Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Overview

The Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship offered by Autonomous University of Barcelona aims to train professionals with a clear focus on the generation of value and business, intrinsically linked to the needs of the health system and the market and with creative and innovative thinking that allows them to develop their (intra/extra) entrepreneurial skills. The program is aimed at creating new solutions that impact the health system, from the generation of knowledge and the development of new products, technologies and services.

Through an experiential experience, students will gain a generalised knowledge and vision of health innovation systems and will know first-hand about the main global challenges in health, the diversity of agents involved and the main tools and resources in innovation. At the end of the program, students will have acquired the knowledge and technical and strategic skills necessary to become integral and transversal managers in innovation (Innovation project manager), capable of identifying opportunities, promoting the valorization of research results and their transfer to the market.

The master's degree is adress to graduates in the field of life sciences and health who want to adrees or reorient their career in the field of health innovation management, whether in public or private environments, as well as researchers and professionals who wish to promote their own project as entrepreneurs and need to expand their knowledge in management and business development.

Career Opportunities

- Innovation project manager in innovation departments of public institutions, in projects or in public-private consortia.

- Manager and promoter of innovation in hospitals clinical services or units.

- Innovation project manager in private companies in the health sector (pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology, medical devices, investment funds, consultants, etc.).

- Management and leadership positions (CEO, CTO, CSO, etc.) in scientific, technological and business development coordination teams in spin-off and start-up companies.

- Manager or analyst in investment funds and other financial agents.

- Entrepreneurship in health projects.

- Manager or consultant in entities promoting and fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in health.

- Strategic consultancy in health innovation and processes.

- Expert in regulation, quality processes and intellectual property protection.