Master Education
The First Steps to Your Own Business
Have you made the choice to start up your own business? Are you on the verge of doing so, do you want to keep your options open or do you just want to learn more about entrepreneurship?
As a master's student you can gain more in-depth knowledge on entrepreneurship by means of electives, an annotation on master's level and extra-curricular activities.
The empasis lies on 'learning by doing': you work in teams, focusing on starting up your own busines. You can include subjects on entrepreneurship or an annotation in the free electives of your own master's programme.
Are you interested? You can choose from the following possibilities:
Annotation 'Entrepreneurship'
MSc-programme students who are interested in entrepreneurship can opt for the new master annotation 'entrepreneurship', which trains students to be entrepreneurs, through a combination of modules and a graduation project that partly focuses on marketing a service or product. Entrepreneurship can mean starting up your own business, but can also stand for entrepreneurship in a more general context, such as innovation at existing companies, take-overs, spin-outs, etc. Students who complete the annotation successfully receive an annotation with their degree. Read more
Subjects geared to entrepreneurship
- Design Challenge (WM1203TU)
The Design Challenge is a challenging Master's course for highly motivated students from various TU Delft faculties. A team of students solves an innovation problem for a company that is often of a technological nature, but might also include business aspects. The course concludes with a presentation of the solution for a problem and could be a prototype and/or a business plan. Read more in the study guide or on our website. - Sustainable Business Game (WM0913TU)
The Sustainable Business Game is a competition for students from TU Delft with an idea for a sustainable product or service. Participants will assess the market potential for their product or service.. Read more in the study guide or on the website of the Sustainable Business Game. - Turning Technology into Business (WM0516TU)
This subject serves to provide students more insight into the aspects that play a part in marketing a technological innovation. Students can think of a idea themselves or use a patent of the TU Delft. Read more in the study guide. - Writing a Business Plan (WM0506TU)
Writing a business plan is so successful it is offered twice a year and is for many students the last step before starting up their own business. After following this subject and completing a business plan, many successful businesses such as Dutchband, Donniecards and Bekerbedrukking.nl were set up. Students who follow these lectures are also often successful at national business plan competitions, such as New Venture. Read more in the study guide. - Starting New Ventures (WM0563TU)
Honours course with professor Ken Morse from MIT. Read more in the study guide. - Patent Law (WM0781TU)
The background and the purpose of patent law, the conditions for protection, the contents of the protection and the major exceptions are dealt with. Attention will also be paid to the ways patent law can be applied in (business) practice, for example by means of licences. Read more in the study guide.
For more information about courses for the Master Annotation Coordinator: Drs. Susan Tate
