• access to the expertise of RSM faculty, combined with that of visiting entrepreneurs and investors;
• an excellent foundation for establishing a new, innovative company;
• the opportunity to test your ideas in interactive, small-scale classes;
• a taste of life as an entrepreneur on campus or during an internship;
• a diverse, international student body.

Master graduates are qualified to help companies rejuvenate and grow by developing and building new business ventures and by acting on new opportunities. As entrepreneurs they create their own career opportunities and realise entrepreneurial dreams by starting their own ventures. Entrepreneurship graduates fill positions where their competence and drive are utilised.

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You will

• learn how entrepreneurial ventures develop in subsequent growth stages;
• be qualified to help established companies rejuvenate and grow by developing and building new business ventures;
• gain understanding of  key entrepreneurial challenges;
• develop entrepreneurial skills to succeed in your chosen career;

gain MSc in Entrepreneurship & New Business Venturing 

• The Foundations of Entrepreneurship
• Contexts of Entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurial Theory in Practice
• Entrepreneurial Start-up
• Entrepreneurial Growth
• Harvest: Ending the venture, Selling it and Starting again
• Researching Entrepreneurship
• Governance and Strategic Challenges of Family Enterprises
• Getting Things Done Without Resources: Bootstrapping Theory and Practice
• New Business Development
• New Venture Planning
• Strategic Entrepreneurship: capturing value from opportunities
• Honours Class: Learning from entrepreneurial hot-spots
• Entrepreneurial Challenge: Study Trip & Business Project

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In addition to lectures, you will work in small groups on business cases and assignments. Many of the exercises are carried out  in teams. Skills training, presentations, visiting lecturers and practitioners are all part of the curriculum. In order to graduate you will be trained in analytical and research skills and must write an individual thesis on a topic of your choice.

The Entrepreneurship & New Business Venturing master is a one-year full-time programme designed for young business, economics, finance and industrial design bachelors who are eager to become entrepreneurs. It is also an ideal master course for students whose ambition is to use their entrepreneurial spirit to rejuvenate the business activities of existing companies.

• Pre-determined undergraduate degree from a research university
• GMAT > 600
• GPA equivalent to 7 out of 10 in the Dutch education system
• English language requirement (TOEFL / IELTS)

For exact admission requirements please visit RSM’s admission pages.

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You should apply directly to Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) through its online application system (OLAF). Please visit RSM’s admission pages for comprehensive instructions on how to proceed.

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