Changes

Below is an enumeration of University of Michigan programs and initiatives that support the five buckets in the NACIE sponsored university commitment letter.

Through its tradition of action-based, interdisciplinary learning, the University of Michigan primes its students to be tomorrow's most innovative business leaders. Michigan graduates are entrepreneurs in the truest sense and have fueled the formation of many industry-leading businesses from technology startups to some of the world’s leading companies including Google, Domino’s Pizza, Sun Microsystems, Stryker Corp., H&R Block, Borders, and Federal Express.

*The U-M College of Engineering and the Ross School of Business has created a joint '''Michigan Master of Entrepreneurship (MsE) degree'''. The MsE program, which will admit its first class in the fall of 2012, will educate students on forming and managing high-growth potential, scalable businesses.

At present, there is a wide range of non-degree programs across all curricula, including

*The'''Center for Venture Capital & Private Equity Finance''' (CVP), at the Ross School of Business, offers a specialized focus on entrepreneurial finance and investment through research and program initiatives. Established in 1994, Center initiatives such as the annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium and Private Equity Conference effectively connect the University’s entrepreneurial network to the broader financial community. These programs are administered through the Zell Lurie Institute.

*CFE and ZLI jointly manage the U-M '''TechArb Student Accelerator'''. With the aid of an advisory board of community leaders and professional investors and additional funding from the Office of the Vice President for Research, TechArb helps early stage companies founded by U-M students refine and develop their ideas and business plans, and eventually showcase teams to funders.