Overview
About this course
The MSc in Impact Entrepreneurship at ESCP Business School equips aspiring changemakers with the business acumen, entrepreneurial mindset, and tools to create meaningful impact at scale. The programme covers three types of entrepreneurship that challenge the unsustainable status quo: sustainability entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and technology entrepreneurship. Based primarily in Berlin with one term in Paris, the two-year, full-time programme runs over six terms (120 ECTS). Students gain a deep understanding of impact management, values-based innovation, and business model design, while applying their learning through a one-year venture building project, a company consultancy project, and an internship or self-directed business development project. The curriculum blends classroom theory with real-world fieldwork, taught by full-time ESCP faculty and experienced practitioners. Students can also engage with the Blue Factory incubator and ESCP's entrepreneurial network in Berlin and Paris. The programme is state-accredited in Berlin and internationally recognised through ACQUIN since 2020. ESCP Berlin is ranked #1 in entrepreneurship among German universities.
Why this course
Integrating Sustainability and Venture Creation
The course integrates sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation, with concrete training in business theories and practices.
Company Consultancy Project with Real Clients
A core element is the company consultancy project, where you solve business and sustainability challenges for real organizations.
Investing in Talent Through Flexible Funding
Merit- and need-based scholarships, along with the Brain Capital option, support talented students by combining academic excellence.
Top-Ranked European Business School
Ranked #4 in the Financial Times European Business School Ranking 2025, ESCP Business School
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Key features
Full-time, on-campus. Two years across six terms. Classes taught entirely in English. Starts every September.
Testimonials
With a natural science background, I chose this programme to gain the business skills needed to build ventures that are financially viable and net positive for people and planet.
Within my first year, ESCP helped me launch my own social-impact startup. Professors gave critical insights, staff supported my outreach, and everyone helped me go from one small win to the next.
In the Sustainable Lifestyles Venture, I learned a lot about how to create a sustainable business venture, such as: design thinking, Strategyzer business modelling, commercial ethnography, determining impact metrics, and more.
My group worked with the European Space Agency — great organization, great project and lots of freedom to discover...we were offered positions in the company.
