School:Temple University
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Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship
Campus Overview
Temple University is located within Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Temple offers more than 400 degree programs at 17 schools and colleges and five professional schools. Philadelphia is an excellent environment for entrepreneurs, and there exists a large number of resources for those interested in entrepreneurship and innovation on Temple’s main campus. Temple has at least three different colleges with the capability of driving innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) within the University. These colleges include Temple’s Fox School of Business, Tyler School of Art and College of Engineering. Beyond these colleges temple encompasses a large variety of resources and clubs dedicated to promoting success in I&E. This resources include but are not limited to:
- Digital Scholar Center
- Makerspace in the basement of Paley Library
- Entrepreneurial Students Association (ESA)
- Venture Finance Club
- Innovate and Create Living Learning Community
- Temple Women’s Entrepreneurship Organization
- Medical Entrepreneurship Design and Innovation Collaborative (MEDIC)
- TEDx Events
- The Center for Design+Innovation (cD+i)
- Leadership, Education, and Development in Science (LEADS)
- Owl Fund Seminar I & II courses
- Students manage real financial stocks
- Center for International Business Education and Research
Fox School of Business
Within the Fox School of Business there is a subdivision called the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI). The IEI’s main focus is on the entrepreneur side of the I&E ecosystem. The institute allows classes on develop of business plans and strategies and an innovation lab for physically constructing models and pitch ideas. The IEI regularly holds competitions such as The Innovative Idea Competitions and Be Your Own Boss Bowl which are open to all Temple students and encourages innovative thinking across the entire campus.
Tyler School of Art
Tyler school of Art is dedicated to helping students learn skills that will enrich their lives. The school offers over 200 classes that teach various skills and are open to all temple students. The school’s main focus is to expand the student’s capacity for creativity while teaching new skills. Within Tyler there are several learning studios where students can learn to produce professional grade products. These studios include the Digital Fabrication Studio, graphic and interactive designs studio, a metals studio and many more. Tyler also has their own store within the school, called the Hatchery, where students can sell the products that they have created. This gives temple students the opportunity to discover the market value of their products.
College of Engineering
Temple’s College of Engineering is dedicated to driving innovation and entrepreneurship in each engineering student. In the very first day of Intro to Engineering the students are given a comprehensive introduction to the design thinking process. The college stresses the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration between engineering students and other colleges. They have partnered with the Fox School of Business and have created several collaborative engineering and management course. Temple College of Engineering offers many opportunities for all temple students to discover, learn about and experiment with their latent I&E skills. These opportunities include a wet labs, 3-D printing labs, a digital fabrication studio, machine shops and various competitions.