The MCEI programme will enable students to experience a cutting-edge learning journey to identify and develop entrepreneurial characteristics to become leaders of change and impact the entre/intrapreneurial world. As innovators they will pioneer the art of non-linear problem solving to become resilient and risk tolerant as opposed to risk averse.
The key is 'doing it for real', meaning a hands-on, applied approach to everything during the programme. The programme will open the entrepreneurial door within participants to enable them to recognise new business, social, indigenous or community focused opportunities, develop a minimum viable product (MVP) and approach investors. It is a gateway to create wealth by building a sustainable business or becoming an innovative leader within a large organization, or social or community focused enterprise.
To succeed, founders and entrepreneurs need critical thinking and analysis skills, problem solving, self-management, working with people and communication. The MCEI programme nurtures these skills, and is a platform for human centred creativity, impacting social, cultural, economic, and environmental outcomes and job creation. The relationship between creativity, enterprise and innovation will enable graduates to work beyond borders and become global citizens.
The MCEI programme intentionally builds resilience and confidence alongside the development of the creative, innovative concepts/product by taking an integrated approach, to support a creative, innovative founder and those who seek a different direction. This approach is a point of difference for this programme.

GPO1: Demonstrate an agile mind-set, communications skills, innovative leadership, and resilience through creative storytelling. GPO2: Apply critical thinking to discern the social, cultural, environmental, and economic impacts of design innovation. GPO3: Create innovative, non-linear solutions to design challenges. GPO4: Establish and monitor realistic goals to transform and actualise a minimum viable produce (MVP) to market readiness. GPO5: Synthesise concepts, research, and practice to generate future-focused ideas and creative innovations in local or global contexts.

This programme leads to the award of: Master of Creative Enterprise and Innovation, level 9, 180 credits.
Graduates of this programme may progress to doctoral studies, depending on the entry requirements of the receiving programme.

To enter the Master of Creative Enterprise and Innovation candidates will: * have been awarded or qualified for a Bachelor's Degree achieved with a B average in the final year, or a Bachelor Honours Degree or a Postgraduate Diploma OR * Have been awarded a Bachelor's Degree followed by relevant professional experience OR * have demonstrated equivalent practical, professional and/or scholarly experience. Applicants whose first language is not English are required to provide satisfactory evidence of proficiency in the English language, such as a minimum score of 625 on the TOEFL test, or 6.5 on the IELTS. International students are required to meet the minimum English language requirements for this level programme as detailed on the following NZQA webpages: here and here All applicants will be interviewed to ascertain motivation, understanding and commitment. Interview criteria will focus on * Effective verbal communication * Understanding of the programme and its intent * Knowledge of business and enterprise * Reason for undertaking this programme - what they hope to gain from it and how this meets future aspirations * Innovations of relevance to their area of focus.