Overview

Key Features

Within this Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Postgraduate Certificate from Portland State University, whether you’re a social entrepreneur starting something new, or an intrapreneur inside a mission-driven organization, can prepare you with the experience and skills to innovate. You can either design a new social venture—nonprofit, business, government program, or advocacy campaign—to address an issue that matters to you, or evaluate and suggest improvements to an existing organization of your choice.

Career opportunities:

Graduates have used the social innovation and social entrepreneurship certificate to design and launch new nonprofits, foundations, and businesses, advance careers in nonprofit leadership and corporate social responsibility, or find jobs at B Corps and sustainable businesses. Graduates of the social innovation and social entrepreneurship certificate program commonly go into fields such as:

Entrepreneurship
Intrapreneurship
Corporate responsibility
Nonprofit leadership
Civic engagement and outreach
Government administration
Community programming

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Design Thinking for Social Innovation
Money Matters for Social Innovation
Storytelling and Impact Measurement for Social Innovation
Social Innovation Field Study
Impact Ventures

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-30 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-06 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-03-31 00:00:00

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Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

16 SCH

Delivered

Blended, Online

Campus Location

Portland, United States

Disciplines

Entrepreneurship Innovation Management View 98 other Masters in Innovation Management in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.7

English requirements

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IELTS

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Other requirements

General requirements

Basic information, including residency for tuition purposes
Academic history including copies of transcripts/Marksheets from each college or university attended
Professional resume
Short essay responses to program-specific questions
$67 application fee

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

10332 USD / year

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Out-of-State

10332 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

8412 USD / year

≈ 8412 USD / year

Living costs

Portland

United States

1271 - 2262 USD / month

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Funding

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