Entry requirements

You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent in a technology discipline (eg any engineering or science discipline, life sciences (eg biotech), computer science, etc). Other academic backgrounds may be considered on a case-by-case basis if you can demonstrate 2 years relevant professional experience as a technologist or other technically-proficient role, for example, a role in the science, life sciences or engineering sectors.

If you are currently completing a degree, we understand that your final grade may be higher than the interim grades or module/unit grades you have achieved during your studies to date.

We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree. Specific module requirements would still apply.

We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement. If you have at least one of the following, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing details of your relevant qualifications:

evidence of significant (minimum two years), relevant work experience in the technology sector;
a relevant postgraduate qualification.

If this is the case, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing details of your relevant qualifications.

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.

Months of entry

September

Course content

To launch a successful technology career you will need more than just technical skills – you will need to understand your users and your business. The MSc Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship will teach you how to apply your existing undergraduate degree knowledge whilst developing your design skills and commercial understanding, by:

starting up your career and ideas in a professional-supported environment,
undertaking applied commercial projects in collaborative teams,
learning human-centred techniques for designing and developing ideas of real value.

We welcome students from any technology-based discipline who are thinking about building a career either in technology-focused organisations or startups.

This programme shares much of its teaching with our other Innovation and Entrepreneurship programmes (MSc and MA) but focuses specifically on the development and deployment of technology to create new value.

You will develop the high-level skills and critical competencies needed for successful organisational innovation and entrepreneurship, through a largely practice-orientated educational approach based on collaborative teamwork across disciplines and cultures.

During the programme you get opportunities to work alongside technology businesses to develop a deep understanding of their opportunities and challenges.

Bristol is a recognised hub for innovative and entrepreneurial business, being ranked within the top five best places in the UK to start-up outside of London (Startup Cities Index, 2022), and home to some of the most impactful, innovative, and creative organisations in the world.

Find out more about the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.