Entrepreneurship & Innovation
for the graduate concentration in Entrepreneurship & Innovation
center website: http://www.tec.illinois.edu
college website: https://grainger.illinois.edu/
overview of college admissions & requirements: The Grainger College of Engineering
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Concentration provides students with the skills, resources, and experiences necessary to become successful innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders who tackle grand challenges to change the world. Students must be enrolled in an eligible engineering graduate degree program from one of the participating departments. The Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration requires students to complete 12 credit hours from a list of select courses and to earn a B or higher in each course. Participating departments will be responsible for defining how credits from this concentration apply to the student’s major.
Students must be enrolled in one of the following graduate degree programs:
| • Bioengineering, MEng | • Bioengineering: Bioinstrumentation, MEng (on campus & online) |
| • Bioengineering: Computational Genomics, MEng (on campus & online) | • Bioengineering: General Bioengineering, MEng (on campus & online) |
| • Bioengineering: Pharmaceutical Engineering, MEng (On campus & Online) | • Electrical & Computer Engineering, MEng (on campus & online) |
| • Engineering: Aerospace Systems Engineering, MEng (On campus & Online) | • Engineering: Energy Systems, MEng (on campus & online) |
| • Engineering: Plasma Engineering, MEng (On campus & Online) | • Engineering: Railway Engineering, MEng |
| • Mechanical Engineering, MEng |
for the graduate concentration in Entrepreneurship & Innovation (on campus and online)
The concentration in Entrepreneurship and Innovation requires students to complete 12 credit hours from a list of select courses and to earn a B or higher in each course. Participating departments will be responsible for defining how credits from this concentration apply to the student’s major.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | 7 | |
| TE 460 | Lectures in Engineering Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| TE 461 | Technology Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| TE 550 | ||
| Elective Courses 1 | 5 | |
| TE 450 | Startups: Incorporation, Funding, Contracts, & Intellectual Property | 3 |
| TE 466 | High-Tech Venture Marketing | 2 |
| TE 565 | Technol Innovation & Strategy | 2 |
| TE 566 | Finance for Engineering Mgmt | 2 |
| Total hours required for concentration: | 12 | |
Other Requirements
| Other requirements may overlap | |
| A minimum of 4 500-level credit hours. | |
| Minimum GPA: | 3.0 |
| Participating departments will be responsible for defining how credits from this concentration apply to the student’s major. |
| 1 | Students may select a different elective course in consultation with TEC Assistant Director of Academic Programs & Academic Advisor. |