Entrepreneurship at University of Maryland


A Leader in Venture Creation and Entrepreneurship Education

The University of Maryland Entrepreneurship Portal provides access to the many entrepreneurship programs and services throughout the university, all in one convenient place. The primary source of commercial ventures at the University comes from the extensive research base conducted by faculty and students, augmented by ideas and concepts that come from imaginative minds. The University provides faculty and students a wide variety of support mechanisms for transforming their ideas, concepts and technologies to commercial products and services through education, mentoring, incubation and networking with entrepreneurs, investors and service providers.

  Support mechanisms include: residential program for undergraduate entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship courses, mentoring, business plan competitions, technology startup boot camp, small business assistance, patenting and licensing, mentoring for student and faculty startups, on-campus incubator for technology startups, jointly funded university/company R&D for new and improved products, networking events and investment sources. For more information, use the menu on the left for Education, Programs and Services.

Featured Program

Dingman Center

MTECH Ventures, an initiative of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute in the A. James Clark School of Engineering, provides cutting-edge entrepreneurship education to technology creators and stimulates venture creation by delivering a portfolio of services and resources to entrepreneurs committed to bridging the gap between technical ideas and viable ventures. MTECH Ventures started the state’s first incubator, the nation’s first living-learning undergraduate entrepreneurship program, and one of the region’s first business plancompetitions.