MSc in MedTech Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The MSc in MedTech Innovation and Entrepreneurship brings together talented students and professionals from a range of backgrounds across the spectrum of health, engineering, design, business and entrepreneurship, who are committed to creating innovation in health and making the world a healthier place.

Key benefits

• Unrivalled location in the centre of London.
• The course is a unique combination of core entrepreneurship and innovation (i.e. ‘business’) content with dedicated healthcare and MedTech content.
• Students will have hospital access through King’s Hospitals and partnerships with the NHS, so students are able to immerse in real-world healthcare settings by shadowing clinicians and other healthcare practitioners. This will help them collaborate and develop innovations and start-up projects based on a deep understanding of real-world medical and patient requirements.
• The course is strongly connected to King’s industry networks and provides a practical route for students and participants to ideate, test, innovate and develop their ideas and launch innovation projects or start-ups in the UK and around the world.
• Students will be offered an option to work on live projects with the medical-technology industry in the UK, Europe and around the globe.
• The course offers a unique opportunity to learn from medical practitioners, industry professionals, innovators, entrepreneurs, and study across business and engineering schools at King’s College London.

Structure

Required modules

You are required to take:

• MedTech Innovation, Ideation, Design & Research Methodologies
• Foundations of Entrepreneurship & Management I: Entrepreneurial strategy and growth
• Foundations of entrepreneurship and management II: Entrepreneurial finance & marketing
• Entrepreneurial Leadership
• Medical Technology Design and Development Pathways from Idea to Impact
• Project development (Dissertation)

Optional modules

In addition, students take 15 credits from a range of optional modules which include:

• Value-driven technologies for global health (Invent with King’s) (15 credits)
• Quality Management Systems, Regulation, Intellectual Property Rights, Health Technology Assessment (15 credits)
• Up to two optional Technology/Healthcare Modules (15 credits per module)

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, the modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

Please note that modules with a practical component will be capped due to educational requirements, which may mean that we cannot guarantee a place for all students who elect to study this module.

The programme builds on King’s strengths in healthcare, health research, healthcare technologies, design, engineering, business and entrepreneurship to teach both crucial business knowledge and the art and science of developing novel medical technologies that address an unmet clinical need.

With unparalleled access to our NHS hospital, our students will develop a deep appreciation of healthcare delivery and quality improvement processes to apply their knowledge for developing novel medical technologies and a fulfilling career as a MedTech entrepreneur, innovator or leader in the medical technology industry.

As a Business School student, you not only have full access to all the award-winning events and resources from our central team King’s Careers and Employability service but a bespoke service curated especially for you by our dedicated careers team.

• Develop greater self-awareness of strengths, interests and values. Increase confidence in presenting your authentic self to employers and making career decisions that work for you.
• Gain insight, make connections and uncover opportunities through our campus events and connections with world-leading organisations, alumni, thought leaders and investors.
• Sharpen your application skills for internships, placements, graduate schemes and jobs using cutting-edge technology combined with personalised expert feedback and specialised workshops.
• Build an impressive portfolio of work relevant domain knowledge, leadership, workplace digital or technical skills through employer and professional programmes and micro-certifications.
• Apply and hone your skills in a real-world context. Access a world-class range of internships, placements, start-up incubators, leadership initiatives and focused diversity and inclusion opportunities.