Master in Sustainable Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Our world is under severe pressure. Not only ecologically, but economically and socially as well. Companies also feel this impact: they are not only victims of these developments, but their profit model is often the cause. Therefore, it is extra important that tomorrow's business leaders and entrepreneurs take the future into their own hands. To ensure thriving long-term organizations in a world we can be proud of, we must transform the current state of affairs into sustainable strategies that respect the planet and its people.

Students of the Master in Sustainable Innovation & Entrepreneurship graduate as future-proof, open-minded managers with a strong social consciousness. Challenge organizations to do better, along with more than 500 MSIE alumni who have made redefining business their brand.

Immediately applicable skills

As soon as you start the program, you are immediately immersed in the world of sustainable business. Building your own concept or innovating existing companies? With coaching from our experienced professors, you'll develop the ideal entrepreneurial skills to make transformation and innovation tangible. This is how you turn real problems into real impact.

In-depth start-up coaching

Loops Earplugs, Honest Jeans, Brauzz... More than 120 start-ups already were born at AMS. We are only too happy to support you in starting your own sustainable business. With the blessing of AMS you can expand your network with seasoned entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers. After you graduate, you can keep using the AMS campus and facilities for another year to further develop your start-up. We are curious to see what you will create!

An international consciousness

Sustainability is a topic of global concern. That's why we take you into that world: to learn from leading thinkers and schools, to put their perspectives into practice, and to expand your network with the right experts. To do so, we are heading to 2 cities known for their open-minded vision and sustainable initiatives: welcome to Milan and Berlin.

Let's put it in the words of our students: "An education at AMS transforms you not only professionally, but also as a person." We are thrilled to hear that again and again, because at AMS, your personal development is as important as your professional development. Soft skills are as important as hard skills. And practice is as important as theory. You will undergo this evolution in a warm environment, characterized by cooperation and helpfulness, not competition. Team players will feel right at home on our charming campus in the heart of Antwerp. With large windows, a cozy garden and modern classrooms, it is a real gem among the city schools. Will you pay us a visit soon?

The program is designed to empower, challenge and support young professionals in creating an incredible advantage for their international career.

Did you know 92% of the alumni find a job within 3 months after graduation?

Our alumni typically

1. work for innovative companies as sustainability officer, innovation manager, growth hacker, …
2. set-up their own start-up
3. go into innovation consultancy
4. get more responsibility in further growing/developing/revamping the family business
5. support entrepreneurs in policy, legal or investor type of jobs

Career Management Services

Throughout the academic year, several activities will be organized at AMS by the Career Management Services which can inspire and help you in making a good career decision, including job interview trainings, career fairs, networking events, case evenings. Individual and peer coaching is offered to help you explore your talents, interests and needs, relate these to what companies offer in terms of jobs and career opportunities, and prepare yourself for job interviews and assessments. 

Graduates from this program start working in a variety of companies and industries either driving innovation in a corporation, accelerating in leading innovation firms or revamping the family business. Companies include Google, Ecover, EY, Salesforce, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Unilever, AB Inbev, Nestlé, Too Good To Go, LEGO, Deloitte, and Showpad.

Or graduates found their own start-up: Twikit (Scale-up of the year 2018), Bao Living, Poppy, Board of Innovation, Captain Kombucha, Jakhals, Loop Earplugs, Zetapulse, Sealjobs, Getintheloop, and many more.

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Antwerp is a creative city for investors and entrepreneurs, always open for new ideas and concepts. The City of Antwerp and its business partners are undertaking many initiatives to encourage innovative entrepreneurship and attract new investments. Some examples:

• StartupVillage, a temporary hub for digital growth businesses
• City of Things, transformation of Antwerp into a ‘living lab’
• The Beacon, with a physical anchor in the innovation hub
  

Antwerp has a very lively, active and fast growing and internationally connected start-up scene.

Thanks to a partnership between AMS and NSX, a spin-off of UAntwerp, you, as a student, have access to top technology. NSX conducts research and valorization of the innovative Normalized Systems technology.

NSX designs particularly fine-grained modular software based on this technology. This software makes changes (and therefore innovations) quickly possible. As a MIE student you can participate in the Start-Up Sprint Competition, which will lift your start-up to a higher level. The winning students will receive effective support from NSX worth 20.000 euros.