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Undergraduate students
Spring term, Winter term
Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business
Program Overview
This specialized co-op program is designed to support two key groups: first-year engineering, mathematics, and accounting co-op students, and early-stage startup companies. You will develop transferable employment skills through a series of workshops, seminars, and work-term placements, while contributing to real business objectives.
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Anytime
Undergraduate students
Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business
Program Overview
This signature program allows you to pursue an entrepreneurial co-op option in which students start your own business while earning co-op credit. After graduation, E Co-op students continue with their venture, begin a new one, or use their E Co-op know-how to obtain employment. E Co-op is a great experience that builds business knowledge, capabilities, and independence that employers value.
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September
Graduate students, UWaterloo students
Fulltime-program / Courses
Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business
Program Overview
The University of Waterloo is awarding Entrepreneurial Ph.D. Fellowships to support outstanding, business-minded Waterloo doctoral students who are interested in commercializing their research. Successful fellowship applicants will be enrolled in the Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) part-time program. Recipients can complete the three-year part-time program alongside their regular doctoral studies, tuition-free.
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Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business
Fulltime-program / Courses
Engineering Graduate Students
Every term
Program Overview
Conrad School graduate-level academic programs and course offerings are designed to provide you with practical knowledge, skills and experiences so they can succeed in today’s increasingly entrepreneurial and innovation-driven business world:
- Business and Entrepreneurship (BE) Courses
- Graduate Diploma (G.Dip.) in Business and Entrepreneurship
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Greenhouse
Multiple sessions
Indigenous post-secondary students from across Canada
Every term
Program Overview
Indigenous post-secondary students from across Canada can now participate in these newly launched entrepreneurship training programs that are built on a model of Indigenized business education and experiential learning. Training includes Indigenous world views on entrepreneurship, innovation management processes, and the skills and competencies required for success in entrepreneurship.
Being part of the program gives students unrivalled access to staff, professional networks and coaching as well as opportunities to secure funding. This program is available to Indigenous post-secondary students across Canada. Indigenous students who are enrolled at the University of Waterloo have the option to take the program for course credit.
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September
Graduate students
Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business
Program Overview
Get your graduate business degree while you build your venture. The MBET degree is a professional, practical, course-based master’s program for people who want to make things happen. Offered in 2 formats: one-year full-time and three-year part-time program.
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September
Graduate students
Fulltime-program / Courses
Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business
Program Overview
The first program of its kind in Canada, the Conrad School’s PhD in Entrepreneurship and Organization offers emerging entrepreneurship researchers the unique opportunity to study alongside our world-class faculty within Waterloo’s distinctive innovation ecosystem.
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Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business
Fulltime-program / Courses
Undergraduate students
Every term
Program Overview
Do you want to put an entrepreneurial spin on your undergraduate degree at Waterloo? Get a jump-start on your entrepreneurial path by enrolling Conrad School’s specialized academic programs and courses:
- Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (BET) Courses
- Minor in Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship Option in Engineering
- Entrepreneurial Mindset Career Specialization in SAF
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Greenhouse
Multiple sessions
UWaterloo students
Every term
Program Overview
Workplace Innovation connects students in a group to collaborate alongside an organization in the non-profit, charitable, social enterprise, or for-profit sector to complete a social impact project. Moving through innovation training, students have the opportunity to pitch for funding in implementing their solution in health, environmental, social, or international development sectors.
By way of Workplace Innovation, students are exposed to networking opportunities within and external to the University of Waterloo through GreenHouse one-on-one coaching as well as connections to over 200+ previous social innovators.
The projects are flexible and can be pursued as a non-credit experiential learning opportunity, practicum, or as their capstone project, depending on the academic program.
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Zero experience
Multiple sessions
UWaterloo students, staff and faculty
Every term
Program Overview
To have a great career and maximize university, you need to stand out from the crowd. The Zero Experience gives you the problem-solving tools to let you make an impact now and discover what you want. You’ll learn how to innovate through weekly workshops full of intensive analysis and ideation, networking, and teamwork.
By the end of the term, you’ll stand out as someone who solves important problems and plans to make a difference. The best part? No prior experience required!
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Zero experience
One-time event
UWaterloo students, staff and faculty
Every term
Program Overview
Deciding how to spend your life isn’t easy. But job hunting shouldn’t be so lonely, confusing, and exhausting. Zero Work is where you’ll find the allies, guidance, and motivation to succeed.
This two-day workshop sprint will teach you dozens of career strategies and networking techniques. You’ll get the tools to reshape your resume into an impressive story, interview memorably, network, and finally decide what career path matters most to you. No prior experience required!
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