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  • EnterpriseTECH undergraduate pitch night.

    ENTERPRISE TECH PHOTOGRAPHS

    View our galleries of photographs from our EnterpriseTECH launch nights & pitch nights.

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  • Hide - from low value waste to high performance materials.

    HIDE – FROM LOW VALUE WASTE TO HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIALS

    Susannah Evans and Yudi Ding, two of our 2019 EnterpriseTECH STAR PhD students who co-founded Hide Biotech received investment, from the accelerator Entrepreneur First.

    Read the blog post
  • Venturing forth: Emporsand.

    VENTURING FORTH: EMPORSAND

    Whist continuing her PhD studies in Cambridge, Jennifer is now focusing on another type of impact project that could benefit millions of women worldwide.

    Read the news article
  • Enabling innovation in cardiac surgery.

    ENABLING INNOVATION IN CARDIAC SURGERY

    Dr Nidhin Laji, Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow and Foundation Doctor at the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, writes how his participation as an inventor on the EnterpriseTECH programme enabled him to evolve his business, Congenita.

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  • EnterpriseTECH project proposals.

    Submit a project proposal

    Are you an inventor with an early-stage idea or prototype product? Want to discover if it has commercial potential? Find out more about our opportunities for inventors. Proposal deadline: 30 October.

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EnterpriseTECH is an extra-curricular programme with lectures, workshops, supervisions and a team project that investigates the commercialisation potential of an early-stage or emerging technology.

We are accepting applications for 2020/21 EnterpriseTECH (PG I and PG II) as well as project proposals from inventors.

EnterpriseTECH STAR is a follow-on programme for selected graduates of EnterpriseTECH who are keen to develop their own business ventures. Applications open in March 2021 for our September 2021 cohort.

EnterpriseTECH programme overview.

Programme overview

EnterpriseTECH is a real-world learning experience with a lecture series, workshops and a project. It provides an intellectual and practical foundation in entrepreneurship using a learning-by-doing approach.

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EnterpriseTECH postgraduate.

EnterpriseTECH PG

Designed for postgraduate students, postdocs and similarly experienced industry professionals. This extracurricular intensive programme offers a foundation in entrepreneurship with practical application to a commercialisation project.

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EnterpriseTECH undergraduate.

EnterpriseTECH UG

A Lent Term borrowed paper for participating departments at the University of Cambridge. In addition to teamwork, it is a great experience to polish employability and business skills.

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EnterpriseTECH STAR.

EnterpriseTECH STAR

An intense 180 hours, 10 weeks, 20 people. For motivated individuals still finishing PhDs or other research, en route to becoming next generation founders of exciting new companies.

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EnterpriseTECH inventors.

Inventors: submit a project proposal

Are you an inventor with a novel technology in the early stages of development? Discover the commercial potential of your product and pathways out of the lab or off the bench.

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EnterpriseTECH become supervisor.

Become a supervisor

Supervising a team with entrepreneurial aspirations is an opportunity to expand your coaching skills around early-phase innovation development and engage with the programme network.

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Apply

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and places are offered in advance of the published deadlines.

EnterpriseTECH Postgraduate

PG I runs 2 December-5 March. Apply by 30 October 2020.

PG II runs 17 February-7 May. Apply by 15 January 2021.

Apply for EnterpriseTECH PG

EnterpriseTECH STAR

180 hours, 10 weeks, 20 people. Applications open 8 March and close on 14 May 2021.

Register interest for EnterpriseTECH STAR

EnterpriseTECH STAR gallery.

The EnterpriseTECH STAR experience

We interviewed EnterpriseTECH STAR participants to get their views on what it means for them and how it benefits those who attend.

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Submit a project proposal

We are inviting project proposals for 2020-21.

Project proposal form

Next deadline: 30 October 2020

Send the project proposal form to [email protected].

Become a supervisor

Please fill out our online form if you’d like to get involved in supervising our EnterpriseTECH students.

Apply to become a supervisor

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+44 (0)1223 765501

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