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MSc in Innovations and Entrepreneurship is the only unique Master’s level program in Ukraine for individuals who are starting their own businesses and making strategic decisions. This program provides systematic knowledge and skills for managing and improving their own business in any field.
This program is designed for entrepreneurs who focus on finding winning business models, structuring their own companies, improving and building the process of creating innovations in various fields.
The program is designed for:
We invite entrepreneurs who have experience in creating and managing teams, communicating with clients, and finding solutions in conditions of constant change. During the learning process, participants work on improving their existing business or creating a new project within their company that can take it to a new qualitative level.
Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:
Admission 2024 to the Master’s degree program
We are pleased to invite you to study at the Master’s programs of the UCU Business School! Admission 2024 is open!
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Educational modules of the program:
Additionally, there are 5 free choice disciplines.
*Part of the courses are taught in English.
Teaching is based on interactive teaching methods and includes “live” cases, master classes and speeches by invited guests, communication with leading top managers, situational exercises based on examples of Ukrainian companies, and other innovative methods. Along with modern teaching methods and a significant practical component, project-based learning is widely used, aimed at the effective solution of existing tasks of a specific enterprise represented by the participant.
Requirements for admission to the Master’s program in Management include proficiency in English at the level required by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in any field (foreign diplomas must be recognized) and have at least two years of experience in leading a team, business, or enterprise.
The instructors use the case study method in teaching, including cases from the most well-known companies in the world and international teaching materials from the best business schools in the world.
The program is constantly improving and provides access to leading business, entrepreneurship, and innovation practitioners and educators.
Training takes place on real-life cases and challenges of Ukrainian companies, where participants have the opportunity to apply theory into practice. Participants can develop their own business project, work on prototypes of new products, and test them for viability.
Program participants have the opportunity for additional academic international mobility. Different formats are available for studying abroad, both online and offline.
Business meetings, networking, and introductions help participants develop their own business and build communities.
Participants have the chance to receive funding for their own startup project from Angel One, a venture fund created by the UCU Foundation.
President of Lean Institute Ukraine, a leading Lean practitioner who manages the lean transformation of Nova Poshta and Centravis, was the chief lean consultant for MHP, Sense Bank, Biopharma, etc. Assists USAID in operational efficiency projects in Ukraine.
Among the results of his work, which are publicly announced by the companies:
Nova Poshta: reduced order processing time by 55%, and reduced shipment errors by 67%.
Biopharma: increased the efficiency of processes by two times for lyophilized drugs, and reduced defects by 45%.
MHP: increased the efficiency of equipment from 83% to 93%, and increased production volumes by 8.6%.
Entrepreneur, co-founder of keywords.agency, public speaking trainer, customer experience management consultant, former Customer Care Officer LOOQME, co-organizer, and speaker trainer of TEDxLviv.
Alumni of the MSc in Innovations and Entrepreneurship program 2018. Initiated the SaveUkraine project, a volunteer initiative aimed at providing humanitarian assistance to people in hot and critical areas.
Nominee for the LvBS Alumni Awards 2022.
Entrepreneur, co-founder of FreshBar, and game engineer in the “market battle” project. He was the founder and co-organizer of all three TEDxLviv, where he led the speaker training team. Three years ago, he co-founded keywords.agency, which helps speakers and teams convey their ideas through public speaking. Deep expertise in marketing helps to understand the target audience and select messages to suit their needs.
Roman Gavrish is the managing partner of the digital marketing agency “Aimbulance”, known on the market not only for his creative ideas and bright team, but also for his business style. Roman has over 20 years of experience in digital communications: strategic planning, digital marketing, social media marketing, media planning, consulting (digital marketing), coach (digital marketing).
Attorney in law, Managing Partner with law firm Grynchuk and Partners (law practice 2004). Practice in supporting investment projects, corporate law, tax disputes, protection of business relations with regulatory authorities. Andriy combines legal practice with social work. He is a member of Lviv Entrepreneurs Committee, Ukraine Bar Association. Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Lviv.
The task of the Academic Council is to become an influential stakeholder in shaping the strategic development path of the program that will best meet the needs of the market and the challenges of time, as well as global trends in business education.
Her areas of expertise are Organizational Behavior and Learning Organizations, Organization Development, Entrepreneurship.
Sophia Opatska received her education from Ivan Franko University in Lviv, a degree in International Economic Relations, and defended her thesis work in Management and Human Capital Development.
She studied at Executive Education programs the University of Michigan Business School (USA), IEDC- Bled School of Management (Slovenia), China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and had on-the- job training at InnoSpace Company (Denmark) and at the Warsaw School of Economics (Poland).
In 2017, she was on a semester fellowship at Nanovic Institute of European Studies, University of Notre Dame (USA). Sophia Opatska is a founder and supervisor of the Global Shapers project in Lviv and an Advisory Board member at the Emaus Center.
