Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship BI Norwegian Business School

Overview

By taking the Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship programme at BI Norwegian Business School you will develop an entrepreneurial mindset, paired with the analytical and digital skills to spot opportunities, assess and scale them, and create sustainable value. 

• Credential earned: Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The programme emphasises entrepreneurship and innovation as a process and not just an outcome. You gain hands-on experience with analytical tools for decision-making, including Python and other tools for data analysis, financial modelling software, and customer analytics platforms. You build market insight through customer discovery, data analytics and selected AI tools (used responsibly with good data governance).

You will learn to: 

• design, test, and refine business models, and build financial plans for different growth paths. 

• Identify and assess opportunities using market analysis, customer insight, and financing trends. 

• prototype and experiment, analyse results, and adapt quickly to feedback and risk. 

• Use data and AI for market and product insight, ethically and with solid data governance. 

• pitch clearly, negotiate and manage stakeholders, and build the right team and partnerships. 

Career Possibilities

Employers value these graduates because they take ideas from problem to proven solution, creating clear business cases and scalable ways of working that lower risk and speed results; the same skills also equip you to launch and grow your own venture. Examples of areas you can work in: 

• New venture creation and growth – identify an opportunity, build a simple prototype, test with customers, plan launch and early scaling. 

• Corporate innovation (inside established companies) – create new products/services, run pilots, measure results and scale corporate ventures. 

• Venture finance and investment – assess start-ups and scale-ups, analyse markets and business models, identify deal flow, conduct due diligence, and make investment decisions. 

• Product and market development – turn customer insight into features and pricing, choose channels, and build repeatable growth. 

• Consulting– be a management consultant focused on strategic change, innovation, and growth in different industries 

Accreditation

BI Norwegian Business School is in the top 1% of business schools worldwide having achieved the Triple Crown of international business school accreditations.

Accredited by: EQUIS, AMBA, AACSB