The startup is a very important part of the master’s program, and academic subjects are tailored to help students in the commercialization process, see figure below.

The defining characteristic of our program is that students are provided the infrastructure, resources and guidance to establish new ventures in parallel with following a full academic workload focused on business development. This reinforcing combination of theory and practice is unique as an educational model, and it offers students the possibility to develop their skills in a real-life context.

NSE utilizes an unique education model that combines theory and practice. In addition to a full academic workload in business development, students are provided the infrastructure, resources and guidance to establish their own startup company.

Over the course of the first semester, students evaluate a vast number of business ideas gathered from current students, alumni, faculty members and NSE’s network of partners. After the first semester, students form teams and select the most promising business concepts, which they work on throughout the rest of the program.