Business Entrepreneurship
Business entrepreneurship as a degree subject recognises that entrepreneurial thinking, the ability to identify opportunities, tolerate uncertainty, mobilise resources, and lead change, is a learnable skill set rather than a mysterious natural gift. Entrepreneurship education draws on business strategy, finance, marketing, and behavioural science to equip students not just with foundational business knowledge but with the mindset and practical capabilities needed to launch new ventures or drive innovation within existing organisations.
At Manchester Metropolitan University this three-year full-time programme includes a sandwich year and a work placement, giving you the opportunity to develop your entrepreneurial and business understanding in a real professional context during your studies. The programme provides fundamental business knowledge while actively fostering innovative thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset. Its mission is to prepare you both to launch and lead your own venture and to excel as an intrapreneur, someone who drives entrepreneurial behaviour within a larger organisation.
You will engage with the ethical dimensions of business and leadership throughout, developing a sense of responsible entrepreneurship that accounts for the interests of communities and not just commercial outcomes. Manchester's vibrant business and creative economy provides a rich environment for developing entrepreneurial ideas and professional networks.
Graduates in business entrepreneurship follow a wide range of paths. Some launch their own businesses immediately after graduating, drawing on the networks and practical experience built during the degree. Others join growth-stage companies in roles that require entrepreneurial drive and commercial judgement, or enter larger organisations where innovation and intrapreneurship are valued.
The combination of strategic business knowledge, entrepreneurial mindset, and practical experience the programme develops is also relevant to social enterprise, the creative industries, and public sector innovation. Many graduates also continue to postgraduate study in entrepreneurship, innovation management, or MBA programmes.