Sustainable Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Language: English
Location: Munich
Duration: 3 days
Start: 09 February 2026
Cost: 3,619 EUR
ECTS: 5
The course Sustainable Innovation & Entrepreneurship addresses corporate innovation and entrepreneurship in response to evolving geopolitical, economic, environmental, technological, and societal realities, emphasizing the necessity for sustainable management approaches. The course aims to equip you with a deep understanding of increasingly multi-faceted global success factors and threats for corporate innovation strategies in an ever-changing environment.

The program focuses on two critical influencing success factors:

Integrating new disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Quantum Technology, and Robotics in daily business.

Develop innovation strategies based on sustainability concepts.

Both factors have shown their extensive potential to enhance the prospect of success of corporate innovation practices. Moreover, Sustainable Innovation & Entrepreneurship delves into the composition of effective entrepreneurial teams, focusing on talent identification and cultivating a working culture conducive to transforming promising ideas into business success. In a “Sustainable Innovation Project,” you will have the chance to work on a real innovation challenge. You will be supported by a professional innovation coach for several weeks and get feedback on your results from an expert jury.

5 ECTS credits possible:
The certificate program is eligible as an elective for our Executive MBA students if you do both the module and the project work with coaching session.

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Benefits

Shape the future sustainably with innovation and entrepreneurial thinking.

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Entrepreneurial Thinking

Slip into the role of an entrepreneur yourself, work in entrepreneurial teams and learn how to think and act like one.

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Innovate Sustainbly Now

Profit from a direct learning transfer and impact on your business practice by working on your own sustainable innovation challenge or on a real innovation project from third-party companies.

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Expert Advice & Feedback

Benefit from experienced innovation coaches providing you with individual advice and get feedback from an expert jury.

Program Overview

You can find all the important information about the certificate program here. Below you can find out the objectives of the program, the exact details of the process, what you will learn and which lecturers will teach you the content.
After the course, you will
  • understand how new technologies can contribute to sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship to generate economic and social value,
  • understand the intimate connections between different business models and implementation strategies, whether as Entrepreneur or Intrapreneur,
  • be able to evaluate the chances and risks of business ideas in a global environment, taking into account all aspects including financials,
  • be capable to derive comprehensive, feasible, yet sustainable, future-oriented corporate innovation agendas based on critical influencing success factors like new disruptive technologies, new global ecological, political, social and economic upheavals,
  • qualify in composing high performing innovation teams and be equipped with appropriate tools and methods to lead entrepreneurial teams and solve conflicts in critical situations,
  • be able to use tools for entrepreneurial thinking to succeed even in a dynamic environment.

Program:

Sustainable Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Target group:

The program is designed for professionals from mid-sized to large corporations who wish to strengthen and improve their entrepreneurial activities with a sustainable management approach; and therefore need future-oriented evaluation frameworks to either improve their existing innovation strategies or develop new ones. Furthermore participants should be interested in diving deeper into thinking and acting like an entrepreneur.

Academic responsibility:

Prof. Dr. Nicola Breugst, TUM School of Management

Format & Timing:

On Site, Munich, 3 days + Online Workshop Sessions, 2 half-days + Online Group Presentations, 1 half-day

Study location:

Munich

Language:

English

Date:

09 – 11 February 2026, on-site
Workshop Sessions: 23 February & 9 March 2026 (9 am – 12 pm), online
Group Presentations: 25 March 2026, online

Application deadline:

30 January 2026

Admission requirements:

To be eligible, applicants are required to hold a first academic degree, such as a Bachelor’s degree (minimum 180 ECTS). In addition, candidates must demonstrate at least three years of relevant full-time professional work experience acquired after completing their first degree. Prior leadership experience is not a formal requirement but is considered an advantage during the admissions review. Proficiency in English is required. 

Graduation:

After successful completion of the final exam, participants will receive a certificate from the Technical University of Munich.

ECTS:

5 ECTS

Creditability:

The certificate can be used to earn 5 ECTS credits that are applicable to the Executive MBA programs at the Technical University of Munich. In order to receive 5 ECTS, you need to participate in the coaching session.

Program fees:

3,619 EUR*

Note for EMBA students: If this certificate program is taken as an elective module, the participation fee is included in the EMBA tuition. You can select this option during the registration process.

Discounts:

10% discount for TUM Alumni
*Based on our experience, the German tax benefits help many participants self-finance their education, as these can be worth up to 50% of tuition fees and program-related travel costs. Please consult your tax advisor for more details. For participants of our programs residing outside Germany this might be applicable, please check the situation with the local tax authorities in your country of residence.  

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