Exploring your entrepreneurial side through student clubs, coursework and by starting your own business offers unique and exciting challenges. At º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ there are several opportunities to receive funding, mentorship and guidance.
º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ Engineering Student Centre (MESC) has funding opportunities for New Projects.
The Faculty of Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship hub (The º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ EngInE), focuses on stimulating technologically-based innovation and entrepreneurship at º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ in collaboration with the º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, the º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ Invention Development and Entrepreneurship Assistance (IDEA) Group, the Quartier de l’innovation, and the º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ 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 º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ 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 º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ 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)
º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship is the hub of entrepreneurial activity at º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾. Their mission is to develop and support º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ 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. Â
SKILLSETS workshops (open to all º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ Graduate and Post-Doc Fellows)
- Intellectual Property
- Basic Business Skills
- Entrepreneurship
- Many others
is the student-run º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ Entrepreneurs’ Society. It is dedicated to promoting and celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit in º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ community and Montreal. Â
is a technological incubator in the Quartier de l’innovation, now welcomes applications from º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ students. This gives º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ 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.
º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ 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.