Entrepreneurship is about more than founding startups. Existing businesses need entrepreneurial thinkers too. So do non-profit social and environmental enterprises, and iwi and Pacific communities.
Building on Ōtepoti Dunedin’s unique entrepreneurial ecosystem, Entrepreneurship at Otago is designed to enable careers that involve developing novel solutions to important challenges facing the world.
Our programmes reflect the Otago Business School’s commitment to accelerating ventures that are for the good of people and the planet.
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Bachelor of Entrepreneurship (BEntr), Dunedin, 2025
Master of Business (MBus), Dunedin, 2025
Postgraduate Diploma in Business (PGDipBus), Dunedin, 2025
Postgraduate Certificate in Business (PGCertBus), Dunedin, 2025
Gain business skills. Grow your entrepreneurial behaviour. Nurture your can-do spirit and creative mindset. Be your own boss! Generate value and share it with the world. You can apply your entrepreneurial behaviour to start a business, make a small business large, or make an organisation of any size more productive.
Career opportunities
Realise your ideas to create value in the real world by:
founding your own startup
working for a rapidly growing startup in Aotearoa New Zealand or overseas
growing innovative iwi organisations
providing innovation-focused services in job roles that do not yet exist
joining an innovation-focused team working in any sized organisation or any sector of the economy, including for-profit, non-profit and public sectors
Enterprises that develop new products and services across every sector of the economy require the skills of critically evaluating and communicating value principles and new ideas. Wherever “business as usual” is not producing good enough results, entrepreneurial thinking is needed and is in hot demand
At least two of: MANT 340 Indigenous Management and Organisation MART 306 Market-Led Innovation MART 308 Integrated Digital Marketing MART 333
Creative Marketing Communication ECON 318 Behavioural Economics AGRI 321 Agriculture Production and Food Security DHUM 303 When Machines Decide ENVI 311 Understanding Environmental Issues
36
Plus
216 further points; must include 72 points at 200-level or above.
216
Note: Students should check the prerequisites for the 300-level papers when selecting 100- and/or 200-level papers.
Total
360
Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce (PGDipCom) in Entrepreneurship
No new enrolments are being accepted for the Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce. From 2025, it is being replaced by the new Postgraduate Diploma in Business programme.
Master of Business (MBus) in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The Master of Business in Entrepreneurship and Innovation will be awarded on successful completion of 180 points from one of the three options (Dissertation, Project or Coursework) outlined in the schedule below.
Entrepreneurship as a minor subject for a BA, MusB, BPA, BTheol, BSc, BCom, BHealSc, BACom, BASc or BComSc degree
Available as a minor subject for a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Music (MusB), Bachelor of Performing Arts (BPA), Bachelor of Theology (BTheol), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Bachelor of Health Science (BHealSc), Bachelor of Arts and Commerce (BACom), Bachelor of Arts and Science (BASc) or Bachelor of Commerce and Science (BComSc) degree
Level
Papers
Points
100-level
ENTR 111 Responsible Entrepreneurship
18
200-level
ENTR 211 Entrepreneurial Capital and Valuation
18
300-level
MANT 301 Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship
18
Plus
36 additional points from ENTR 112 Business Model Development and Innovation ENTR 212 Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Practice MART 212 Understanding Markets MART 306 Innovation and New Product Development
Note: Students should check the prerequisites for 200- and 300-level papers when selecting papers.
