Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences and Health

DISCLAIMER: it is not possible to enroll for this minor at the moment. Students who are already enrolled will remain enrolled and can follow the minor in 2022-23.

During the minor Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences and Health you will study how scientific findings in the field of life sciences and health get translated into social and economic applications that benefit society and/or the economy. The translation step from knowledge to innovative products or services often proves to be difficult. Many good ideas perish in the proverbial "valley of death". The question you ask yourself during this minor is how successful entrepreneurs and innovation managers succeed in introducing a new product or a new service. Naturally, you explicitly look at innovations in life sciences and health care, such as pharmaceutical products, medical devices, digital health applications (eHealth, mHealth), etc.

You will learn about the principles of business administration and entrepreneurship and how to write a business plan in the context of an internship. You study how large and small companies, universities, governments, financiers and social parties deal with innovation processes. You follow courses at Natural Sciences & Innovation Management and at the Utrecht University School of Economics.

Goal

The minor in Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences and Health presents you with a general understanding of the field innovation management and entrepreneurship in the health and life sciences sector.

DISCLAIMER: it is not possible to enroll for this minor at the moment. Students who are already enrolled will remain enrolled and can follow the minor in 2022-23.

Application and registration

At the moment this minor is only open for Utrecht University students. Utrecht University students can register for the minor and the individual courses online via OSIRIS during the Faculty of Geosciences registration period. You must register for both the minor itself and each course individually.

More information

If you wish to know more, or have questions about this minor, please contact the study advisor of Science and Innovation management (Natuurwetenschap & Innovatiemanagement), Pieter Louwman (P.A.Louwman@uu.nl). Content-related questions can be asked to the coordinator of the minor, Wouter Boon (W.P.C.Boon@uu.nl). For questions specific on the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Internship, please contact the course coordinator. Do you have practical questions, for example about registration? Then email studadm.geo@uu.nl.