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Entrepreneurship MSc

London, Canary Wharf

This is the programme information for 2025 entry

If you require details of the previous year's programme, Entrepreneurship MSc (2024), click here

UK students International students

Study mode

UK tuition fees (2025/26)

£20,500

£10,250

Overseas tuition fees (2025/26)

£39,800

£19,900

Duration

1 calendar year

2 calendar years

Programme starts

September 2025

Applications accepted

Applicants who require a visa: 14 Oct 2024 – 04 Apr 2025

Applications close at 5pm UK time

Applications open

Applicants who do not require a visa: 14 Oct 2024 – 29 Aug 2025

Applications close at 5pm UK time

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Entry requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Together with the academic requirements, applicants normally must have a demonstrable interest in pursuing an entrepreneurial venture or career and must have undertaken entrepreneurial activities, and not simply aspire to entrepreneurship.

Under certain circumstances, candidates with an exceptional entrepreneurial background, but not meeting the above criteria, will be considered.

Your personal statement is your opportunity to explain your reasons for applying to study this particular MSc programme and how you hope to develop your future career as an entrepreneur with reference to the compulsory modules we offer. This programme requires that applicants have clear entrepreneurial ambitions, so you need to provide evidence of having begun to pursue these.

The English language level for this programme is: Level 2

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

Equivalent qualifications

Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website.

International applicants can find out the equivalent qualification for their country by selecting from the list below. Please note that the equivalency will correspond to the broad UK degree classification stated on this page (e.g. upper second-class). Where a specific overall percentage is required in the UK qualification, the international equivalency will be higher than that stated below. Please contact Graduate Admissions should you require further advice.

About this degree

Learn the necessary skills to build and scale a successful business on this unique MSc. This includes how to develop ideas, build prototypes, and understand what customers truly want.

You will learn about finance/funding, marketing, team building and all the key issues facing rapidly scaling enterprises. The focus of the teaching and student experience is around hands-on learning and entrepreneurial activity.

Numerous successful start-ups have been created by our alumni. A selection of these start-ups can be found on our Hall of Fame website.

A study abroad option is available to selected students at Singapore Management University (SMU) for Term 2 on their equivalent programme, Entrepreneurship and Innovation MSc. This option allows you to study at an additional prestigious academic institution and simultaneously gain experience of Singapore's dynamic start-up eco-system and Asian culture. This study abroad option is available for both full-time and part-time students, but cannot be guaranteed to applicants joining the programme.

Who this course is for

The programme is suitable for you if you're wanting to pursue an entrepreneurial journey, either by starting your own business or being part of a founding team.

Read about what it takes to study for a Master's at UCL

What this course will give you

This programme offers the following opportunities and benefits:

A postgraduate degree from a top-ranked university. UCL is consistently ranked among the best universities globally (ranked 9th in the latest QS World University Rankings 2025), providing you with a prestigious qualification that is highly regarded by employers worldwide.
The UCL School of Management offers an outstanding quality of teaching from a team with experience both of academia and of the world of industry and entrepreneurship, including several active venture capitalists and investors.
Students acquire the confidence and understanding of how to develop and then scale a start-up opportunity.
You'll have access to world-class technical expertise and resources within a structured framework of support and formal business education, backed up with strong links to UCL Innovation and Enterprise.
The programme is taught at our Canary Wharf Campus, on Level 50 and Level 38 of One Canada Square, placing students in the heart of Canary Wharf, London’s global business and financial hub. Students will also have full access to the Bloomsbury campus, a district famous for its cultural and educational institutions.

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The foundation of your career

On graduating the Entrepreneurship MSc, you'll be equipped with the skills to start and run high impact, innovative businesses.

Completing the MSc Entrepreneurship degree at UCL was simply one of the best life & business decisions I've ever made. I have not only made life-long friends, and now business partners, but it provided the complete foundation I needed to build my company in the U.K.

