Career prospects
The department works together with several organisations that can help you not only with your career, but also with your thesis and student company. These include the Centre for Entrepreneurship, which organises business plan competitions and round-table discussions with entrepreneurs, as well as inviting well-known entrepreneurs to speak. The SME portal gathers issues from small businesses that are often used as case studies and company projects within the track. The department’s researchers have connections to the European and International Council of Small Businesses and the EIM, a research institute focusing on small businesses. The UM Holding and other faculties can offer help on your thesis or student company; examples include buying shares, advice on patenting issues and so on.
Graduates have found positions in:
- their own businesses that they set up themselves
- family businesses that they have later taken over
- management functions in SMEs
- consulting
- public research institutes
- venture capital firms and banks
- universities to do a PhD in entrepreneurship
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