Entrepreneurship: Social Innovation
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Course • Bachelor's level • 7.5 credits
Technical solutions alone are not enough to tackle today’s complex social challenges. This course introduces you to social entrepreneurship and innovation as powerful ways to create lasting change.
Start
Autumn 2026
Level
Bachelor's
Language
English
Place of study
Lund
Course code
ENTA80
- Overview
- Teaching and learning
Overview
Social challenges cannot be solved by technical innovations alone. In this course, you will learn why social entrepreneurship has gained momentum as a way to create more sustainable solutions. You will explore how these initiatives focus on generating social rather than economic value and why they are often described as social innovations.
This course explores how social entrepreneurship and innovation can drive social transformation. Based on academic research, the course provides you with tools to explore and evaluate social entrepreneurship both in theory and in practice.
Course syllabus
The syllabus contains the formal and legal details of the entire course. It’s a legal document outlining the course structure and requirements, intended mainly for administrative use.
Course literature
The course literature listed may be updated up to eight weeks before the course begins.
Course literature ENTA80 (PDF, New tab)
Teaching and learning
The course combines theoretical studies with hands-on work. You will be introduced to key concepts in social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and sustainability.
In parallel, you will apply these concepts and work in groups to design and develop a social entrepreneurship and innovation project that addresses real societal challenges provided by our partner social enterprise. You will identify a specific problem, conduct fieldwork, develop a theory of change, outline a business model, build a prototype of your solution and pitch your final solution.
A core aspect of the course is its decolonial approach. You are encouraged to draw on your lived experiences, cultural backgrounds and community perspectives to challenge dominant assumptions, explore alternative ways of knowing and broaden how social problems and solutions are understood.
By the end of the course, you will have developed entrepreneurial skills and a sustainability-oriented mindset that will prepare you to design and lead social entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives in your future career.
- Dates
- Requirements and selection
- Tuition fees
Dates
Autumn Semester 2026
Apply via Antagning.se (in Swedish) by 15 April.
Lund - Part time 50%
Start
2 November 2026
2 Nov 2026
End
17 January 2027
17 Jan 2027
Form
Normal learning
Pace
Part time
Language
English
City
Lund
Requirements and selection
Prerequisites
General and 30 credits corresponding to first cycle studies.
Selection criteria
Seats are allocated according to the following: The general average (GPA) of your higher secondary school leaving certificate: 34 %, The Swedish national university aptitude test: 34 %, number of previous ECTS at the application deadline (up to 165): 32 %.
Tuition fees
Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens
Citizens of countries outside:
- The European Union (EU)
- The European Economic Area (EEA) and
- Switzerland
are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each \ semester.
Tuition fees, payments and exemptions
Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 16,250 \ First payment: SEK 16,250
Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.
No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland
There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.
Overview
Social challenges cannot be solved by technical innovations alone. In this course, you will learn why social entrepreneurship has gained momentum as a way to create more sustainable solutions. You will explore how these initiatives focus on generating social rather than economic value and why they are often described as social innovations.
This course explores how social entrepreneurship and innovation can drive social transformation. Based on academic research, the course provides you with tools to explore and evaluate social entrepreneurship both in theory and in practice.
Course literature
The course literature listed may be updated up to eight weeks before the course begins.
Course literature ENTA80 (PDF, New tab)
Teaching and learning
The course combines theoretical studies with hands-on work. You will be introduced to key concepts in social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and sustainability.
In parallel, you will apply these concepts and work in groups to design and develop a social entrepreneurship and innovation project that addresses real societal challenges provided by our partner social enterprise. You will identify a specific problem, conduct fieldwork, develop a theory of change, outline a business model, build a prototype of your solution and pitch your final solution.
A core aspect of the course is its decolonial approach. You are encouraged to draw on your lived experiences, cultural backgrounds and community perspectives to challenge dominant assumptions, explore alternative ways of knowing and broaden how social problems and solutions are understood.
By the end of the course, you will have developed entrepreneurial skills and a sustainability-oriented mindset that will prepare you to design and lead social entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives in your future career.
Dates
Autumn Semester 2026
Apply via Antagning.se (in Swedish) by 15 April.
Lund - Part time 50%
Start
2 November 2026
2 Nov 2026
End
17 January 2027
17 Jan 2027
Form
Normal learning
Pace
Part time
Language
English
City
Lund
Requirements and selection
Prerequisites
General and 30 credits corresponding to first cycle studies.
Selection criteria
Seats are allocated according to the following: The general average (GPA) of your higher secondary school leaving certificate: 34 %, The Swedish national university aptitude test: 34 %, number of previous ECTS at the application deadline (up to 165): 32 %.
Tuition fees
Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens
Citizens of countries outside:
- The European Union (EU)
- The European Economic Area (EEA) and
- Switzerland
are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each \ semester.
Tuition fees, payments and exemptions
Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 16,250 \ First payment: SEK 16,250
Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.
No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland
There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.
Contact us
Academic advisor Business Administration
Email: studievagledare@fek.lu.se