Changes

President Wallace D. Loh has committed to support the growth of S.T.E.M. majors, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship. There is clearly momentum to increase the number of start-up companies that emerge from the support of the University’s educational and research-oriented atmosphere. As this process unfolds, the University of Maryland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem provides myriad programs to expose students to the skill sets needed to create and pursue innovative and entrepreneurial ventures.

Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship (R.H. Smith School of Business)

MTECH - Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (A.J. Clark School of Engineering)

Certificate in Innovation Management Graduate Certificate in Engineering-Technology Ventures and Innovation Minor in Technology Entrepreneurship

Courses in Entrepreneurship and Innovation are mainly offered in the college of Engineering and the school of business, though some introductory courses are also available for undergraduates in their freshman or sophomore year. In early 2013, President Loh announced the start of the new Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship which will work to sponsor mores courses in Innovation and Entrepreneurship for students of all majors.

These programs provide undergraduates with a linked residential and academic experience. It allows students to make connections with faculty and students with similar academic interests outside of the classroom while engaging them in applied learning opportunities.

The nation’s first living learning entrepreneurship program is the Hinman CEOs. Other living learning programs pertaining to innovation and/or entrepreneurship include: Digital Cultures and Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (EIP), Integrated Life Sciences, ACES Cybersecurity, Flexus: Women in Engineering, Virtus: Men in Engineering, Gemstone, and CIVICUS

*Innovation Fridays are open to all students regardless of their field of study and are an opportunity to share their ideas with and receive valuable feedback from experienced entrepreneurs.

*Mpact Week

*University of Maryland $75K Business Plan Competition www.bpc.umd.edu - ''Annual competition for Faculty, Students, and Recent Alumni to vet new tech venture ideas''

*Do Good Challenge

*mDIL – maryland Design Impact Lab is a trans-disciplinary student collaborative which leverages the power of diverse expertise colliding in innovative settings to use design-thinking to take ideas to implementation in order to create impact at multiple scales.

*Startup Shell is a student run technology collective [http://startupshell.org/ http://startupshell.org/]

*Tech Entrepreneur Research and Prototyping (TERP) Startup Laboratory