Commercializing Science and Technology

Full course description

Technology may hold the secret to resolving many of the issues that impact our daily lives, even if it is unknown to us at present.

This course aims to provide you with the tools and expertise required to move a scientific or technological idea from the lab to the marketplace. You will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in a technology field of your choice, such as biotechnology, machine learning, or quantum computing, and gain a deep understanding of how to communicate, identify, and address a new startup idea.

Through a series of real-world cases, readings, media, and activities that include group work and LEGO Serious Play, you will explore key entrepreneurial and strategic topics. These include ideation, prototyping, market research, customer surveys, business modelling, intellectual property (patents), technology transfer, ethical aspects, and innovation financing. With the help of guest experts, we will also explore the human aspects of innovation teams and the dynamics you face as a startup founder.

Assessments in this course will include PBL chairing and participation, a technology podcast to enhance scientific communication skills, and a group presentation of a new startup idea in the technology field of your choice.

We hope that the mindset and tools you learn in this course will one day help you start your own business and join the ranks of other MSP graduates who have taken this opportunity.