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<u></u>The University of California, Berkeley is leading the forefront in student innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) in higher education. Students have the options to pursue I&E classes through the Saturdja Center, or develop their own ventures with the support of The House, Skydeck and various startup competitions led by the Haas School of Business. These various resources have encouraged collaboration between cross-disciplines from students and faculty.
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= Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship =
Since 2005, the Saturdja Center for Entrepreneurship & Tech (SCET) has pioneered the the practice of technology-focused innovation and entrepreneurship. Every year, students from diverse backgrounds participate in application-based classes offered by the SCET. These classes first start with awareness through the Newton Lecture Series and the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp(BMOE). The Top executives from small startups to big companies share their entrepreneurial journey in the Lecture Series provide , and the BMOE provides students withthe opportunity to pitch and create their own in startup in one-week! That awarness is then chanelled to theory and practice through semester collider projects, challenges labs, & skills development courses. The goal of the SCET is to guide students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset to launch their startup in or after college.
If a student decides to launch their startup while in college, they can reach out to The House and Skydeck for initial seed funding. The House also provides a workspace for aspiring entrepreneurs to collaborate and innovate together. Similar to The House, Skydeck is UC Berkeley's primary startup accelerator. Skydeck was founded on a partnership between the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business, with the goal of bringing students from multidisciplinary backgrounds transform their discoveries into startup ventures.
UC Berkeley is ranked as the "#2 university worldwide for producing venture-backed entrepreneurs" (Skydeck). This is possible because of the campus's commitment to bringing diverse students together in the classroom and spaces of collaboration, creating their own curriculum for entrepreneurship & tech through the Saturdja Center, and funding student ideas into scaleable businesses.
= Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship =
