Selection process for Entrepreneurship and Business Design, MSc

The selection process

Chalmers school of entrepreneurship has a tradition of being an environment where talented individuals from different backgrounds come together to actively engage in forming a better future. Our students are committed to identifying new innovations, creating new and improving existing companies, and developing and improving products and services.

In order to create this environment, we have designed an selection process where we do not only evaluate formal academic merits but also seek potential in the individual. Additionally, we aim to understand how individuals may complement each other in order to have a good mix of students for the class as a whole.

Since we focus on team-based entrepreneurship we seek a student body consisting of different educational backgrounds, different personalities, and different life experiences. Our experience is that students who are willing to learn collaboratively and work hard together can accomplish great things. Hence we admit students to the master’s programme through an alternative selection process.

Step by step explanation

Your formal application to Entrepreneurship and Business Design, MSc at universityadmissions.se or antagning.se (step 1) must be complemented by the mandatory form (step 2). The Admissions Committee will assess each form and invite a number of candidates to an interview (step 3). At last the selected candidates will be offered a place on the programme.

To complete you application you must also meet the general entry requirements as well as the English language requirements.
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Make sure to prepare well in advance by reading the information below.

Step 1: Eligibility (formal application process)

Applicants with a bachelor’s degree from a university other than Chalmers
If you have, or will receive, your bachelor’s degree from a university other than Chalmers, in Sweden or abroad, you can apply from 16 October 2026 to 15 January 2027 via universityadmissions.se or antagning.se.

Applicants with a bachelor’s degree from Chalmers
If you are currently in the third year of a bachelor’s programme at Chalmers, or already have a bachelor’s degree from Chalmers, you can apply from 1 April to 15 April 2027 via antagning.se.

Step 2: Fill in and submit the form: Suitability (extended application process)

• Be observant, step 1 and step 2 share the same deadline.

• Once you have submitted your application for this programme, you must also complete and submit the form via the designated link for this programme. This is a requirement for your application to be considered received by Chalmers, and for your application to be deemed complete.

• If the form is submitted incorrectly or late the conditions for a complete application are not fulfilled.
  Uploading the form after the deadline, or to your account at universityadmissions.se or antagning.se or sending it by e-mail to another e-mail address is not sufficient or accepted.

• Your unique current application number from the national application site universityadmission.se or antagning.se is required data in the form, keep it handy. In the assessment, applicants are anonymous for the reviewer. Do not include information revealing your identity (such as your name, age, and gender).

Prepare for filling in your reflections and résumé

Each reflection has a maximum (of 250) words. You need to devote time and effort to prepare your reflection, ensuring that you provide significant and relevant information while also being coherent and to the point. The submitted reflections should be written in English.

Please base your answers on your own experiences, reflections, and ambitions, and be as specific and concrete as possible. We value genuine and personal responses over polished language or what you think we would like to hear. There are no “right” answers. What matters to us is that your answers reflect you, your experiences, and your way of thinking.

In the assessment, applicants are anonymous for the reviewer so please don’t include information revealing your identity (such as your name, age, and gender). Instead you must enter your application number, keep it handy.

1. Why do you want to join this programme?

   What is it about entrepreneurial competencies that interests or excites you, and why does this programme feel like the right next step for you? Tell us what has shaped your interest and what you hope to explore, learn, or develop during your time with us. If you have a preference for one of the two specialisation contexts Corporate Entrepreneurship or Technology Venture Creation, please explain why.

2. Who are you when you are part of a team?

   Think of a team experience that has meant something to you. What role did you take, what did you contribute, and what did the experience teach you about yourself and about working with others? How did your actions influence the team, its progress, or its outcomes?

3. Tell us about a time when someone changed your mind.

   What was the situation? What made you reconsider your perspective, and what did you learn from the experience? How has it influenced the way you listen to, learn from, or work with other people today?

4. What would you like this programme to make possible for you?

   Imagine yourself a few years after graduation. What would you like to have the confidence, knowledge, or ability to do that you cannot do today? What do you hope to learn or develop during the programme, and how would you like to put that into practice afterwards? In what ways would you like to contribute, take responsibility, or create value in your future career?

5. Résumé (not a complete CV)
   A short list of your most relevant working experiences, extracurricular activities and commissions of trust (if applicable)

The designated e-mail address for the mandatory form (Step 2)

Take note that the deadline for submitting the application for the programme and the mandatory form is 15 January 2027.

The tab with the designated email address will only be published during the application period.

Step 3: Closing the deal with an interview (extended application process)

A selected number of candidates will be invited to an interview
Based on your written reflections and résumé (step 2), a selected number of candidates will proceed to an interview with Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship's admissions committee members.

The programme will communicate with the applicant through e-mail. Make sure to keep an eye on your inbox. The address used is the same as the one you created your account with when you applied.
The admissions committee will allocate an interview time slot to the applicant.
All interviews will take place via digital platforms.
The interview will be held in English.

Applicants with a bachelor’s degree from a university other than Chalmers
Mid-February 2027 (the dates are not set yet).

Applicants with a bachelor’s degree from Chalmers
Early May 2027 (the dates are not set yet).

After the interviews, the admissions committee will make their final decision on which applicants they would like to recommend for admission to the programme.