Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Programs in Innovation and Entrepreneurship are designed to develop and inspire creative individuals with an interest in starting innovative ventures that have the potential to make significant impacts on markets, economies and communities. They are designed for those who wish to directly undertake, support, finance or facilitate the creation and growth of new ventures that are based upon market disruptive ideas, significantly changing the status quo.

Programs offer students the knowledge and skills to assess and implement new ideas, create and manage ambitious new ventures, develop entrepreneurial management practices, and create supportive environments that foster and enable innovation.

Graduates are expected to be involved in positively influencing and altering the market dynamics of the world we live in. Students are often engaged in, or aspire to be engaged in:

• The start-up and growth of new ventures
• Corporate innovation and entrepreneurship
• The venture capital, banking or informal investment industries
• Government or other policy or regional development agencies or authorities
• Support services to new ventures and the SME sector
• The social sector that supports and facilitates independence, development and growth of communities

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs

The suite of Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs range from Graduate Certificates in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (commercial focus) and Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation (social focus) to an Advanced Masters program incorporating an applied project.

The following links will take you to Program Finder, an online database of all academic programs offered by the University. Here you can access program outlines, fee information, admission\xA0requirements and study plans:

Masters by Coursework

• Master of Applied Innovation and Entrepreneurship M.AppIn&E
• Master of Applied Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Advanced) M.AppIn&EA

Graduate Diploma

• Graduate Diploma in Innovation and Entrepreneurship GD In&Ep.

Graduate Certificate

• Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship GC In&Ent.
• Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation GCert.SE&I

Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program

The Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation is specifically designed for the social enterprise and not-for-profit sectors, one of the first such programs of its type in Australia. The program caters for those working in and starting new ventures in the community sectors . It is aimed at those who want to know more about how innovation and entrepreneurship can help the health, wealth and well-being of their not-for-profit organisations and communities. Students can use the Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship as a pathway to the Graduate Diploma and/or Masters Programs in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

The following link will take you to Program Finder, an online database of all academic programs offered by the University. Here you can access program outlines, fee information, admission requirements and study plans:

• Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation GCert.SE&I

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program via Open Universities Australia (OUA)

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program is a Graduate Certificate studied externally through Open Universities Australia (OUA). The program is comparable to the Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship offered on-campus by the University of Adelaide. Students can use the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program as a pathway to further postgraduate study at the University of Adelaide, and on completion can articulate to the Graduate Diploma and/or Masters Programs in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

For more information, please see ECIC OUA and the OUA website.

Flexible Study

University of Adelaide Students
Postgraduate course work is compacted into intensive sessions designed to fit around busy work and family schedules. Students are not required to attend weekly lectures and tutorials, but instead come to our Adelaide or Sydney (where applicable) campus to complete a two-day opening intensive and a two-day closing intensive. Students must complete assignments and other assessment items during the time between opening and closing intensives. Part time study options are available across all programs.

OUA Students
OUA offers each course in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program in four study periods (13 weeks each) throughout the year, this gives students multiple points of entry into the program. Courses are taught entirely by distance education and study materials are dispatched at the start of each study period. Students can take a maximum of two years to complete the program, or fast-track and complete the program in as little as 13 weeks.

Graduate Profiles

Please visit our Innovation and Entrepreneurship Graduate Profiles.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contact

• OUA and Administrative Enquiries:
  Mrs Karen Snook
  Senior Administrative Officer and OUA Coordinator
  Ph: +61 8 8303 7422
  Email: karen.snook@adelaide.edu.au
• Academic Enquiries:
  Dr Allan O'Connor
  Academic Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  Ph: +61 8 8303 7422
  Email: allan.oconnor@adelaide.edu.au