Innovative Entrepreneurship DD

If you are looking for a challenge to get most of higher business education join our course: “Innovative Entrepreneurship”!

No enrollment in 2023

Innovation and entrepreneurship always keep pace together in the context of any competitive environment in today's world. It is always a challenge for companies to invent new groundbreaking products, reshape their internal strategies and create value through different ways of thinking to become highly competitive on a certain market.

The Master's program 'Innovative Entrepreneurship' is designed to teach how to overcome these challenges. The program enables graduates to obtain a real opportunity for starting up their business based on the ideas that they have developed during their bachelor's degree studies in engineering and other fields.

Why should you choose this program?

Program has been implemented since 2015
The focus of the program is to develop practical management skills relevant for starting up and development of small innovative companies and commercialization of students' ideas.
Double-degree option
Program is implemented with participation of professors from leading international universities and experts from industry
Semester abroad in partner universities and business schools, ERASMUS+ scholarships to study abroad

About the program

Who can apply for the program Bachelor’s Degree Programs graduates in any field. Requirements are not specified. Recommended to have background in the following fields: Marketing, Management, Microeconomics Any projects and ideas for commercialization are welcome	Degree awarded SPbPU diploma: MSc in Management (Innovative Entrepreneurship) Double Degree option: TUB diploma — MSc in Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
Major areas of expertise Entrepreneurship; Manegement and Leadership; Marketing of Innovations; Managing Innovative Projects; Supply Chain Management and International Purchasing.	Possible job positions Consultants on business development and attracting investment Development of own business Director or manager of innovation projects Advisor on commercialization and technology transfer Consultant on project commercialization Head of an industrial park or business incubator Director or manager for innovative development Product development manager Business owner
Program duration 2 years, full-time 1 semester abroad (optional) or the 1st academiс year at a partner university - Technical University of Berlin (Германия) (Double Degree option)	Total workload / Credits 120 ECTS
Tuition fee per year: 334 600 Rubles	Language The program is taught in English
Career opportunities: Employment with international and Russian companies in the sphere of Commercialization of technologies and projects, New product development New markets development	Uniqueness: Practice-oriented approach to education All lectures and examinations are conducted in English Double-degree option or semester abroad International Professors Cross-cultural studies and other extracurricular activities at the University

Academic plan

Module	ECTS
1st Semester	31
Modern Strategic Analysis	3
Managerial Economics	4
Entrepreneurship	5
Research Methods in Management	2
Master’s Research	8
Russian Language / Business English	3
Methodology of Science and Research	3
Digital Resources in Research	3

2nd Semester	29
Master’s Research	8
Investment Management	6
Intercultural Management / Personal Skills and Leadership	5
Consumer Behavior	4
Internship (Company Project)	6

3rd Semester	28
Sales Management / International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management	4
Innovation Marketing	3
Corporate Finance	4
Business Planning	4
Academic Mobility Module	5
Master’s Research	8

4th Semester	32
Final Assessment	8
Internship (Company Project)	24

TOTAL	120

Master’s thesis topics

Russian startup companies at crowd-funding venues
Study of the amount of investment in marketing of organizations operating on the world markets of advanced manufacturing technologies
Technology foresight in strategic planning of the innovative development of chemical enterprises
Gender aspects of entrepreneurship
Strategy for promoting Russia as a tourist destination on the Thai market
Corporate accelerators as a tool for open innovation
Study of opportunities, threats and strategies regarding foreign business in Russia at the example of wind energy
Using advertising tools on social networks to promote online retailers
Development of a model for the introduction of hackathons as tools for attracting qualified personnel in the IT industry
Research on the impact of economic sanctions on small and medium-size businesses in Russia

Admission procedure

You are kindly required to fill in an on-line application. International applicants may find additional information concerning admission at SPbPU web-site.

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Study abroad and Double Degree partners

Students with good grades and high motivation enrolled are offered to study semester abroad. The best students will be offered to pass selection committee to gain Double Degree option to study the 1st academic year at partner university.

Technical university of Berlin, Germany

The TU Berlin is one of the largest universities of technology in Germany. One of our most important tasks is to educate our students to meet the challenges of a world increasingly characterized by technology and progress. University rankings pay testimony to our successes by continually ranking the TU Berlin among the top academic institutions around the world.

Master's degree program " Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability ".

Program Partners

The Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE)

The Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) has been working to create a culture of innovation and hone entrepreneurial skills for eleven years now. Several businesses have been started, and many students and professionals have received education while analysing complex innovation processes.

PolytechStrascheg

PolytechStrascheg The Russian-German Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship "Polytech Strascheg” is founded on a cooperation between the Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University (SPbSPU) and the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE, Munich).

Technical university of Berlin, Germany

Technical university of Berlin, Germany. The TU Berlin strives to promote the dissemination of knowledge and to facilitate technological progress by adhering to the principles of excellence and quality. The university provides with a strong regional, national and international networking partnerships with science and industry.

Our partners

Leading professors and guest speakers

Professor Alexander V. Kozlov
Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Modern strategic analysis (Engl.), Strategic management (Engl.), Project Management (Engl.)

Professor Olaf Hauer
Co-Founder and Managing Partner iNTG, International Master Coach, Facilitator, Trainer,

Interview with the visiting professor Olaf Hauer

Professor Dmitry Gavrilov
CPIM, CSCP, SCOR-P, APICS Master CPIM Instructor, APICS Associate

CSCP Instructor, The Fresh Connection Instructor

Professor Dmitry Garanin
Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Industry Expert, Entrepreneur

Additional Benefits

Staying in the most beautiful city of Russia - Saint-Petersburg - will reward you with unforgettable experience!

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Students’ Testimonials

Amelie:
In Germany we are studying the double degree program, which is implemented jointly with SPbPU. Before us, no one came to St. Peter..

Amelie HAHLER and Sophie REECK, Germany (International Master’s Program “Innovative Entrepreneurship”)

I graduated from the same program as Yulina: we both studied in the same grade and I absolutely agree with her opinion on our education. I chose the M..

Lidia GLUKHOVA, Russia (International Master’s Program “Innovative Entrepreneurship”)

It was quite easy to come to Russia. I had a slight Russian language background so I guess there weren't any other options of studying in another coun..

Hao GUO , (International Master’s Program “Innovative Entrepreneurship”)

It was not easy to come to Russia but I am very curious – I wanted to learn a new language, new culture and to travel.
My classmates from differe..

Alexis CARDOZO , (International Master’s Program “Innovative Entrepreneurship”)

Contact details

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia, 195220, Saint-Petersburg, Grazhdanskiy pr. 28 A, room 502
Nikita Lukashevich, Program Coordinator
+7 (931) 252-66-22
lukashevich@spbstu.ru