Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship
For Students
Whether you’re curious about entrepreneurship or ready to start a venture, we’re here to support your journey.
For Students
Whether you’re curious about entrepreneurship or ready to start a venture, we’re here to support your journey.
Your entrepreneurship journey starts here. At the Nelson Center, we are here to support you at every step of your entrepreneurial journey. Whether you’re just exploring what entrepreneurship means or ready to launch your own venture, we offer a variety of programs, resources, and experiences tailored just for you.
Entrepreneurship for Every Student
We support undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students across all disciplines—through curricular, co-curricular, and venture support. No matter your background or experience level, there’s a way to get involved and bring your ideas to life.
Curricular Support
Courses, workshops, and academic programs that teach you the skills to build your ideas.
Co-Curricular Support
Join student clubs, connect with mentors, and collaborate on hands-on projects.
Venture Support
Funding, pitch competitions, and resources to help launch and scale your venture.
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Ways to Get Involved
From hands-on workshops to inspiring talks and pitch events, our events are curated to spark ideas, build skills, and connect you with fellow entrepreneurs.
Our student clubs are where ideas meet community — explore organizations that fuel creativity and entrepreneurial energy.
Connect with experienced Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs) and Peer Entrepreneurs in Residence (PEIRs) for guidance, feedback, and insights to move your ideas forward.
Discover courses that explore entrepreneurship as a tool for creative problem-solving and real-world impact.
Make entrepreneurship a core part of your academic journey through a flexible, interdisciplinary certificate.
From finding your first idea to scaling a startup, our programs and spaces — including B-Lab summer accelerator, Brown Venture Prize, and venture funding — are designed to support you at every stage of the journey.
Brown University's one–year Master of Science in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (PRIME), is a STEM degree (ScM) degree based in the School of Engineering.
The Master of Arts in Design Engineering (MADE) Program is an 11-month joint-degree program between RISD and Brown University's School of Engineering. Students learn to merge visionary with pragmatic thinking, qualitative with quantitative methodologies, and creativity with technology to produce and refine work with the goal of improving lives.
Brown University’s Master of Science (Sc.M.) in Technology Leadership goes beyond a traditional MBA. Structured for busy professionals, this 12-month hybrid program prepares you with the strategic insight to navigate disruptive technologies reshaping industries worldwide.