Technology leadership and entrepreneurship (international educational program)

Program outline

The program is designed for students aiming at pursuing an entrepreneurial career. It allows them to initiate and carry out genuine entrepreneurial projects.

The program consists of two main tracks: Entrepreneurship (tech) and Intrapreneurship and digital transformation. It offers a unique opportunity to turn students` technology business ideas into successful start-ups (Tech entrepreneurship) or to develop leaders and professionals inside the innovative ventures (Intrapreneurship and digital transformation).

  • Information & key facts

    Admission requirements: Candidates are required to hold a Bachelor`s or Master`s degree in any subject area, all applicants must demonstrate English language proficiency at B+ level

    Admission tests: Examination in the field of economics of enterprise and an interview in English with the program coordinator

    Duration of program: 2 years

    Tuition fee: 367 800 rubles a year for international students, 290 400 rubles a year for Russian students

    Master degree program name: “Technology leadership and entrepreneurship” (international educational program)

    Area of study: “Launching and managing knowledge-intensive production”

    Degree: Master of science (MSc)

    Mode of study: Full-time

    Language: English

Why Technology leadership and entrepreneurship program?

  • Possibility to choose the most suitable educational track for you:
    • Track №1 – Entrepreneurship (tech)
    • Track №2 – Intrapreneurship and digital transformation
  • Start-up accelerator for students who will select the first track. Moreover, we provide mentors for students who want to make their own start-up
  • Possibilities to complete an internship in Russian leading technological companies: CML, BIOCAD, KIROVSKY ZAVOD, etc.
  • REAL PROJECTS: unique opportunity to start and develop your own business or to take part in a real industrial project
  • Leading Russian and international professors, coaches, business angels and guest lecturers will help students to build their entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial career
  • Experienced coaches and mentors will help and challenge you on the way to make a successful career
  • Opportunities for international mobility
  • The program has an Expert Council, which includes leading experts in innovative and industrial business

This program takes place in St. Petersburg, one of the most beautiful university towns and a high-tech hotspot in Russia.

St. Petersburg attracts people from all over the world with its unique atmosphere and job opportunities.

Semesters

  • I semester

    Modules and disciplines

    1. Global group project on business design (Global Entrepreneurship)

    2. Entrepreneurial thinking and competences
    Leadership, communication skills and teambuilding
    Design thinking and business models
    Innovation project management

    3. Technologies of the future and opportunities recognition
    Opportunities recognition and ideation of technology venture
    Organization of knowledge-intensive production
    IP-management

    4. Track choice №1
    4.1. New venture co-creation education (incl. acceleration program)
    Entrepreneurial marketing
    4.2. Intrapreneurship
    Marketing of innovations

    5. REAL PROJECT (Internship)

  • II semester

    Modules and disciplines

    6. Commercializing advanced technology and innovation product management
    Commercializing advanced technologies and venture business planning
    High-tech product lifecycle management
    Entrepreneurial competencies development for the organization a technology venture
    Markets and technological trends of future high-tech industries

    7. Analytical methods of decision making and entrepreneurship research

    8. Track choice №2
    8.1. New venture co-creation education
    Ecosystem of technological entrepreneurship
    8.2. Intrapreneurship
    Innovation management and intraprenership

    9. Track choice №3
    9.1. New venture co-creation education (incl. acceleration program)
    New venture business planning (START-UP practice)
    9.2. Intrapreneurship
    Existing business development REAL PROJECT (Internship)

  • III semester

    Modules and disciplines

    10. Track choice №4
    10.1. New venture co-creation education (incl. acceleration program)
    Managing new venture growth and venture capital
    Sustainable innovation
    Value creation and sales
    10.2. Intrapreneurship
    Finance and project evaluation
    Innovation supply chain management
    Value creation, sales and intrapreneurship

    11. Educational foresight
    Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation

  • IV semester

    Modules and disciplines

    13. Internship

    14. Master thesis research
    14.1. New venture co-creation education
    Business plan (incl. empirical research)
    14.2. Intrapreneurship
    Consultancy project
    14.3. International research
    Technology entrepreneurship research

    15. Final assessment

Team

  • Sergei Salkutsan, Director of the Executive Education Center of the Advanced Engineering School «Digital Engineering»
  • Kireev Artur, Deputy Director of the IAMT on international activities, Associate Professor of the GSTE
  • Oksana Evseeva, Associate Professor of the GSTE, Director of the Transformation Project Management Department in Translational Research of Sechenov University
  • Olga Kolosova, Professor, Dr. of Sc. (Engineering), Professor of GSTE Head of Presidential Management Training Initiative and EMBA Program at SPbPU
  • Svetlana Evseeva, Associate Professor of the GSTE
  • Dmitry Makarov, Visiting professor, international expert in intellectual property management
  • Dmitrii Gavrilov, CPIM, CSCP, CLTD, SCOR-P, The Fresh Connection Instructor
  • Alexey Efimov, Associate Professor of the GSTE

Are you curious about starting a career as an entrepreneur in the innovative technology sphere?

We are ready to teach you how to think and act like an innovative entrepreneur or how to be an intrapreneur in hightechnology ventures!

Seeing that a great number of new technologies is emerging and our environment is constantly changing, leading to uncertainty, there is a huge need for people with entrepreneurial skills who can cope with these challenges. Companies are
looking for employees who are able to generate new ideas, are ready to learn fast and to adapt easily to rapid changes.

This program gives you the unique opportunity to start and develop your own business during your studies with the support of the best experts in technology entrepreneurship. If you choose not to pursue your own project, you have the option
to learn how to be an intrapreneur and to work within an already existing business.

The first semester is a broad view on what you will do during your master. Firstly, we provide some courses for personal development. You will learn how to be a leader and find your own way in the world. Every educational module is a reflection
of studying the philosophy “Learning by doing” with a focus on practical skills. All students will get a possibility to work in a team on a real project to present it at the end of the semester.

Starting from the second semester the program is divided into 2 tracks: Entrepreneurship (tech) and Intrapreneurship and digital transformation. Now you may continue working on your own idea or start learning about intrapreneurship. During
the whole semester students from Track 2 will have an internship in the already existing project. Students from Track 1 will work on their own projects.

Running into the third semester you have to make a decision which track is more appealing for you. Both tracks are focused on co-creation education. You continue working on your business project or developing existing project. All students will
gain cross-cultural skills and learn how to make their business successful in the global market.

From the last semester you can select the other track – Entrepreneurship research. It is designed for students who are interested in scientific research of entrepreneurship. Thereby your master thesis can be a business plan of your venture,
a consultancy plan for a company or research work on Technology Entrepreneurship.

Throughout 2 years you’ll work with your team on developing your own new business idea with the help of the start-up accelerator. Experienced coaches and mentors will help and challenge you on the way to make a successful career.

Contacts

Office G3.06, 29AF, Polytechnicheskaya ul.Saint Petersburg, 195251 Russia

Artur Kireev, Acting Director of GSTE

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