How long is the MBA in Startup and Innovation Management?

One year full-time or two years part-time via online and distance routes. The MBA in Startup and Innovation Management schedules cohort calls across UK and APAC time zones.

Can the MBA in Startup and Innovation Management be studied online?

Yes. The MBA in Startup and Innovation Management is delivered on-campus in London, fully online and by distance learning, all against the same consulting capstone.

Is the MBA in Startup and Innovation Management recognised by UK employers and investors?

The MBA in Startup and Innovation Management is designed around CMI Chartered Manager, IoD Director Development and IOEE Fellow-track content, familiar to UK boardrooms.

What are the entry requirements for the MBA in Startup and Innovation Management?

A UK 2:2 honours degree or five years of senior-management or founder experience, GCSE English at 5/C and IELTS 6.5 cover the MBA in Startup and Innovation Management.

What does the MBA in Startup and Innovation Management cost?

Tuition varies by mode and domicile. Contact LSIBM admissions for the current fee schedule and instalment plan available for the MBA in Startup and Innovation Management.

MBA in Startup and Innovation Management | LSIBM | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MBA in Startup and Innovation Management at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a general-management MBA sharpened for founders, corporate innovators and venture leaders. Sitting in the Entrepreneurship & Executive Studies faculty, this MBA pairs the core strategy, finance, marketing and leadership curriculum with specialist modules on venture building, corporate innovation and Series-stage governance — all closed by a sponsor consulting capstone on a real UK venture or corporate-innovation problem.

Over one year full-time (or two years part-time via online/distance routes) you will study general management, innovation strategy, venture building and produce a sponsor consulting capstone. The MBA in Startup and Innovation Management is delivered on-campus in central London, fully online with UK/APAC cohort calls, or by distance learning.

Key Features

Curriculum reviewed against CMI Chartered Manager, IoD Director Development and IOEE Fellow-track competencies.
Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK/APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
Sponsor consulting capstone supervised by working founders and innovation leads.
Executive coaching across the year.
Assessment by consulting capstone, applied case tasks and a closing viva.
Executive-application coaching in the final term.

What You Will Learn

The MBA trains you as a general manager who can also build ventures. You will finish able to lead a general-management team and stand up a new venture or corporate innovation unit.

Strategy and competitive analysis.
Corporate finance and financial modelling for executives.
Marketing management and brand strategy.
Operations, supply-chain and technology strategy.
Leadership, people management and organisational design.
Innovation strategy — corporate venture, spin-outs, acquisitions.
Venture building — from validated idea to Series A.
Corporate governance for growth-stage and mid-market companies.
Executive communication and boardroom practice.
Research methods and consulting-capstone writing.

Who This Course Is For

Working senior managers moving into venture-adjacent leadership.
Founders formalising a general-management MBA credential.
Corporate innovators leading new-business units inside UK plcs.
Family-business successors preparing to modernise a legacy operation.
International executives preparing for UK-facing venture leadership.

Career Pathways

Graduates typically progress into general management, venture leadership and corporate-innovation roles across UK businesses. Typical destinations include:

Founder / Co-Founder
Head of Growth
COO (Startup / Scaleup)
Product Lead (Senior)
Head of Innovation
Venture Partner

The MBA in Startup and Innovation Management is a natural step toward CMI Chartered Manager and IoD Chartered Director credentials.

Entry Requirements

A UK 2:2 honours degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants with five years of substantive senior-management or founder experience may apply on a portfolio route — a working founder or leadership story is expected.
GCSE English Language at grade 5/C (or equivalent) is required for domestic applicants; international applicants meet the language rule below.
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
A short statement of intent (600 words) explaining research or applied interests, plus two references (one academic, one workplace or professional-body).

Why Study at LSIBM

The London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a specialist business-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. Postgraduate cohorts run in small tutor-visible groups, are shaped by working senior practitioners (partner-level at a Big Four firm, Fellow-level at CIM or CIPD, CFA charter-holders in investment routes) and close with a substantial dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a working panel.

London puts the City, Canary Wharf, Whitehall, Companies House, the FCA, the Bank of England, the West End and the major consulting, banking and multinational headquarters within a short tube ride of every classroom. LSIBM postgraduates attend a fortnightly senior-practitioner clinic and a structured executive-application coaching programme in the final term.

Apply for the MBA in Startup and Innovation Management

Step into the senior track with the MBA in Startup and Innovation Management. Click Enrol Now and admissions will reply within one working day with intake dates, dissertation supervisor allocation guidance and the current fee schedule. LSIBM postgraduates are supported by dedicated executive-application coaching in the final term.