Balazs Zahorecz

MSc Entrepreneurship

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Employability

Former Entrepreneurship MSc students have gone on to create a diverse range of start-up companies, a large selection of which can be found on our Hall of Fame website. In addition, Entrepreneurship MSc alumni have also taken on positions within the tech entrepreneurship ecosystem, both in London and overseas, supporting other start-ups.

For recent news of Entrepreneurship MSc alumni activity, visit the UCL School of Management website.

Networking

The programme offers a variety of networking opportunities, including the annual MSc Entrepreneurship Pitch Day, where selected students pitch their start-ups to investors from multiple industries.

You'll also have the ability to join overseas trips, where you'll have the chance to visit other start-up ecosystems and venture capital companies, as well as network with potential VCs.

On this programme, you'll frequently be exposed to industry professionals, entrepreneurs and VCs, through modules and workshops that offer guest speakers.

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, and class discussions. Weekly lectures are delivered by leading academics, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Students typically study 4 modules in Term 1 and 4 modules in Term 2, of which 2 are optional. In Term 3 students undertake a supervised dissertation project.

Assessment is normally through coursework, presentations, examinations, and the dissertation.

Each taught module is delivered over 10 weeks, with 3 contact hours per week comprising lecture content and interactive components.

This means that full-time students can expect approximately 12 contact hours per teaching week, and part-time students can expect approximately 6 contact hours per teaching week during Term 1 and 2, on average.

In addition, you will spend approximately 7-12 hours a week for each module on assessment and independent study to further develop the skills and knowledge covered in lectures and seminars.

For a full overview of the programme structure please visit the UCL School of Management website.

Modules

You will undertake eight taught modules of credits and a dissertation credit module.

The programme consists of:

6 compulsory taught modules;
2 optional modules from a choice of 7;
a research dissertation.

The compulsory modules provide a broad foundation in subjects such as customer and product development, marketing, finance, strategy and management. In all cases, the teaching emphasis is entrepreneurial driven.

All students select 2 of 7 specialist modules, aimed at giving more domain-specific knowledge, networks, and skills. Some of these optional modules will be taught with students from other School of Management Master’s programmes, thus providing further opportunities for student interaction across the school.

The optional modules offered are subject to change each year and are indicative only. Optional modules can change for a variety of reasons including but not limited to updated learning outcomes, lack of demand and resourcing.

The dissertation allows students to work full-time on developing their start-up, or to conduct research-based field investigations of the desirability, feasibility, and viability of a business opportunity.

Students who undertake the study abroad option at Singapore Management University will take 4 15-credit compulsory modules and a compulsory 60-credit dissertation module at UCL and a 60-credit Postgraduate Term Abroad module at SMU. All modules are equivalent to FHEQ level 7. Please visit the UCL School of Management website for further details on the programme structure.

Part-time study offers you the opportunity to carry on working in a career, in your own start-up or to simply study at a slower pace.

Part-time students take 2 modules per term. These modules are taught during the daytime on separate days of the working week. Part-time students are taught in the same class alongside full-time students.

The modules are taught in a specific order, with the optional modules chosen in the second year.

Students will need to have a level of work flexibility (if employed) in order to cope with the School’s timetable.

The dissertation project is undertaken in Term 3 of the second year, hence there will be limited activity during Term 3 of the first year.

Please visit the UCL School of Management website for further details on the programme structure.

Compulsory modules

Building High Impact Ventures

Product Development and Prototyping

Customer Development and Lean Startup

Entrepreneurial Finance

Entrepreneurial Marketing Strategy and Branding

Building High Impact Founders

MSc Entrepreneurship: Dissertation

Optional modules

Managing the Growing Firm

Retail and Consumer Entrepreneurship

Technology Entrepreneurship

Fintech

Building Sustainable Ventures

Influence and Negotiations

Artificial Intelligence for Business

Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change. Modules that are in use for the current academic year are linked for further information. Where no link is present, further information is not yet available.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits. Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded an MSc in Entrepreneurship.

