Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship BSc (Hons)

For businesses to survive and to grow, responding to change and to innovate is crucial. Our new BSc Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship gives you the opportunity to develop the skills you will need to manage innovations and digital transformations in organisations. This course will also help develop your entrepreneurial skills to support new, start-up businesses.<br/><br/>This business innovation and entrepreneurship degree links research expertise - showcased by our Centre for Innovation Management Research - with teaching. It is also designed to respond to the changing educational, cultural, personal and career needs of our students.<br/><br/>After successfully completing the BSc Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship, you will also be ready for further study on one of the master’s degree courses at Birkbeck: MSc Business Innovation with Entrepreneurship, MSc Business Innovation with E-Business, MSc Business Innovation with International Technology Management.<br/><br/>If you opt for the Foundation Year route, this will fully prepare you for undergraduate study. It is ideal if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didnt achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree.<br/><br/>**Highlights**<br/><br/><br/>- Birkbecks Enterprise Pathways offer you further support starting up your own business or helping it grow with workshops, guest speakers, events and enterprise competitions. <br/><br/><br/>- Birkbeck is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the broad field of management.<br/><br/><br/>- Our academic staff are active researchers, as well as enthusiastic teachers, and regularly publish cutting-edge articles in the worlds leading journals.<br/><br/><br/>- We have particular research strengths in international business and strategy, the management of innovation and entrepreneurship, human resource management, corporate governance, sport management and marketing, as well as financial management and accounting.<br/><br/><br/>- We engage in significant collaborative research and have excellent contacts with many public and private sector organisations, professional bodies and researchers at other academic institutions.<br/><br/><br/>**Careers and employability**<br/><br/>Our graduates begin new careers or accelerate along their current career path because what we teach in the evening can be applied almost instantly. For this reason, our alumni include chief executives, senior business leaders, notable academics and public figures.<br/><br/>You will find graduates in the following kinds of roles in business or management in a domestic or international context, in large as well as small start-up organisations:<br/><br/><br/>- innovation manager<br/><br/><br/>- new business development manager<br/><br/><br/>- digital transformation manager<br/><br/><br/>- innovation consultant<br/><br/><br/>- innovation catalyst.<br/><br/><br/>We offer a comprehensive careers service - Careers and Enterprise - your career partner during your time at Birkbeck and beyond. At every stage of your career journey, we empower you to take ownership of your future, helping you to make the connection between your experience, education and future ambitions.