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The Schulze School of Entrepreneurship

When it comes to advancing student innovation, the Princeton Review ranks the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship a top 20 undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the country and #1 in Minnesota. The Schulze School is also #5 in the Midwest and #1 among the nation’s Catholic universities.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Action

At the Schulze School, we teach students to use entrepreneurial skills to solve problems that matter and create value for others. Learn to:

Identify and evaluate new opportunities
Transform innovations into sustainable businesses
Forge connections with fellow student innovators and seasoned entrepreneurs
Build a solid foundation for long-term success.

The education you’ll receive at the Schulze School is experiential and practical, and you’ll learn both in the classroom and out in the field. You’ll gain highly applicable, concrete skills to use in the real world, whether you start your own business or drive innovation and strategic growth for an existing business or social enterprise.

Schulze is more than a school—it’s a hub of innovative thinking that engages students, seasoned entrepreneurs, small businesses, change makers and leaders. Innovators from all disciplines come to the Schulze School to explore new opportunities, make connections and turn their ideas into reality.

#18

The Schulze School of Entrepreneurship is ranked nationally as one of Princeton Review's top 20 undergraduate programs for entrepreneurship at #18 in the country.

500K

Over $500,000 awarded annually in St. Thomas entrepreneurship student competitions.

1.75M

$1.75M awarded annually in scholarships to entrepreneurship majors.

Entrepreneurship Means More Than Start-Ups

As trained innovators and problem solvers, intrapreneurs serve as entrepreneurs and innovators within existing organizations.

Tommiepreneurs for Social Change

From coursework and competitions to mentorships and accelerators, the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship empowers Tommies to transform their passions into actions. Explore some of the ways our social entrepreneurs are advancing the common good.

Family Business Center

The Family Business Center is a vibrant community of business families, students, researchers and advisers. For nearly 30 years, the Center has offered practical tools and strategies that help individuals, families and businesses function at their best. Monthly breakfasts explore issues that affect the ecosystem of business families.

Family Business Center

Schulze Innovation Fund

The Schulze Innovation Fund invests in St. Thomas entrepreneurial students and alumni to help them launch and develop their businesses.

Schulze Innovation Fund

Community Entrepreneurship Program

The Community Entrepreneurship Program is a 10-month, hands-on program for community members facing economic hardship who have a dream of starting and growing a business. Entrepreneurs are supported through a six-week business training bootcamp, one-on-one mentorship, connections to community resources, and more.

Community Entrepreneurship Program

03/22/23

In the News: Entrepreneurship Professor on Spurring Innovation

David L. Deeds, professor of entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, recently discussed with personal finance site WalletHub how to stimulate innovation in a tech-centric society. Here are the tips he shared in response to the questions posed. How can state policymakers encourage and facilitate innovation? One simple thing is… The post In the News: Entrepreneurship Professor on Spurring Innovation appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.

03/21/23

In the News: Eddy Rojas on Intersectional Diversity and the New Master's Program at St. Thomas

Eddy Rojas, executive vice president and provost at the University of St. Thomas, was recently quoted in a Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal story about the new master’s degree in diversity leadership program that the university is offering. From the story: “Many people immediately think of race when they consider diversity,” Rojas said. “But diversity extends… The post In the News: Eddy Rojas on Intersectional Diversity and the New Master's Program at St. Thomas appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.

03/08/23

Nashipai: Supporting Women Artisans to Dream Big

The journey to Nashipai (the Maasai word for “ever happy”), a bold, socially conscious jewelry line, began on a trip to Kenya when founder Jenny Behrens ’23 MBA formed a strong bond with a group of women entrepreneurs. She was living in a rural village on the border of Tanzania while helping to build a… The post Nashipai: Supporting Women Artisans to Dream Big appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.