Accessibility

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Where you'll study

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Home to UCL’s business and management research and education programmes, the UCL School of Management focuses on creating disruptive research and preparing the next generation of creative and influential leaders who can apply the latest technological developments as a strategic asset for businesses in the complex, interconnected world of the future. Through outstanding teaching by leading academics in their field and a fantastic, dedicated careers team at the School, we provide you with the knowledge, skills and networks needed to expand professional opportunities and progress in your career.

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Fees and funding

Fees for this course

UK students International students

Fee description	Full-time	Part-time
Tuition fees (2025/26)	£20,500	£10,250
Tuition fees (2025/26)	£39,800	£19,900

The tuition fees shown are for the year indicated above. Fees for subsequent years may increase or otherwise vary. Where the programme is offered on a flexible/modular basis, fees are charged pro-rata to the appropriate full-time Master's fee taken in an academic session. Further information on fee status, fee increases and the fee schedule can be viewed on the UCL Students website: ucl.ac.uk/students/fees.

Additional costs

For Full-time and Part-time offer holders a fee deposit will be charged at 10% of the first year fee.

Further information can be found in the Tuition fee deposits section on this page: Tuition fees.

This programme does not have any compulsory additional costs outside of purchasing books or stationery, printing, thesis binding or photocopying.

Students may have the opportunity to undertake an optional field trip in Term 3 and other potential international study trips throughout the year. The costs of such trips are usually covered by students although some elements may be subsidised depending on the destination, organisational and support responsibilities. On average, costs would be around £1,500 to £2,500 depending on the trip location, personal flight preferences and spending habits, as well as the prevailing exchange rates.

UCL’s main teaching locations are in zones 1 (Bloomsbury) and zones 2/3 (UCL East). The cost of a monthly 18+ Oyster travel card for zones 1-2 is £114.50. This price was published by TfL in 2024. For more information on additional costs for prospective students and the cost of living in London, please view our estimated cost of essential expenditure at UCL's cost of living guide.

Funding your studies

The Fulbright Commission Award

The Fulbright Commission Award is available for a US graduate student or those with equivalent experience in a relevant field to study the Entrepreneurship MSc. Please note this is only available to citizens of the United States of America. Further details on the Fulbright website and the Fulbright US Student Program website.

For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website.

See all the ways you can fund your studies

: Global Finance Scholarship

Value: Up to £10,000 (1yr)

Criteria Based on academic merit

Eligibility: EU, Overseas

The Excellence Scholarship - School of Management

Value: Up to £10,000 (1yr)

Criteria Based on academic merit

Eligibility: UK, EU, Overseas

The Impact Scholarship - School of Management

Value: Up to £10,000 (1yr)

Criteria Based on both academic merit and financial need

Eligibility: UK, EU, Overseas

UCL East London Scholarship

Deadline: 26 June 2025

Value: Tuition fees plus £16,000 stipend ()

Criteria Based on financial need

Eligibility: UK

Women in Finance Scholarship

Value: Up to £10,000 (1yr)

Criteria Based on academic merit

Eligibility: UK, EU, Overseas

Next steps

Students are advised to apply as early as possible due to competition for places. Those applying for scholarship funding (particularly overseas applicants) should take note of application deadlines.

There is an application processing fee for this programme of £90 for online applications. Further information can be found at Application fees.

Together with essential academic requirements, the personal statement is your opportunity to explain your reasons for applying to study this particular MSc programme. The programme requires that applicants have clear entrepreneurial ambitions, so you need to provide evidence of having begun to pursue these. In assessing your application, we also require you to clearly demonstrate why you want to study entrepreneurship at UCL and how you hope to develop your future career as an entrepreneur with reference to the core modules we offer.

Please note that you may submit applications for a maximum of two graduate programmes (or one application for the Law LLM) in any application cycle.

This programme requires two references. Further information regarding references can be found on this Selecting your references page.

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Please read the Application Guidance before proceeding with your application.