Certificate in Engineering Entrepreneurship

The Certificate in Engineering Entrepreneurship (EENT) provides a foundation of knowledge and skills for pursuing high-tech entrepreneurial opportunities, and is intended to compliment the student’s graduate education and training in Penn Engineering’s master’s degree programs.  The Certificate is open to graduate students who are currently enrolled in any of Penn Engineering’s master’s degree programs.  On a space available basis, and depending on a student’s background and training, graduate students from other schools and programs may apply for the EENT Certificate. Non-engineering students must check with their home schools and/or programs to determine their eligibility to take the EENT Certificate. (Note that for Penn Engineering undergraduates, a Minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship is available. Students who sub-matriculate or who subsequently return for a master’s may not earn both the EENT Minor and the EENT Certificate.)

**For current Pass/Fail grade information please see the SEAS website.**

Requirements for the EENT Certificate consist of the following:

Required (2 CU):

• EAS 5450 Engineering Entrepreneurship I: Fundamentals of high-tech ventures
• EAS 5460 Engineering Entrepreneurship II: High-tech business planning
• EAS 5490 Engineering Entrepreneurship Lab may be taken as an alternative to EAS 5460
• EAS 5410 & 5430 Entrepreneurship Fellows Program: Immersive high-tech ventures experience. This sequence is an alternative to EAS 5450 & EAS 5460.

Electives (2 CU):

• BE 5020: From Biomedical Science to the Marketplace
• BE 5140/IPD 5040: Rehabilitation Engineering and Design
• BE 5150: Bioengineering Case Studies
• BE 5290: Medical Innovation
• BE 6080: Translational Therapeutics
• CBE/BE 5620: Drug Discovery & Development
• EAS 5070: Intellectual Property and Business Law for Engineers
• EAS 5120: Engineering Negotiations
• EAS 5900: Commercializing Software: Web Lean Launchpad
• EAS 5950: Foundations of Leadership
• ESE 5400: Engineering Economics
• ESE 5430: Human Systems Engineering
• ESE 5440: Project Management
• HCMG 8630: Management and Economics of Pharmaceutical Biotech Industries
• IPD 5090: Needfinding
• IPD 5150: Product Design
• IPD 5520: Problem Framing
• IPD 5720 Design Thinking
• LAW 5070: Introduction to Intellectual Property Law and Policy or LAW 6770 Patent Law
• LAWM 5280 Intro to General Business Law
• MEAM 5140/IPD 5140: Design for Manufacturability
• NURS 5730 Innovation in Health: Foundations of Design Thinking
• OIDD 6590: Advanced Topics & Methods for Product Design
• REG 6120: Introduction to Drug Development

* The below courses are .5CU. Students must take two (2) of the below to get 1CU towards the minor

• NURS 5530: Innovation & Applied Technology in Health Care
• HCMG 8670: Health Care Entrepreneurship

To apply: Please  go to Path Forms then click “Certificate Request” and submit your application for the EENT Certificate via Path@Penn prompts. The application will be approved by the coordinator and you should see it on your  Path Penn within 3-5 business days.

Deadline to apply: Students must submit the completed Application by no later than the first week of the beginning of their final semester in their master’s degree program.

Inquiries: Contact the Engineering Entrepreneurship program at entrep@seas.upenn.edu