Second Year: SBB
Coordinators of the Science-Based Business component of the programme are:
Mw. Drs. G.H. Degenaars, email: degenaars@sbb.leidenuniv.nl
Dhr Dr. H. Jousma, email: h.jousma@fwnbur.leidenuniv.nl
Completion of the specialisation SBB requires a minimum of 40 EC and a maximum of 60 EC from the courses listed below. This includes at least, either:
1. SBB Fundamentals, SBB Management and SBB Internship; or
2. The RBB foundation courses, RBB Technology Transfer or Business Development, and RBB Assignment.
If SBB Fundamentals is part of the programme, then the RBB foundation course “RBB Opportunities” is not mandatory.
Foundation:
SBB Fundamentals: Level 400, 15 EC
Research Based Business Opportunities: Level 400, 5 EC
Research Based Business Ventures: Level 400, 5 EC
Research Based Business Planning: Level 400, 5 EC
Advancement:- RBB New Business Development: Level 500, 3 EC
RBB Technology Transfer: Level 500, 3 EC
SBB Management: Level 500, 3 EC
Learning from Silicon Valley: Entrepreneurship and New Business Venturing: Level 500, 5 EC
SBB Essay: Level 500, 3-7 EC
SBB Electives: Level: 400-600, 3-15 EC
Finishing:- SBB Internship: Level 600, 22-35 EC
- RBB Assignment: Level 600, 22-35 EC
For further description and information see the following link: Website Science-Based Business
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Description
The specialisation Science Based Business (SBB) provides knowledge and skills in the area of Management, Business and Entrepreneurship. Its focus is on their application in science- and research-driven organisations. Its purpose is to broaden the horizon, to form an opinion on and prepare for a career in industry and to enhance competencies for pursuing entrepreneurial business opportunities created through science and research (Research Based Business; RBB).
Qualifications for Admission
Admissible to the Specialisation SBB are all students that are admitted to a Master Programme of the Faculty of Science or the Master Programme in Biomedical Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine (LUMC) provided that the rules and regulations of the subject Master Programme do allow so.
Exemptions
Students with prior education in management, business and entrepreneurship may –depending on the contents and extent of such education – be exempted from following (parts of) one or more of the Foundation and Advancement courses. These courses need to be substituted such that their master programme contains at least 40 EC of SBB courses. Decisions on exemptions are taken by the Board of Examiners governing the students MSc Programme.
Program
Biology
The Biology research component of the Science Based Business (SBB) specialisation consists of a research project of 36 EC and 24 EC of advanced theory (courses and lectures).
The biology component can be extended with an additional 20 EC (courses or extension of the research project to 80 EC in total). The research project has to take place in one of the research groups of the Institute Biology Leiden (IBL), Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) or Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
A research project within one of the ‘Life Science’ research groups of the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC), at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) or at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) may substitute for a research project within the IBL pending prior approval by the Board of Examiners. Theoretical components should be minimally at level 400. The individual study programme consisting of choices of courses and the research project must have prior approval by the Board of Examiners.
Science-Based Business
Completion of the specialisation SBB requires a minimum of 40 EC and a maximum of 60 EC from the courses listed in the table below. This includes at least, either:
1. SBB Fundamentals, SBB Management and SBB Internship; or
2. The RBB foundation courses, RBB Technology Transfer or Business Development, and RBB Assignment.
If SBB Fundamentals is part of the programme, then the RBB foundation course “RBB Opportunities” is not mandatory.
Foundation:
SBB Fundamentals: Level 400, 15 EC
Research Based Business Opportunities: Level 400, 5 EC
Research Based Business Ventures: Level 400, 5 EC
Research Based Business Planning: Level 400, 5 EC
Advancement:- RBB New Business Development: Level 500, 3 EC
RBB Technology Transfer: Level 500, 3 EC
SBB Management: Level 500, 3 EC
Learning from Silicon Valley: Entrepreneurship and New Business Venturing: Level 500, 5 EC
SBB Essay: Level 500, 3-7 EC
SBB Electives: Level: 400-600, 3-15 EC
Finishing:- SBB Internship: Level 600, 22-35 EC
- RBB Assignment; Level 600, 22-35 EC
Approval of program
All master students have to submit a master study program, consisting of choices of courses and one or two research projects, to the studyadvisor in November (start September) or in April (start February). Through the submission of this study program, the Board of Examiners determines whether the individual study program can be approved.