Master in Management in Foreign Economic Activity of Companies at Lviv National Polytechnic University. Studied economics at the University of Coventry (UK). Experience in project management in ‘Nordpraktik’ program (Stockholm, Sweden). After that – initiated several successful projects in Ukraine, including franchising projects. 15 years of practical experience in business, including management and development of family business, launching and management of start-ups. Representation of foreign companies interests in Ukraine.
Executive Director of CfE Accelerator and Managing Partner of Angel One Fund. He holds a Master’s degree in International Economic Relations from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. He previously worked as a Director of Corporate Clients at the insurance company “Universalna” and as a Director of the company “Terin”, which developed, launched, and managed a network of restaurants (“A la minute”, “Pasta Mia”) and “Hot Cafe” points of sale for the “OKKO” filling station chain. Later, he worked as a Development Director at the company “Halnaftogaz”. For several years, he worked as a consultant in the field of trade, entertainment, and restaurant businesses. He is a graduate of the Key Executive MBA program at the UCU Business School.
As the CEO of RnD products at Genesis and Headway from 2021 to 2023, he ventured into the exciting world of creating and launching startups for the American market, embracing new challenges and opportunities.
In 2019, he founded Elision, an innovative platform designed for podcast distribution and monetization. With hard work and determination, he managed to attract investments from Flayer1 Ventures. In 2021, Elision’s success caught the attention of Genesis, leading to its acquisition.
Prior to Elision, from 2015 to 2019, he was the founder and CPO of Devlight, a dynamic outsourcing company specializing in mobile app development. Collaborating with leading Ukrainian enterprises, they developed groundbreaking mobile applications for well-known clients such as Nova Poshta, Epicenter, Fishka (OKKO), and Doc.ua. Eventually, he made a successful exit from the company, leaving a lasting impact on the mobile app industry.
Always striving to expand his knowledge and skills, he pursued the Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at LvBS from 2015 to 2016. This experience further fueled his passion for creating unique solutions and exploring new business ventures.
Co-founder and CEO of Platformedia. Publisher of the Internet magazine http://platfor.ma/, Innovation Advisor. He was an editor and a journalist up to 2014. Stanford University JSK Fellow 2015/16.
In July 2016, he graduated from the JSK Fellowship program at Stanford University, where he studied strategic management, entrepreneurship, basics of venture capital, media business, investment, design thinking, disruptive innovation, and the democracy development.
He headed the department of journalistic investigations of the Ukrainian version of Forbes magazine from early 2012 till August 2013. Majored in exposing corruption of the state senior officials: tender, financial fraud, offshore schemes, smuggling, and ownership transparency.
After the Dignity Revolution victory participated in the project YanukovychLeaks.org, which was aimed at preserving and providing free access to documents of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych that were thrown into the Dnieper River. As a result of the project, more than 20 thousand internal accounting documents of Yanukovych companies were dried up, digitized and posted for open access. The documentary film “Newsroom Mezhyhirya” has been shot about the joint efforts of journalists and their work.
At various times in his career, he worked on materials for Thomson Reuters, Buzzfeed, Ukrainska Pravda (Українська правда), Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Дзеркало тижня), Svidomo (Свідомо) Bureau, “Inter” TV channel.
In 2016, together with his wife Kateryna, created a concept and offered the Center for the Democracy and Rule of Law of Stanford University to establish Ukrainian Emerging Leadership Program, an annual educational program for the new leaders of Ukraine, which, starting from the fall of 2017 will accept three professionals in the field of reforms, law, economic development, and entrepreneurship per annum.
Vice President of Business Development at KM CORE. Bohdan Kupych, a Canadian, has worked in the information technology, telecommunications and technology industries for almost 30 years, 22 of which have been in Ukraine, Russia and CEE. Active in the international business community, was a founding member and the first President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and Board Member for more than 10 years. Today Bohdan is Vice President of Business Development at KM CORE a technology investment company, responsible for business development and a portfolio of investments in IT Services, datacenter, cloud computing, semiconductor design and nanotechnology based in Kyiv, Ukraine. De Novo, a portfolio company is the largest datacenter and cloud computing service provider in Ukraine. Bohdan led the investment process attracting Intel Capital and IFC as minority shareholders.
Previously, was VP Business Development at Sitronics, the largest high-tech company in the CIS and CEE and a key member of the IPO team, successfully listing the company on the London Stock Exchange in 2007. Previously held positions as CEO and VP Business Development at Kvazar-Micro Corp., Chief Marketing Officer at UMC, the leading mobile operator in Ukraine, Country Director at Digital Equipment Corporation, the first major international IT company to enter Ukraine. Previous to moving to Ukraine, Bohdan worked in business development and sales at Digital Equipment of Canada.
Bohdan studied Political Science at York University in Toronto, attended executive programs at INSEAD and Haas Schools of Business, holds a Graduate Diploma in Management and MBA from Athabasca University in Canada. Bohdan is a mentor at several Ukrainian incubators and lectures on innovation and entrepreneurship at Lviv Business School. Board experience includes the advisory board of De Novo and the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Venture Capital Association.
