• Entrepreneurship is the conversion of ideas to action. We emphasise both elements, but especially the ideas by spending time helping students scan the horizon for promising new ideas ? we boost their business creativity and their creative confidence.
    • You will learn how to develop and deliver ideas using the latest business models and frameworks.
    Why choose this Entrepreneurship degree at?Maynooth University?
    • Our degree takes the appropriate elements of the business degree and overlays it with key skills like creativity, innovation and social enterprise.
    • Our lecturers are really accomplished entrepreneurs ? people who have experience of starting and running businesses ? as well as having impeccable academic credentials.
    • Get involved in our dedicated Centre for Entrepreneurship called EDEN - EDEN is our Centre for Entrepreneurship, Design and Innovation. EDEN is here to help all students develop their creative confidence and turn their creative ideas into action that will add value to the world.

    Career Options

    This is a business degree that sparkles on your CV: it shows that you are enterprising and innovative. Businesses today are looking for imaginative, creative people who can help them spot and deliver on new opportunities for their organisations. You can enter business, public or third sector jobs. Careers in consulting, public service and not-for-profit organisations are also common.?

    Over the past three years, over 80,000 jobs were created in Ireland and 90% of these came from small, start-up businesses. Social entrepreneurship is also a thriving area with high profile success stories ranging from Coder Dojo to the Grameen Bank transforming the landscape of social enterprise, so there has rarely been a better time to study entrepreneurship.?

    Many of our graduates choose to specialise further with a postgraduate degree. We offer an award winning MSc in Design Innovation. Other options are available from our Business School.