We are radical collaborators who engage students, staff, and faculty in design work in order to build their capacities as change makers and innovators both within their field and as contributors to the UMD experience more broadly. We do this work by offering courses, programs, workshops, and collaborative working sessions designed to meet the specific needs of our various audiences. We also collaborate and work side-by-side with groups and teams across campus that are looking for a ‘partner-in-experimentation’ in moments where they are reimagining aspects of their work.
Use Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to…
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Find an entrepreneurship program
The Academy for Innovation & Entrepreneurship’s work is grounded in design tools and methods to create engaging courses and programs, collaborative workshops, and meaningful partnerships that cultivate creativity, critical thinking, and innovation and entrepreneurship skills. Ultimately, our goal is to foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship at UMD that supports new ways of working and thinking. Take a class, request a workshop, use our studio classroom, or collaborate with us to creatively tackle a problem.
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Find entrepreneurship events
The Academy for Innovation & Entrepreneurship occasionally hosts innovation events open to the public. These events actively engage people in creativity and innovation tools and mindsets through hands-on design challenges. We also partner with departments and organizations on and off campus to apply these tools and mindsets to a particular real-world problem or challenge. Sign up for the Academy's newsletter to stay up to date with upcoming events.
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Learn about entrepreneurship
The Academy for Innovation & Entrepreneurship offers a variety of innovation courses open to students of all majors. Course offerings range from 1-credit classes designed to give a taste of creativity and innovation to 3-credit classes that provide in-depth practice with innovation and entrepreneurial tools and mindsets, how to apply them, and how to coach others using them. For more information on the Academy’s offerings, visit this link.