IE / Department overview

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Starting with real human needs, ideas become testable, governable, sustainable products and organizations.

Department codeIE
Study levelsBA · MSc
Learning modelCourses · labs · real projects
IE / 01

Design thinking, innovation management, entrepreneurship, product, and organizational innovation.

Specialist pathways

Choose your disciplinary depth

Each pathway shares the department foundation, then develops clear professional capability through studios, laboratories, and research.

01IE-VENT

Venture Design & New Enterprise

Problem validation, business models, entrepreneurial finance, and early organization building.

ProgressionFounder, innovation investment analyst, new-venture lead
02IE-PROD

Product & Service Innovation

User research, design thinking, product management, and service systems.

ProgressionProduct manager, service designer, innovation consultant
03IE-CIV

Social & Civic Innovation

Collaborative design and policy experimentation for public services and urban challenges.

ProgressionSocial innovation lead, public designer, urban project adviser

Core curriculum

A sequence from foundations to integrated practice

Design thinking, innovation management, entrepreneurship, product, and organizational innovation.

  1. 01
    CourseDesign Thinking
  2. 02
    CourseInnovation Methods
  3. 03
    CourseCreativity Training
  4. 04
    CourseUser Research
  5. 05
    CourseBusiness Models
  6. 06
    CourseProduct Management
  7. 07
    CourseEntrepreneurial Finance
  8. 08
    CourseOrganizational Innovation
  9. 09
    CourseIntellectual Property
  10. 10
    CourseSocial Innovation
  11. 11
    CourseInnovation Lab
  12. 12
    CourseVenture Project
Teaching & research platform

Cognitive Innovation & Venture Practice Center

Starting with real human needs, ideas become testable, governable, sustainable products and organizations.

Emilia Córdova
Academic leadership

Emilia Córdova

艾米莉娅·科尔多瓦

Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship · Associate Professor