Executive MBA Innovation & Business Creation (EN)

About the Executive MBA Innovation & Business Creation

The programme for visionaries, aspiring entrepreneurs, founders, innovators and leaders: The Executive MBA in Innovation & Business Creation helps you to live innovation – and to implement it in start-ups and established companies.

The programme of the TUM School of Management in cooperation with UnternehmerTUM deepens your knowledge in innovation management, strengthens your leadership skills and turns you into a true entrepreneur or intrapreneur. You will learn to identify opportunities, implement innovations and lead projects and teams. Innovation and start-up projects give you access to a network of like-minded disruptive leaders and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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The students of the MBA Innovation & Business Creation

The international Executive MBA in Innovation & Business Creation programme is made up of a dynamic group of students. Highly motivated creatives and entrepreneurial personalities come together and share a passion for creating lasting change through their profession. The different academic and cultural backgrounds bring a new diversity of perspectives and approaches that you will benefit from.

• Half of the students are international.
• Around 80% of the students work in engineering, consulting, IT and telecommunications or consumer goods industries.
• 39% of the participants have studied engineering, 26% have an academic background in economics.

TUM School of Management

Founded in 2002, the TUM School of Management has been awarded the “Triple Crown” accreditation of the three most important international accreditation bodies AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB and is regularly placed in the top rankings of German business schools. The interface of management and technology is the speciality of the TUM School of Management.

Executives, experienced managers, technical experts, business thought leaders or entrepreneurs – the three TUM School of Management Executive MBA part-time programmes help ambitious professionals to deepen their knowledge in future-oriented technology and to further develop their management skills. The three part-time programmes are modular and cater to the needs of working participants. The university’s mission is to help students develop into highly effective and innovative leaders. The TUM School of Management educates the leaders of today and tomorrow.

The Triple Crown accredited TUM School of Management programme combines cutting-edge research with industry expertise. Become an innovation driver in your organisation or found and lead a start-up with great growth potential. The perfect time to be a disruptive leader is now.

UnternehmerTUM

UnternehmerTUM, founded by Susanne Klatten, is the leading centre for innovation and start-ups in Europe. Since opening in 2002, UnternehmerTUM has nurtured numerous pioneering start-ups such as Celonis, Konux and Lilium from initial idea to IPO.

UnternehmerTUM offers an open B2B startup platform with more than 250 employees and 100 corporate partners such as Allianz, Bosch, BMW, Daimler, Facebook, Google, Intel, SAP, Siemens as well as a variety of international partners including universities, foundations, research organisations, EU and government agencies. In addition, UnternehmerTUM uses and develops innovative learning approaches to build an active and impactful community and empower more than 5,000 talents who develop more than 200 start-up and prototype projects per year.

Special features of the programme

The Executive MBA in Innovation & Business Creation is a cooperation between the Technical University of Munich and UnternehmerTUM. The programme deepens your entrepreneurial understanding, equips you with tools from innovation management and strengthens your leadership skills. The modules help you develop solution-oriented management skills and put theory into practice: You systematically evaluate opportunities and work on your own innovative idea. Our innovation experts will support and advise you in the process.

A study trip to Berkeley, San Francisco and the Bay Area rounds off the unique experience of an Executive MBA in Innovation & Business Creation.

The programme is organised in two to six-day blocks, including weekends.

Start of studies

The programme can only be started in October.

Procedure of the admission process

The process consists of several application rounds and the responsible persons check all the documents received before the next round begins. The sooner you submit all documents completely and correctly, the sooner you will receive a response.  International students who have completed their first degree outside the EU are advised by the TUM School of Management to submit their application no later than the second round in order to complete the process on time.

The selection of students for the Executive MBA Program at the TUM School of Management follows a three-step process:

Registration and submission of application documents
Review of the application documents with regard to the central TUM admission requirements, taking into account the personal motivation and goals of the candidates.
Invitation of pre-selected candidates to a personal interview.

Please note: A prior consultation, which includes a joint definition of your goals, review of prerequisites and answering your questions, is recommended.

Conclusion

The Executive MBA in Innovation & Business Creation helps you systematise and implement your innovative ideas to work as a true entrepreneur intrapreneur.

The part-time programme of the “Triple Crown”-accredited and top-ranked TUM School of Management and UnternehmerTUM sharpens your focus to identify opportunities and helps you drive innovation.

Apply to professionalise your leadership skills and expand your business network. Become a disruptive leader.

For more information, visit TUM’s programme page or register here today for one of our upcoming virtual info sessions on the Executive MBA in Innovation & Business Creation.