University of Bath School of Management

Studying entrepreneurship

We offer a range of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and post-experience level.
Many of these courses offer ways to develop your entrepreneurial skills and knowledge, whatever your level of study.

MSc Entrepreneurship and Management

Our MSc in Entrepreneurship and Management is a year-long, full-time course. It combines core management training with an appreciation of entrepreneurship.

Units include Technology Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance, and important fundamentals such as Marketing, Economics, and Strategic Management.

The practical research project gives you a chance to develop a business idea into a viable business model.

The Bath MBA

You can study our top-ranking MBA course full-time or part-time.

The Bath MBA features the Entrepreneurship in Action Project, a real-life opportunity to develop a new business idea. Judged by experts, the best ideas go forward to the Bath Entrepreneurs Investment Showcase .

Undergraduate

Our portfolio of highly-ranked undergraduate degrees includes a range of general and specialised qualifications. Our well-established BSc in Business Administration course has produced many successful entrepreneurs. It offers:

• an optional unit in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• great choice of study subjects
• two work placements

Our BSc in Management also offers the unit in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. It also includes the unique Entrepreneurship Project, an exciting opportunity to develop a business plan and put your idea into action.

See information on all of our Undergraduate courses.

Key Faculty

	Dr Sergio Costa Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
	Dr Daniela Defazio Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
	Dr Panos Desyllas Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Strategy.
	Professor Dimo Dimov Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
	Virgilio Failla Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
	Dr Richard Fairchild Lecturer in Corporate Finance
	Dr Christos Kolympiris Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
	Dr Weixi Liu Lecturer in Finance
	Professor Orietta Marsili Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
	Professor Ammon Salter Professor of Innovation
	Dr Chenjian Zhang Lecturer in Strategy & Entrepreneurship

Our research centre

The Centre for Research on Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Bath (CREI@Bath) represents a central pathway for economic development and renewal, and social well-being. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the research centre seeks to inform and shape policy and practice. We aspire to thought leadership in the field through our scientific outputs, collaborative research projects, academic and practitioner events and capacity-building efforts.

The aims of the group are to:

• advance knowledge about the nature of E&I
• nurture and support the development of research careers
• spark debate and discussion
• collaborate with leading private and public organisations to develop new insights
• contribute to public debates in the UK and globally

Read about our other Research Centres.

Support and development

Many of our graduates take on entrepreneurial ventures, often with great success. If you have a business idea you want to develop, we provide a well-established support network.

The Innovation Centre

The Innovation Centre provides a unique environment. It combines work space, business support and inspiration for entrepreneurs.

The Centre has established a thriving entrepreneurial network which reaches out from Bath across the UK and beyond.

SETsquared Partnership

SETsquared Partnership is Europe's leading university business incubator group. It offers support for business acceleration, student enterprise and start-up. As well as Bath, university partners include Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey.

The SETsquared Student Enterprise Awards bring together student entrepreneurs from across the partner universities. Award categories include Best Graduate Start-up and Student Enterprise Champion.

Groups and networks for students

• Enterprise Bath, based within the Students' Union, is a hub of relevant and useful organisations, competitions and funding sources
• BANTER is the University's student group for anyone interested in entrepreneurship. It has an active Facebook group
• Enactus is an international student-led society. It aims to use the positive power of business to make a difference in the community.

Competitions and funding

Social Enterprise Funding (login needed) provides support for social enterprise initiatives and funding of up to £500 to try out your idea.

Uni Popshop is an entrepreneurial competition run by the Students’ Union with real risks and real profits. Student teams get a start-up loan of £300, a mentor and a stall in Spitalfields Market in London to test out their idea for a day.

Other Students' Union events and competitions include:

• Dragons' Den
• Business plan competition
• Apps Crunch

Many of these have cash prizes or funding to develop your business idea.

Entrepreneurship in Action Project

Bath MBA students have the chance to take part in the Entrepreneurship in Action Project. This module offers you the chance to develop a business idea as part of a team.

Judged by experts, the best ideas go forward to the Bath Entrepreneurs Investment Showcase.

Over the years, we have produced many successful alumni. Of these, a good number have become entrepreneurs. They now run thriving businesses as a result of their studies and the networks they developed during their time at Bath.

Read about some of our successful entrepreneurs here.