Technology Entrepreneurship (BSc)

Technology Entrepreneurship means making, designing, developing and commercializing new entrepreneurship based on innovative technologies. This certificate program is a modular program that offers students wide choices while also providing sufficient depth in the various areas of Technology Entrepreneurship. The main goal is to make students more competitive in the labor market by giving them the knowledge and the skills they need in how to transform innovative technologies into successful businesses. All TU/e bachelor students and external students can enroll in the program.

After successfully completing the Certificate program Technology Entrepreneurship, students will have the following competences:

• Insight into the factors relevant for operation of a new venture;
• Knowledge and skills necessary to identify new business opportunities (in both independent and corporate settings);
• Knowledge and skills necessary to design a business model for a new business, iteratively refine it and present to external stakeholders

Depending on the choice of in-depth elective courses, students will be able to:

• Choose the optimal strategy to protect the company’s ideas, making trade-offs based on the advantages and disadvantages of the possible IP protection mechanisms.
• Design an innovative business model taking the special aspects and regulations of the ‘green’ context into account;
• Incorporate the influence of light on people’s lives in a venture design/business.

The workload of the certificate program consists of 20 ECTS, of which 15 ECTS (see component 1) and an additional course of 5 ECTS (see component 2),  a minimum of 5 ECTS must be followed on top of the regular BSc program.

Component 1 (15 ECTS):

Transitional arrangements of component 1, click here 

Component 2 (5 ECTS):

Compenent 1 will be complemented with one additional course. Recommended additional courses:

* Students who have successfully completed the USE sequence “Patents Design Rights and Standards” may be granted dispensation from the course 0ZK00.

More information about the courses can be found on the Osiris Course catalogue (e.g. content and quartiles)

The certificate program is successfully completed when the student passes each element of the program with a grade of 6 or higher, or by meeting the specified requirements.

When finishing your bachelor, the certificate can be requested at the education administration with proof of the certificate enrollment, proof of having requested your bachelor diploma, and a study progress document. Email IEIS.csa@tue.nl with name and ID number and the mentioned documents. 

The successfully completed certificate will be signed by the Dean of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences.

Want to know more? Contact dr. Annelies Bobelyn via the contact form below.