restructuring organisations
• Learning strategies to deal with the constantly changing landscape.