Entrepreneurship Track

Entrepreneurship Track

In just 12 months, earn a Duke master’s degree while gaining business skills and entrepreneurial confidence – and potentially launch your own venture along the way.

Led by successful tech entrepreneurs, the Entrepreneurship Track in Duke’s Master of Engineering Management Program will teach you to:

  • Identify problems
  • Develop conceptual solutions
  • Build prototypes
  • Develop a startup strategy

In this program, you become part of the growing innovation and entrepreneurship community at Duke. And selected Entrepreneurship Track graduates may also receive support and funding to start their companies – $5,000 seed capital.

Get Ready – Rigorous and Engaging Coursework

Become grounded in business fundamentals—including marketing, management, finance, and intellectual property/business law. In addition, undertake special coursework in tech innovation, prototyping, and startup strategy. The program’s technical electives will strengthen your ability to innovate—whether within an established company or in your own venture.

    • EGRMGMT 532: Advanced Finance
    • EGRMGMT 542: Competitive Strategies
    • EGRMGMT 560: Project Management
    • EGRMGMT 572: Innovation Management
    • EGRMGMT 576: Design Thinking and Innovation
    • EGRMGMT 590.XX: Intellectual Asset Management
    • BME 790: Clinical Skills Immersion
    • BME 790: Advanced Biomedical Design 1
    • BME 790: Advanced Biomedical Design 2
    • I&E 590 Special Topics: Mission Driven Startup
    • I&E 748 New Ventures: Discovery
    • I&E 750 New Ventures: Development
    • ENVIRON 767: Entrepreneurial Experience

    Go to course descriptions

  • Fall Spring Summer Fall 2 (Optional)
    EGRMGMT 510:Marketing EGRMGMT 520: Intellectual Property, Business Law, and Entrepreneurship EGRMGMT 550: Engineering Management Internship: Technology Assessment Founder’s Fellowship
    EGRMGMT 530: Finance in High-Tech Industries EGRMGMT 540: Management of High-Tech Industries EGRMGMT 551: Engineering Management Internship Assessment: Pitch Development  
    BME 790: Clinical Skills Immersion EGRMGMT 576: Design Thinking and Innovation
    I&E 748: New Ventures: Discovery I&E 750: New Ventures: Development  
    EGRMGMT 501: Seminar and Workshop EGRMGMT 501: Seminar and Workshop    
  • Christensen Family Center for Innovation (CFCI)

    Students have access to CFCI, a Duke-Engineering-led center that integrates needs-driven design experiences, entrepreneurial education, startup resources, and a team of advisors – each of whom is a successful entrepreneur. Learn more about CFCI.

    Graduate Certificate

    Students may also pursue Duke’s Graduate & Professional Certificate in Innovation & Entrepreneurship while fulfilling the Entrepreneurship Elective Track for their Master of Engineering Management. More at entrepeneurship.duke.edu.

AI Brain

A growing need within small and large corporations is to cultivate an intrapreneurial environment. Duke’s Entrepreneurship Track provides engineers with the agility required to innovate across the enterprise.

 Lee Clark-Sellers Innovation Officer, Ply Gem Industries, Inc.
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Get Mentored

Each faculty member is an innovator and company founder

Get Set

Gain entrepreneurial confidence

  • Learn from seasoned entrepreneurs in Duke Engineering and Duke’s Office of Licensing & Ventures
  • Receive personalized career guidance
  • Intern in your own venture – build a technical prototype and develop your venture’s strategy
AI Brain

Duke has brought together an all-star team. This expertise, along with a proven process, will give you the tools to bring your ideas to life.

 Robert J. Coyle Senior VP Pharma & Healthcare Strategy, Kuehne + Nagel, Inc.
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