Understanding and Engaging a Global Society
Carnegie Mellon is on the frontier of redefining education in a global economy. As globalization requires new and innovative approaches to education, programs at Carnegie Mellon are producing graduates who understand the complex interconnections between politics, cultures, economies and technologies around the world.
The faculty members at CMU’s Tepper School understand that entrepreneurial skills and thinking are actively sought by competitive organizations and by individuals who seek the challenge of creating and growing enterprises.
Tepper undergraduates complete the entrepreneurship track using a curriculum that emphasizes the creation of real business plans, field projects, and interaction with leaders in the entrepreneurial business community providing the opportunity to test the theories, models, and strategies learned in the classroom.
Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship
Carnegie Mellon was one of the first schools to offer formal entrepreneurship courses, a heritage that continues to grow with the nationally recognized Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship. Since its inception in 1990, the center has been offering exceptional undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs.
Carnegie Mellon is uniquely positioned to help entrepreneurs create tomorrow's reality: The Jones Center offers courses for other schools on campus including the School of Computer Science, the Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering) and the Mellon College of Science. While its focus is high technology, the center’s program assists entrepreneurs in pursuing their dreams in whatever the sector they choose. Students who major in the sciences, technology, engineering, the humanities or the arts are exposed regularly to fundamental concepts and issues in entrepreneurship.
Along with the Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon has also created “Project Olympus” which provides incubator space, as well as start-up advice and micro-grants, for faculty and students across campus. The Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation is also heavily involved in entrepreneurship. Its main mission is to facilitate and accelerate the movement of research and technology out of the university and into the marketplace
Global Entrepreneurship Week
As part of the university's Global Entrepreneurship Week, former and current students share insights and experiences about how their businesses were launched and some lessons that helped them make smart business decisions.
Events on campus are designed to introduce all CMU students to entrepreneurship and innovation, and to facilitate networking activities that will promote cross-campus collaboration. The events also promote the numerous successes Carnegie Mellon has had in bringing new technology and introducing new business models to the marketplace through the combined efforts of its schools, research centers, faculty and student organizations.
