Programme objectives

Last edit: 08/03/2011
Approved: 11/03/2011

Beyond the objectives which are specified in the Higher Education Degree Ordinance, there are also specific goals for this programme.

A graduate from the programme must:

Knowledge and understanding

• Show a deep knowledge about established and newer theories and models within the area of innovation and entrepreneurship as a complement to, and a continuation of the earlier acquired technical and natural scientific knowledge
• Show deep knowledge about how new economical organisations are started and managed, the role which entrepreneurship and innovation play in society’s economy, and those requirements which innovative organisations put on management and organisation
• Show deep knowledge about scientific and practical methods to judge, develop and drive inventive and innovative projects, whether within existing companies or through creation of new organisations

Skills and abilities

• Show the ability to generate ideas for, develop, plan, and implement innovative economic organisations
• Show the ability to apply theories within entrepreneuship and innovation in a creative way, and develop practical applications
• Show the ability to handle the different leadership, planning, and organisational questions which arise in driving an innovation project
• Show the ability to handle the start and development of an innovation organisation, both as an individual and as a part of a team

Ability to make judgments and adopt a standpoint

• To have a reflective and open approach which encompasses the fact that entrepreneurship and innovation have ethical social and society-related aspects
• To show a responsibility for the assignments an entrepreneur or an innovation leader has, including inquiries which are related to society’s responsibility and sustainable development
• Show an analytic ability as well as a reflexive and critical thought process in relation to established theories an practices
• Show active engagement with regards to the possibility of driving a innovation organisation

KTH’s local degree ordinance can be found in KTH’s guidelines www.kth.se