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Entrepreneurship

Exploring your entrepreneurial side through student clubs, coursework and by starting your own business offers unique and exciting challenges. At ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ there are several opportunities to receive funding, mentorship and guidance.

¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Engineering Student Centre (MESC) has funding opportunities for New Projects.

The Faculty of Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship hub (The ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ EngInE), focuses on stimulating technologically-based innovation and entrepreneurship at ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ in collaboration with the ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, the ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Invention Development and Entrepreneurship Assistance (IDEA) Group, the Quartier de l’innovation, and the ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Innovation Constellation. Leveraging the Faculty of Engineering’s research and educational programs, the EngInE’s two-fold mission is  1) to help develop the next-generation of ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ technological innovators and entrepreneurs by providing education and advice, funding, and mentorship; and 2) to increase engagement and R&D collaborations between innovation-driven companies and the Faculty of Engineering by providing matching and facilitation services. The events that the EngInE hosts or co-hosts are geared towards inspiring, educating, and training students and professors in entrepreneurship and technological innovation, and connecting and networking with each other and the community.

Entrepreneurship Drop-in hour: Thursdays from 3:00-4:00 pm in MESC

  • Questions regarding the ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ and Montreal entrepreneurial ecosystem?
  • What to do with an idea that may have business potential?
  • How to develop a technology?
  • Need help developing your business model?
  • Need help identifying resources for your start-up?
  • Are you looking for start-up team mates?
  • Are you looking to join a start-up team?
  • Want to work in a start-up?

Minor in Technological Entrepreneurship (18 credits), including Faculty of Engineering courses:

  • FACC 500-Technology Business Plan Design (3 credits)
  • FACC 501- Technology Business Plan Project (3 credits)

¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship is the hub of entrepreneurial activity at ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ  Their mission is to develop and support ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ entrepreneurs stemming from all 10 faculties, as they seek to build innovative companies with a purpose, through their Entrepreneurship Programs.  The Centre has more than 450 active startups that collectively have raised $1+ Billion and created more than 6,000 new jobs.  


SKILLSETS workshops (open to all ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Graduate and Post-Doc Fellows)

  • Intellectual Property
  • Basic Business Skills
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Many others

is the student-run ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Entrepreneurs’ Society.  It is dedicated to promoting and celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit in ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ community and Montreal.  

is a technological incubator in the Quartier de l’innovation, now welcomes applications from ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ students. This gives ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ students and graduates an opportunity to take their start-up to another level  as well as to collaborate with undergraduates and graduate students from other institutions.

¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ currently works in partnership with the CEIM is an established incubator in Montreal which provides support to start-ups in the Quartier de l’Innovation.

is a not-for-profit initiative that acts as a launch pad for many entrepreneurs and start-ups. It offers meeting and work spaces, a cafe and hosts meet-ups and other events.

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