Innovation Sciences

In the Innovation Sciences program at Utrecht University you will learn how to transform new ideas into marketable innovations and to manage and promote innovation processes within companies as well as in society at large. Furthermore, you will learn about the role of companies and other knowledge-producing organisations in the wider innovation system. 

Creating a culture of innovation is one of society’s greatest challenges. Innovation creates new opportunities that lead to sustainable economic growth and can help tackle serious societal problems such as climate change or pandemics.

Key facts

• The Innovation Sciences program at Utrecht University focuses on the dynamics of emerging technologies and innovation. After completing this program,you will be able to link emerging technologies to human and economic wants and needs, as well as to grand societalchallenges.
• Particularly, around energy, sustainable transport, and life sciences. How does innovation contribute toeconomic growth, welfare, health care, climate change, energy security, mobilityand sustainability?
• Experience shows that employers are in great need of people who are able to analyse complex innovation processes and systems and develop strategies, advice, and action plans to further improve these systems and processes.
• Given the increasing importance of innovation for societal wellbeing and welfare caused by major societal problems in, for instance, sustainability, transport, health, and the growing economic competition from BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), this need will even grow further in the future.
• What employers value most in Innovation Sciences graduates is their ability to understand and analyse new problems very rapidly and in an academic and multidisciplinary way.
• Professional Careers
• Innovation Sciences graduates have found jobs like Operations Engineer, HR Operations and Project Engineer at:

• ABN AMRO
• Accenture
• Alliander
• Blue Terra
• Boskalis
• Capgemini
• Coolblue
• Deloitte
• Dialogic

Accredited by the NVAO - Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders.

Courses include:

• Innovation Management
• Innometrics
• Quantitative Innovation Analytics
• Innovation Systems And Processes
• Societal Challenges & Innovation Theory
• Qualitative Innovation Analytics
• Consultancy Project Innovation Sciences