Innovation

Unique Features

• Build a repertoire of cutting-edge skills and knowledge for leading innovation teams, designing next-generation products and services, and reinventing business models.
• Learn to harness the power of data and technology to drive growth in a digital economy.
• Study in one of the nation’s top entrepreneurship graduate programs (#11, Princeton Review, 2021) with faculty who are recognized thought leaders in corporate innovation and entrepreneurship—including founders of startups, leaders from a range of industries, and seasoned consultants.
• Gain direct experience and raise your leadership profile by completing a sponsored project in your own organization or a company of your choice that solves a real challenge with innovative thinking.
• Receive one-on-one career guidance from the D’Amore-McKim Graduate Career Center.
• Apply your completed credits toward an eligible MBA degree at Northeastern.

Program Objectives

The MS in Innovation is designed to build your expertise as a leader of innovation efforts and develop your creative mindset for identifying opportunities and addressing challenges.

The coursework covers the essentials of planning and budgeting for innovation, leading innovation teams, gathering customer insights, developing cutting-edge products and services, and competing successfully in a dynamic marketplace.

Career Outlook

The MS in Innovation is designed for professionals in any industry or business function who want to become innovation leaders at their existing or future companies.

Employers especially value D’Amore-McKim’s emphasis on the role of data and technology in innovating for the future, which will be a significant focus of your coursework. You’ll also strengthen your network in your own organization by securing an internal sponsor for a personal innovation project in which you’ll solve a pressing challenge with novel thinking and deliver real results for your company.

In the future, you may consider applying credits earned toward an eligible MBA at Northeastern.

Read More About Innovation

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• Why Enroll in a Master's in Innovation Program?

• How to Build an Effective Innovation Team

• Five Methods to Inspire Innovation within Your Organization

• What Is Lean Innovation and Why Use It?

Accreditation Description

Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International—the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide.