Entrepreneurship Concentration—Management Degree

Powerful innovation occurs when a diverse group of students share in challenges and success, pool knowledge and expertise, and live with a common purpose to create the future.

Upgrade Your Management Degree with an Entrepreneurship Concentration

The Michigan Tech management major with concentration in entrepreneurship helps students get their disruptive business ideas off the ground with small class sizes, experiential learning, and financial opportunities. Learn how to make a business plan, hire employees, and stay on top of innovation trends–everything you need to know to successfully launch your high-tech ideas.

Michigan Tech professors nurture students' ideas. Classes help students establish crowdfunding success, and Enterprise projects challenge teams to innovate and pitch to real clients—practical preparation for a future in business.

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$67,000

in competition prize money last year alone
$6.15M

total scholarships and grants awarded to undergraduate business students
Top 3

Michigan Tech business students place highly in CMU's New Venture Competition

Businesses and Ventures Created by Michigan Tech College of Business Alumni

Electric Brewing Supply, Ryan Gray '07
Source Performance, Malcolm Gwilliam '08
Kaye Putnam Brand Strategy, Kaye Putnam '08
Makerhub, Cedric Kennedy '16
SwimSmart Warning Systems, Jacob Soter '20

Innovation Center for Entrepreneurship House

Live, learn, and grow alongside like-minded students inside the Innovation Center for Entrepreneurship (ICE) House. This on-campus residence promotes innovation through entrepreneurship and group collaboration.

National Science Foundation's I-Corps Program

Starting a business requires learning, planning, and networking. Michigan Tech's partnership with the National Science Foundation's I-Corps program helps students find markets for their inventions as an experiential learning project integrated into the entrepreneurship concentration.

"Entrepreneurial thinking is the soul of industrial revolution. Technological advancement succeeds when technology connects with purpose at a personal level."Jonathan Leinonen, teaching professor and advisor, College of Business

STEM + Business

Technology is shaping our lives faster than ever before. Michigan Tech's College of Business provides real-world graduate education experiences steeped in STEM to prepare the future business leaders of tomorrow.

Go for a coveted slot in our Applied Portfolio Management Program. One of the top 50 student funds in the nation, it offers Huskies from all majors experience on the trading room floor managing a real investment fund valued at $2 million.

Gain entrepreneurial experience on campus. Collaborate with peers in our Business Development Experience, creating and presenting a business plan for a Senior Design or Enterprise project.

Join Business-specific student organizations, the Professional Blueprint program, and internships and co-ops that give you opportunities to travel, learn, and stand out.

Tomorrow Needs You

Supercharge your entrepreneurial spirit and meet the demands of a technology-driven society at a flagship public research university powered by science, technology, engineering, and math. Graduate with the theoretical knowledge and practical experience needed to succeed in tomorrow's high-tech business world.

Undergraduate Majors

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Why Accreditation Matters

As an accredited business college, Michigan Tech assesses student learning to ensure quality for business education and to continuously improve curriculum and programs.

Student Learning Goals

Students in the College of Business can expect to achieve the following learning goals—which also align with University Undergraduate Student Learning Goals:

Technical Competence—Ability to critically analyze and achieve proficiency of information technology
Global Awareness—Skill in emerging trends and ability to see global perspective
Professional Know-how—Mastery of ethics and effective communication through coursework and professional business experiences
Disciplinary Knowledge—Discipline-specific expertise and cross-discipline strategy