MSc Innovation, Knowledge and Economic Dynamics

In order to be admitted to the MIKE-E programme the applicant must have successfully completed a bachelor degree in Economics. Alternatively students with a bachelor degree in another filed combined with significant coursework in economic analysis or with some relevant practical experience can be enrolled based on an individual assessment.

Foreign students are required to pass one of the English proficiency tests accepted by Aalborg University. These are IELTS, TOEFL and Cambridge ESOL.The test has to be less than two years old, otherwise it will not be accepted as valid. Danish students must have no less than a B-level in English.

You do not have to submit an English test if one of the following criteria applies to you: 

• You have a complete bachelor degree done in English from either Australia, the UK, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, USA, New Zealand, South Africa or Canada.
• You have a complete bachelor degree done in English from a Danish University.

For information about the application process, deadlines, tuition fee, scholarship etc. please see How to apply.

Students from outside EU/EEA please see http://www.apply.aau.dk/how-to-apply-postgraduate/tuition-fee/

With a Master degree in Innovation, Knowledge and Economic Dynamics (MIKE-E) you will get a specific and profound knowledge about how knowledge is produced, diffused and used. You will have obtained a specific capability to analyse dynamic processes and to find relevant solutions to essential problems.

Typical job opportunities are in firms, national and international organisations, and regulatory bodies where analytical work related to regional, national and international framework conditions and strategies for industrial and economic development are in the centre.

The MIKE-E programme prepares you to undertake a career in

•The private sector (larger companies, banks and financial institutions, or consultancies)
•Regulatory bodies at the local, regional, national, and international level (municipalities, regional bodies, Ministries of Trade, Industry, Science and Technology, etc.)
•National or international organisations (for instance labour market organisations, industrial associations, European Commission, OECD, the World Bank)
•National or international research institutions and universities (as a Ph.d.-student or research fellow)

Innovation, Knowledge and Economic Dynamics (MIKE-E) consists of four terms (semesters) of five month each.

The first two semesters are devoted to studies at Aalborg University. The third term offers an opportunity for internship or study abroad as well as courses within the MIKE-E programme at Aalborg University. In the fourth semester students write their Master’s thesis.

The programme consists of courses, seminars and project work. The project work gives a good opportunity to reflect and use the theories, methods and tools presented in the courses and seminars. Parts of the activities (courses, seminars, and project work) will be organised as joint activities together with the ‘sister programme’ within Business Economics: Innovation, Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Dynamics (MIKE-B), parts of the activities (especially courses in tools and methods) are organised as separate activities within each programme.

The programme includes courses, seminars and project work within the following topics

• Knowledge, learning and innovation management
• Entrepreneurial dynamics in theory and practice
• Knowledge, learning and innovation in firms and society
• Innovation and competence systems
• Knowledge, globalisation, and internationalisation of the firm
• Knowledge, growth, trade and economic development
• Knowledge- and innovation policy
• Quantitative and qualitative data and econometrics
• Analysis and simulation of complex systems

Read projects written by students at the MSc in Innovation, Knowledge and Economic Dynamics (MIKE-E).

The curriculum of Innovation, Knowledge and Economic Dynamics.