Engineer - Entrepreneur program

The Engineer-Entrepreneur Program combines theoretical learning and practical experience in entrepreneurial activity and business initiatives. Students develop the skill in recognizing commercial opportunities, presenting ventures to potential investors, and pursuing a nascent idea to its realization in the market. The courses explore various dimensions of new venture creation and growth so as to foster innovation and business formations in independent and corporate settings. Students gain a theoretical perspective of venture initiation and learn how to draft an actual business plan. The program requires students to get used to creative thinking, identifying problems, analyzing and assessing alternatives, and formulating workable plans. Its main goal is to put classroom learning into practice by providing students with hands‐on experience. Students form and participate in venture teams that design comprehensive business plans for startups. The teams apply the tools and analytical approaches from their textbooks to their venture. Frontal lectures and class discussions familiarize students with the multi-dimensionality of entrepreneurship and startup launching. Class formats are not uniform. Some are lectures on specific subjects; others are discussion groups of a particular issue or of the commercial implications of the project the students are working on; and sometimes guest speakers run workshops.

The program is geared to highly-motivated, second and third year students in all engineering departments.