The two-year master’s program contains 120 ECTS:
- Compulsory core courses: 20 ECTS
- Elected track courses: 20 ECTS
- Electives from any of the other tracks (or homologation): 20 ECTS
- Free electives (may include international experience and/or Innovation Space): 30 ECTS
- Graduation project: 30 ECTS
Innovation Management core courses
The four core courses of the program offer you the theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills you need to further build your own Innovation Management portfolio. The core consists of the following courses:
Managing innovation processes. The innovation management process is complex, which is why this course focuses on the challenges faced and decisions to be made when designing, organizing and managing innovation processes. It covers the most important strategic, tactical and operational decisions and tools that are essential to successfully developing and launching new products, services and processes.
Multivariate statistics. Data are key in understanding and managing the complex innovation process. This course prepares you to function as an effective analyst of business data in both applied and academic settings. To be able to reliably analyze business processes and their outcomes, this course extends prior knowledge on univariate/bivariate analysis techniques to multivariate techniques.
Governing sustainable technology and innovation. As technological innovations contribute to economic growth and well-being, it is important to understand how to govern and regulate the innovation process at different levels: global, national, firm. Understanding the role of policies, property rights, standards and laws is key if one wants to steer technological innovation in a certain direction.
System dynamics. Why is achieving innovation so challenging? This course will help you to develop a holistic understanding of policies and strategies aimed at addressing innovation and sustainability-related matters and to identify the reasons behind their success or, more frequently, their failure in the short or long term. By gaining an understanding of complex systems, you can systematically explore and elucidate new options and strategies.
Year 1
In their first year, students take one core course per quartile, facilitating the development of a strong student community across all four quartiles. Students also take one track course per quartile, which also develops a strong track-based community. Finally, in each quartile, students choose one elective course from any of the other tracks and/or complete any homologation courses they might require. All courses are 5 ETCs.
Innovation Management has five tracks:
Year 2
In the second year, plenty of room is given to more personal choices. There is ample opportunity to go abroad and gather international experience, which is highly recommended. Students choose up to 30 ECTS of free elective courses, which can be at a foreign university, or follow free electives at TU/e, such as by participating in a course offered by the award-winning Innovation Space. In the last two quartiles of the second year, students conduct their master’s thesis projects (30 ECTS).
INTERNATIONAL SEMESTER
The department maintains an active exchange program with a number of international universities. This includes links with universities in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the USA.
The first semester of your second year will be spent at a university abroad that has strong research and teaching programs in technology and innovation. You will follow courses that complement your study program in Eindhoven, either deepening your knowledge of subjects studied here or introducing new topics not available in Eindhoven.