The programmes on offer are taught by a small team of staff supported by external consultants and entrepreneurs possessing similar interests and specialist skills. Entrepreneurship at Masters level has been taught since 1985. This has recently been supplemented by new undergraduate degree programmes. It is worth noting that Stirling is presently the only Scottish University to operate a US style semester system. The Department of Entrepreneurship is located within the Faculty of Management at Stirling.
Faculty mainly have five year contracts.
The Head of Department has a tenured chair in Entrepreneurship. In addition to the tenured chair, the Department has two recently appointed Honourary Professors of Entrepreneurship who are both leading Scottish entrepreneurs. Courses offered to Undergraduate Students Since September 1997 the Department has been offering a range of degree courses. The first is based on the three year General Degree system where students take units of study equivalent to credits. In the general degree, students need to achieve 16 credits and have the opportunity to major in Entrepreneurship through taking three Entrepreneurship units linked to three business and management prerequisite units.