This program is under review and may not be available in 2012 & 2013.

Programs offer students the knowledge and skills to assess and implement new ideas, create and manage ambitious new ventures, develop entrepreneurial management practices and create supportive environments that foster and enable innovation.  Graduates are prepared for the challenges they face in positively influencing and altering the market dynamics of the world we live in.

Coursework is delivered in intensive blocks and assignment-based assessment that can be directly applied to workplace projects.

Standard coursework, project work and assignments.

Innovation, Entrepreneurship

There are many success stories of entrepreneurial graduates that have been equipped with the tools to successfully start and bring to maturity their own new ventures, while corporate innovators have grown new revenue streams for their employers. Others have progressed to work within the innovation and entrepreneurship service sector providing consultancy, advisory, financial or other support services to the new and innovative small to medium enterprises sector.

Graduates are often engaged in, or aspire to be engaged in:

·         The start-up and growth of new ventures

·         Corporate innovation and entrepreneurship

·         Venture capital, banking or informal investment industries

·         Government or other policy or regional development agencies or authorities

·         Support services to new ventures and the Small to Medium Enterprise sector

• Internationally recognized and advanced levels of knowledge and understanding of the process and techniques involved in assessing and transforming ideas into innovation opportunities and new ventures.
• An ability to locate, analyse, evaluate, and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources in a planned and timely manner to facilitate the assessment and transformation of ideas into innovation opportunities and new ventures.
• An ability to apply effective, creative and innovative solutions, both independently and cooperatively, to current and future innovation and entrepreneurship issues, problems and concerns encountered by communities and throughout the new venture process.
• Skills of a high order in interpersonal understanding, teamwork and communication in facilitating and implementing innovation and new venture processes.
• A commitment to continuous learning and the capacity to maintain intellectual curiosity throughout life that emerges innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities.
• A commitment to the highest standards of professional endeavour and the ability to take a leadership role in the community in pursuing the creation, implementation and growth of innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities.
• An awareness of ethical, social and cultural issues encountered in engaging with innovation and entrepreneurship within the global context and the importance of exercising professional skills and responsibilities in dealing with social and cultural issues.

This degree has moved to the Faculty of the Professions, please note that the Program Rules are historically available through the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences.

• Faculty of the Professions
• Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre
• Postgraduate Scholarships
• University Contact Centre Enquiry Form