Resources

The Startup Guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to launch a startup at the University of Maryland and utilize all available resources to achieve maximum potential.

Handshake is the University Career Center's online career management platform for UMD students and alumni. Handshake can be accessed online or through the app.

The Hatchery provides seed funding, working space, mentoring and networking opportunities to student enTERPreneurs who want to turn their startups into viable, sustainable ventures.

An annual fun-filled tradition that celebrates UMD alum, Jim Henson '60 & '78, his life, and his legacy on his birthday, September 24th.

The Hinman CEOs Program enables undergraduates to develop innovative startup ideas into real companies through an immersive one-year academic and residential experience.

I-Corps is a National Science Foundation (NSF) program designed to foster, grow and nurture innovation ecosystems regionally and nationally. The program provides real world, hands-on training on how to successfully incorporate innovations into successful products to solve societal problems.

The College of Information (INFO) partners with industry, government, and communities to execute information and technology-based projects. From analytics to website design, INFO students tackle these challenges to provide real solutions and products to partners.

The Innovation & Entrepreneurship minor equips students with the knowledge and skills to ramp up their own businesses, as well as to innovate and think creatively about problem-solving and strategy.

Graduate students and staff from any unit or department at the University of Maryland can join the semester-long Innovation Fellows program to learn innovation mindsets, tools, and processes that are relevant to their professional, academic, and personal lives.

The Makerspace Initiative (MSI) is a consortium of 25+ makerspaces from different departments and units across campus, with the common goal of helping each other provide the best experience possible for students, faculty, and staff.