Surrounded by game-changing ideas and people, it’s easy to feel inspired at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. At Canada’s number-one university for founders, you'll find learning and entrepreneurship go hand in hand.
With unlimited access to free resources, you have everything you need to take your ideas to the next level: coaching, mentorship, funding, for-credit courses, workshops, pitch competitions, high-end tools and equipment – and, most importantly, people who believe in your potential.
When Jade Choy (BAFM ’17) co-founded Epoch alongside her brother Keith Choy (BAFM ’16, MAcc ’16) and a close friend, she hadn’t envisioned herself as an entrepreneur. However, a side project related to non-profit work sparked a much larger idea that would eventually evolve into Epoch, which boosts employee engagement through meaningful programs.
Turn ideas into action
Our incubators support every student with access to workshops, networking, one-on-one coaching, funding, mentorship, and student creator spaces.
Join a community of founders
 helps you grow your venture at every stage and level of experience. With proven success, its 500+ companies have a combined enterprise value of over $40 billion.
Participate in  to win funding for your business ideas, explore  to learn about important issues while building an innovative mindset, and much more.
Create social change
- United College's GreenHouse incubator supports students who want to create social or environmental change
- Grebel Peace Incubator helps students build a more just and peaceful world
- The vision of the Problem Lab is to revolutionize how we approach innovation
When Christy Lee (BASc '24) volunteered in hospitals and long-term care homes, she realized care providers didn't know the urgency or kind of requests their patients made. In her fourth year of Biomedical Engineering, Christy pitched PatientCompanion, a startup enabling patients to communicate their precise needs to nurses, reducing burnout and stress. With the funding and support they received, Christy and co-founder Ethan Alvizo (BASc '24) are transforming health care communication.
Make entrepreneurship part of your degree
Want to learn about entrepreneurship but not ready to launch a business? You can take courses through the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business as part of your À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ degree.
Add a minor to your degree
- Entrepreneurship minor (or option if you're in Engineering)
- Indigenous Entrepreneurship
- International Trade
- Management Studies
- Social Innovation
Gain experience with co-op
Bridging Entrepreneurs to Students – junior co-op students work with early-stage startup companies who don't have the resources to hire full-time staff
E-co-op – start your own business while earning a co-op credit
It all started with a seemingly simple task while Aileen was on a co-op term in Ottawa: finding someone to cut her hair. The Environmental Engineering student’s search for a nearby hairstylist who knew how to work on afro-textured hair turned into a much bigger quest — a journey to entrepreneurship and the launch of her tech startup, BeBlended.
Facilities to fuel your creativity
There's an incredible range of hands-on opportunities waiting for you at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.
Student design teams
Have fun and get experience with our 20+ student-led design teams working on solar cars, robots, rocketry, submarine racing, autonomous cars and sailboats, and more.
Canada's largest student hackathon
1,000+ hackers from around the world come to À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ for a hackathon like no other. At , discover a community of like-minded hackers, connect with world-class mentors, and build because you love to build.
Go in depth with year-long projects
In many programs' final year, you can complete a year-long project of your choice.
Many students use their projects to explore potential careers, to start their own company, or as training for a Master's degree.
Access maker spaces
- Architectural Engineering Maker Space (high-end digital fabrication tools)
- (space to unleash new software, electronic, and medical technology ideas)
- (access to instrumentation and consumables, mentorship, and technical advice)
With the help of courses, mentors, and our facilities, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ graduate Richard Yim developed a robot that can safely destroy landmines buried in former war zones around the world.
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