Program Overview

MSc Technology-based Entrepreneurship

The master's programme in Technology-based Entrepreneurship provides students with the skills to drive innovation at large corporations or create and grow their entrepreneurial ventures. It combines a strong focus on technology with expertise in entrepreneurship, innovation, and venturing. Graduates have a unique skill-set in innovation and management and a value-creating mindset adept for dynamic careers.

Introduction

Today's economy demands individuals with entrepreneurial skills who can identify opportunities, take initiative, and solve problems creatively. This new programme aims to develop future leaders of change who will not only lead large global corporations and organisations but also create and expand innovative ventures that deliver value by addressing customer and societal issues in sustainable, non-traditional ways.

Programme Overview

The master's programme in Technology-based Entrepreneurship provides students with the frameworks and skills to develop companies in a dynamic global business environment. The programme equips students with a specialist understanding of technology-based entrepreneurial management. It's about designing the systems and organisations that create, capture, and deliver value based on products and services. The programme focuses on entrepreneurship, innovation, and venturing within a predominantly technical context.

Career Opportunities

After graduation, students can expect to take on roles such as innovation manager, customer success manager, management consultant, founder, digital marketer, business intelligence developer, digital strategy consultant, sales and marketing manager, product development manager, and project manager. Graduates work in companies such as Ericsson, H&M, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PayPal, PWC, Salesforce, SEB, and Telia, as well as start-ups like Detectify, Furhat Robotics, FunRock, Connected Senses, and MAD Foundation.

Sustainable Development

Graduates from KTH have the knowledge and tools for moving society in a more sustainable direction, as sustainable development is an integral part of all programmes. The three critical sustainable development goals addressed by the master's programme in Technology-based Entrepreneurship are:

• Improving employment opportunities, particularly for young people with business ideas
• Promoting sustainable industrialisation
• Responsible consumption of natural resources and production

Faculty and Research

The Sustainability, Industrial Dynamics, and Entrepreneurship unit hosts the programme. The unit is one of three in the Department of Industrial Economics and Management and conducts research and education at the forefront of sustainability transitions and industrial transformations. Researchers examine and develop concepts in various areas, including eco-innovations, climate change mitigation strategies, and the transition towards sustainable energy technologies.

Faculty Involved in the Programme

• Mana Farshid, Associate Professor and Programme Director
• Niklas Arvidsson, Professor
• Terrence Brown, Professor
• Kristina Nystr闣, Professor
• Philip Kappen, Associate Professor
• Mark Sanctuary, Associate Professor
• Matti Kaulio, Professor
• Frauke Urban, Professor
• Anna Nyquist, Lecturer

Application Deadlines

• 16 October: Application opens
• 15 January: Last day to apply
• 2 February: Submit documents and, if required, pay application fee
• 26 March: Admission results announced

Programme Structure

The programme is a two-year programme (120 ECTS credits) in English. Graduates are awarded the Master of Science degree. The School of Industrial Engineering and Management (at KTH) offers the programme mainly at the KTH Campus in Stockholm.

Courses in the Programme

Courses in the master's programme in Technology-based Entrepreneurship are designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of technology-based entrepreneurship.

Future and Career

The master's programme in Technology-based Entrepreneurship represents one of the most important engines of value and new wealth creation in the contemporary economy. The programme prepares students to meet the demand for innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial individuals in various industries.