Entrepreneurship

Undergraduate degrees

Entrepreneurship at Essex Business School goes beyond conventional business studies, exploring enterprising mindsets, new venture creation, and innovation across private, public, and voluntary sectors.

Taught on our Southend Campus and ideally placed just a short train ride away from central London. Our program provides an understanding of new venture establishment, expansion, and a global focus on business. We not only equip you with business acumen but also enhance your practical skills through entrepreneurial theory, collaborative projects, business simulations, and interactive endeavors. Graduates are well-prepared to apply their knowledge to launch their own ventures.

At Essex Business School, our aim is not only to impart contemporary business knowledge but, more importantly, to develop your practical skills through group work, business simulation games, and interactive projects. Many of our graduates choose to utilise their learned skills for entrepreneurial ventures, while others leverage their enterprising abilities for business management and leadership roles.

Career prospects

Essex Business School is dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and supporting individuals in pursuing their business ambitions. Carving out your own niche in business can be risky, but the rewards of being your own boss can be significant. Discover how you can apply the skills gained from your degree to become a business founder and how Essex Business School can incubate your new venture to take you to the next level. Learn from the incredible entrepreneurial alumni who credit their creativity and ambition for their success, and they are eager to share the secrets of their journey with you.

Masters degrees

You'll study with Essex Business School on our Southend Campus, a short train ride from Central London and based in the heart of the Thames Gateway, one of the Government’s key areas for economic growth.  As the home to the highest number of SMEs in the UK, Essex provides an optimal environment for your future business venture or for gaining inspiration to take back home. 

Ranked in the Top 175 for Business and Economics in THE World University Rankings by Subject 2024, your entrepreneurship masters degree will help you explore the challenges faced by entrepreneurs, and to consider the disruptive potential of intrapreneurship. With a focus on diverse backgrounds, our masters courses equip students with the essential skills to launch your future start-up.

Choose to study entrepreneurship alongside international marketing, international business, or innovation to tailor your academic journey and join us at Essex, where entrepreneurship isn't just a subject—it's a way of life.

Research degrees

Entrepreneurship, innovation and international management fuel the growth of regions. Our thought leaders are proud to be leading research that has an impact on people's everyday lives, influencing policy and practice and shaping the next generation of businesses.

Our international researchers work alongside our PhD students to study topics including supply chain and operations, strategy, the challenges faced by specific entrepreneurial groups, the development of the intrapreneur and how entrepreneurship is delivered in the national curriculum. 

We aim to champion innovative interdisciplinary projects and support our PhD students to design and conduct the research project you choose, rather than telling you to complete it in a particular way.   

We are very proud that 100% of our business and management research environment is world-leading or internationally excellent and that we are 20th in UK for research power in business and management (Times Higher Education research power measure) in the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

We’re pleased to be able to offer an integrated PhD, for students who have a strong research proposal but who do not have previous research or Masters-level study experience.

Start your application with us

Explore our entrepreneurship research by theme or your area of interest and find a supervisor that can support your through your studies. More information can be found about research degrees on our school pages. Our courses below will help guide you through the various research degree programmes we offer.