Executive MBA in Innovation & Business Creation

Executive MBA in Innovation and Business Creation - At a Glance

A program of  TUM   in cooperation with   UnternehmerTUM   and  HHL

Degree

Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Technische Universität München (TUM)

Duration

12 months

Structure
Two weeks fulltime tuition in April and May
Rest of the program is in parttime structure: Friday to Sunday sessions on every second weekend

Course Days

75 days of attendance

Content

Five learning modules
General management education with focus on innovation, entrepreneurship and business model development
Three project modules
Individual start up and innovation coaching

Teaching Methods

Case studies, interactive lectures, team projects, workshops

Language

English

Participants

Up to 20 students, mixture of entrepreneurs and corporate innovators

Qualification & Experience

Graduate degree, several years of working experience, English language proficiency
Leadership experience and entrepreneurial drive

Fees & Financing

- Tuition fee: 28.000 € - Scholarships are available for students with exceptional entrepreneurial talent.
- Students may finance their studies with loans available from partner banks or educational funds.

Study Locations

Munich - Technische Universität München
Leipzig - Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Berkeley - UC Berkeley

Annual Start Date

April 28, 2012

Learning Modules

In about sixty days of classroom teaching, structured in five learning modules,
you will improve your leadership skills and sharpen your entrepreneurial
understanding. Lecturers from TUM School of Management, HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management, international partner universities and corporate partners like McKinsey & Company will provide you with a sound theoretical framework of up-to-date management skills.

 

 
Benefits:
  • Acquire a sound foundation in general management
  • Focus on innovation and business creation issues
  • Gain insights and transfer them to your real context
  • Experience action-based learning

 

Project Modules

In three project modules our team will systematically support you in driving your own innovation or start-up project. You will learn to develop new products and services by using prototypes and to prepare the market launch. This will help you to make your innovation, business creation or venture project a success. During the project work students will be advised by a project advisor of UnternehmerTUM - Center for Innovation and Business Creation at TUM .

If you are searching for business opportunities to build up your own start-up, we can provide you with ideas and technologies from our scientific partners.

 
 
Benefits:
  • Drive your innovation and business
  • Benefit from coaching and support by experts
  • Experience a systematic innovation process
  • Use our program infrastructure


Experience
UnternehmerTUM has a versatile experience in building up young companies, with its own market expertise and additional skills in strategy, finance, product and service development, marketing, sales and HR.

Industry partnerships
UnternehmerTUM has been working on innovation projects with a large network of industry partners (including many DAX-listed corporations) for a number of years now. Good contacts to the industry leaders support young start-ups to validate and position their business ideas.

Network
UnternehmerTUM has a unique network that encompasses the sciences, industry and the venture capital sector.


Innovation & Startup Approach "Business Design"

Every project is different and needs individual support. We offer you one-to-one support on your journey from business concept and development to the final market launch of your project. For this we developed "Business Design" as an efficient academically proven methodology: it helps you set up your business swiftly by adopting an approach that is rooted in the world of design.

We see design as a combination of different success factors, such as customer requirements, functionality, cost-effectiveness and image. This approach helps you obtain well-grounded feedback on your business idea from users, customers and experts in the early stages of your work. It also provides significant support for the swift, goal-oriented and successful realization of your concept.

   

 

 

Experience Silicon Valley

A highlight of the executive program is a 10-day study visit at the University of California, Berkeley. Thanks to our partnership with Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Haas School of Business of UC Berkeley you will gain insights into the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Silicon Valley.

You will learn how the venture capital industry works and what to consider when dealing with venture capitalists. Two days of startup and company visits will provide the ideal setting for practical case studies. At the end of your stay, you will pitch your project to a panel of investors and venture capitalists and gain valuable feedback for future steps.

 

 
Benefits:
  • Learn more about technology entrepreneurship and best practice methods
  • Meet Silicon Valley investors and venture capitalists
  • Get in contact with local start-ups and high-tech companies
  • Learn how to pitch and present your new business successfully

Daniel Burns

 

 

"The trip to Silicon Valley was fantastic,
we all came back filled with passion and inspiration."
Daniel Burns, Class of 2008/2009

 

Technical University Munich