Academics
Educating entrepreneurs is an exercise in instilling students with independence, self-reliance and self-motivation – all common characteristics of entrepreneurs. The College of Engineering is well-known for it’s academic depth and related teaching approaches. However, there are certain aspects of entrepreneurship which are not generally available through regular educational programs. Therefore, the Center for Entrepreneurship enables and encourages challenging classroom instruction, often in collaboration with other academic units, that complements active involvement in new entrepreneurial ventures. This well-rounded approach to entrepreneurship education enables students to hit the ground running when they enter – and be successful in – today’s competitive marketplace.
Curricula
The College of Engineering has built an entrepreneurship curriculum that integrates education in technology, business, government and culture.
ENGR-490-001: Distinguished Innovator Seminar
This seminar is designed to expose students to entrepreneurship in engineering through interaction with business leaders, venture capitalists, and attorneys, as well as individuals involved in emerging business models, new venture creation, and technology commercialization. While covering a broad set of engineering disciplines, guest speakers will share their knowledge on the latest, most diverse practices on legal, financial, and other management issues. The lectures include leading entrepreneurs and executives, technology innovators, experts from the financial markets, and others who support the entrepreneurial infrastructure. During the receptions following these seminars, students will be able to meet the guest speakers along with other members of the entrepreneurial community.
ENGR-490-002: Venture Capital
This course will prepare students to identify and evaluate commercial opportunities for emerging technologies. The emphasis will be on the design and evaluation of business models and on the methods necessary for rapid yet rigorous analysis of these models. Projects will span multiple disciplines and markets. The Center for Entrepreneurship, through its interaction with students and faculty, will tap into a ever widening network of entrepreneurs and experts in the field. This will enable us to develop preliminary business models and evaluate possible commercial opportunities with the ultimate objective of selecting promising opportunities for commercial development.
Students will work in interdisciplinary teams yet are also expected to contribute to the success of the other teams. Reflecting the cross-disciplinary and integrative nature of the work, this course will be taught concurrently by three faculty members, who are, in part, active Venture Capitalists, including the Ann Arbor based RPM Ventures group (http://www.rpmvc.com/).
ENGR-490-003: Intellectual Property
Inventors and entrepreneurs have four concerns related to patent law: protecting their inventions in the very early stages of product development, determining the patentability of their invention, avoiding infringement of a competitor's patent, and leveraging their patent as a business asset. This course will address each of these concerns through the application of case law and business cases to an invention of the Student’s choice.
This course will be taught by the Center for Entrepreneurship and an experienced patent law attorney with law offices in Ann Arbor and San Francisco (http://www.schoxplc.com/).
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Engineering Courses
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Scholarships
All new students are considered for merit-based scholarships offered through the College of Engineering after formal admittance into the University. No separate application is necessary since consideration is based upon the academic and extracurricular information listed on your application for admission. Candidates will receive notification of their status, need for additional information, or selection before mid-April each year. Most merit-based awards are referred to as "Engineering Scholarships of Honor" and are renewable. All new student scholarships are funded through College of Engineering endowments donated by generous alumni and friends and the annual operating allocation. MORE…
Certificate program
The Entrepreneurship Certificate program is designed for students at the graduate and undergraduate degrees who seek to document a 9-12 credit entrepreneurship education. The Certificate consist of three complementary parts: A core and elective course in entrepreneurship, a distinguished innovator seminar for two semesters, and an entpreneurial practicum either in collaboration with a small business, or by students pursuing and advancing their own ventures.
Click here to see a list of required courses.
Download the Entrepreneurial Certificate Program Worksheet here.
Educating entrepreneurs is an exercise in instilling students with independence, self-reliance and self-motivation – all common characteristics of entrepreneurs. The College of Engineering is well-known for it’s academic depth and related teaching approaches. However, there are certain aspects of entrepreneurship which are not generally available through regular educational programs. Therefore, the Center for Entrepreneurship enables and encourages challenging classroom instruction, often in collaboration with other academic units, that complements active involvement in new entrepreneurial ventures. This well-rounded approach to entrepreneurship education enables students to hit the ground running when they enter – and be successful in – today’s competitive marketplace.
Curricula
The College of Engineering has built an entrepreneurship curriculum that integrates education in technology, business, government and culture.
ENGR-490-001: Distinguished Innovator Seminar
This seminar is designed to expose students to entrepreneurship in engineering through interaction with business leaders, venture capitalists, and attorneys, as well as individuals involved in emerging business models, new venture creation, and technology commercialization. While covering a broad set of engineering disciplines, guest speakers will share their knowledge on the latest, most diverse practices on legal, financial, and other management issues. The lectures include leading entrepreneurs and executives, technology innovators, experts from the financial markets, and others who support the entrepreneurial infrastructure. During the receptions following these seminars, students will be able to meet the guest speakers along with other members of the entrepreneurial community.
ENGR-490-002: Venture Capital
This course will prepare students to identify and evaluate commercial opportunities for emerging technologies. The emphasis will be on the design and evaluation of business models and on the methods necessary for rapid yet rigorous analysis of these models. Projects will span multiple disciplines and markets. The Center for Entrepreneurship, through its interaction with students and faculty, will tap into a ever widening network of entrepreneurs and experts in the field. This will enable us to develop preliminary business models and evaluate possible commercial opportunities with the ultimate objective of selecting promising opportunities for commercial development.
Students will work in interdisciplinary teams yet are also expected to contribute to the success of the other teams. Reflecting the cross-disciplinary and integrative nature of the work, this course will be taught concurrently by three faculty members, who are, in part, active Venture Capitalists, including the Ann Arbor based RPM Ventures group (http://www.rpmvc.com/).
ENGR-490-003: Intellectual Property
Inventors and entrepreneurs have four concerns related to patent law: protecting their inventions in the very early stages of product development, determining the patentability of their invention, avoiding infringement of a competitor's patent, and leveraging their patent as a business asset. This course will address each of these concerns through the application of case law and business cases to an invention of the Student’s choice.
This course will be taught by the Center for Entrepreneurship and an experienced patent law attorney with law offices in Ann Arbor and San Francisco (http://www.schoxplc.com/).
Course-List Maintained by MPowered
Engineering Courses
Business Courses
Other Courses
Scholarships
All new students are considered for merit-based scholarships offered through the College of Engineering after formal admittance into the University. No separate application is necessary since consideration is based upon the academic and extracurricular information listed on your application for admission. Candidates will receive notification of their status, need for additional information, or selection before mid-April each year. Most merit-based awards are referred to as "Engineering Scholarships of Honor" and are renewable. All new student scholarships are funded through College of Engineering endowments donated by generous alumni and friends and the annual operating allocation. MORE…
Certificate program
The Entrepreneurship Certificate program is designed for students at the graduate and undergraduate degrees who seek to document a 9-12 credit entrepreneurship education. The Certificate consist of three complementary parts: A core and elective course in entrepreneurship, a distinguished innovator seminar for two semesters, and an entpreneurial practicum either in collaboration with a small business, or by students pursuing and advancing their own ventures.
Click here to see a list of required courses.
Download the Entrepreneurial Certificate Program Worksheet here.
"I’m thrilled and privileged to lead the Center for Entrepreneurship, where we’ll work at developing entrepreneurial minds, skills, resources and opportunities." - Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen