E+I @ Fulton Schools
Entrepreneurship + Innovation, or E+I, at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering empowers all undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni to leverage an entrepreneurial mindset to advance their ideas for the benefit of our economy and society.
Get ready to launch
Your entrepreneurship journey starts now.
Do you have an idea that you think will change the world? Do you want to use your creativity to better the lives of other people?
The E+I program can equip you with the tools to succeed as an entrepreneur. Here, you can take classes, develop your ideas with the help of experts and compete to win startup money.
If you’re looking to disrupt and innovate, you’ve come to the right place.
Engage with the greater Fulton Schools entrepreneurial community at our events.
Learn the skills you’ll need to make your dreams a reality.
Venture into your future with networking opportunities, mentorship and more.
Engage with the greater Fulton Schools entrepreneurial community at our events.
Learn the skills you’ll need to make your dreams a reality.
Venture into your future with networking opportunities, mentorship and more.
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Join our next event
Go beyond our E+I @ Fulton gatherings by exploring ASU’s event calendar for budding
entrepreneurs, as well as the Edson E+I Institute’s engagement events.
And you’re always welcome to visit us at the Generator Labs, located in the heart of
ASU’s Tempe campus, at Engineering Center G Wing (ECG), room 101.
- Round one of the Siemens Immersive Design Challenge is open! Create a team, read the brief and submit your idea in five short questions by 4 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. Find out more and get involved at the Immersive Design Challenge 2026 website. Who can enter? Any student enrolled in a bachelor’s, master’s […]
- The Fulton Schools offers the Summer Research Initiative, or SURI, for qualified students to gain engineering research experience and acquire an in-depth understanding of what it would be like to pursue a doctoral degree through an eight-week summer research program. Eligible U.S. citizens, permanent residents and ASU-sponsored F1 or J1 visa students receive a $5,000 […]
- The Class of 2025 did an excellent job decorating their mortarboards for the Fall 2025 Fulton Schools Convocation ceremonies. Decorations spanned a variety of themes, including messages of thanks and celebration, expressions of our grads' individuality and fun pop culture references. Check out many of the mortarboards on display at convocation in our Flickr gallery. […]
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The best way to engage with all of the E+I @ Fulton resources is to jump in. First, be sure to sign up for our weekly newsletter so that we can keep you in the loop.
Next, register for an upcoming How We Innovate Speaker Series session on our Make it Happen page.
Once you’re registered and on our VIP list, you’ll be invited to our next Techiepalooza event, and other exclusive meetups.
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- Round one of the Siemens Immersive Design Challenge is open! Create a team, read the brief and submit your idea in five short questions by 4 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. Find out more and get involved at the Immersive Design Challenge 2026 website. Who can enter? Any student enrolled in a bachelor’s, master’s […]
- The Fulton Schools offers the Summer Research Initiative, or SURI, for qualified students to gain engineering research experience and acquire an in-depth understanding of what it would be like to pursue a doctoral degree through an eight-week summer research program. Eligible U.S. citizens, permanent residents and ASU-sponsored F1 or J1 visa students receive a $5,000 […]
- The Class of 2025 did an excellent job decorating their mortarboards for the Fall 2025 Fulton Schools Convocation ceremonies. Decorations spanned a variety of themes, including messages of thanks and celebration, expressions of our grads' individuality and fun pop culture references. Check out many of the mortarboards on display at convocation in our Flickr gallery. […]
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Frequently asked questions
First-year student FAQs
Yes! In fact, you may start your entrepreneurial journey before your classes start by attending our E2 Camp, where you’ll be challenged to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset and meet some of our E+I faculty, staff, and student leaders.
Yes! All ASU students, regardless of major, learning modality, or academic level may join Venture Devils, our ASU-wide student startup support program at any time!
Yes! All students will be exposed to entrepreneurial methods and resources within their introductory engineering classes, but we also suggest that you consider taking FSE 294 – Entrepreneurial Pathways, a 1-credit hour elective course, which will help you discover and prioritize all of the amazing E+I resources we have to offer at Fulton and ASU.
Online student FAQs
All of them!
We suggest that you consider enrolling in our popular online FSE 301 – Entrepreneur and Value Creation and FSE 501 – Technology Entrepreneurship elective courses. You should also peruse many of our other entrepreneurial online course offerings under our Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (TEM) degree course prefix.
Yes, we have a dedicated team of student leaders, mentors, faculty, and staff who will be available to you throughout your entrepreneurial adventure, wherever you may be! Feel free to email us at [email protected] to schedule a virtual meeting with us.
All other FAQs
No! It’s never too late to get involved. Register to attend our next event and we’ll get you plugged in ASAP.
If you’re a current student, consider taking FSE 294 – Entrepreneurial Pathways, a 1-credit hour elective course, which will help you discover and prioritize all of the amazing E+I resources we have to offer at Fulton and ASU. Otherwise, register to attend our next event and we’ll help you identify your best first step.
As an ASU student inventor, you typically own and control all of your own intellectual property (IP), unless it was developed in a research lab.
Yes! If you’re a current student, consider taking FSE 294 – Entrepreneurial Pathways, a 1-credit hour elective course, which focuses on “working for a startup” among other broad entrepreneurial topics. Also, don’t forget that our amazing Career Services Center is a great resource too.
Our signature courses
Although we offer a lot of entrepreneurship and innovation courses within the Fulton Schools, especially within our Technology Entrepreneurship + Management (TEM) program, we encourage you to check out these select introductory courses as well.
Our signature venture-based learning programs
In addition to our for-credit signature course offerings, we also provide an array of non-credit, or co-curricular, learning opportunities.
Undergraduate programs
The Bachelor of Science in Technology Entrepreneurship + Management program
Called the TEM program for short, this program is available to our innovative ASU students both online and at the Polytechnic campus. TEM delivers a foundation in technology entrepreneurship and innovation, while our students get extensive training from ideation to exit using entrepreneurial skillsets.
The ASU E+I certificate program
Offered in conjunction with the W.P. Carey School of Business, this program explores topics related specifically to entrepreneurial business practices, as well as a bunch of cool engineering concentration areas. Certificate courses highlight topics such as social entrepreneurship, idea generation and value creation.
E+I @ Fulton undergraduate technical elective
Looking for the best technical elective to satisfy your engineering undergraduate degree requirements? Look no further than FSE 301 Entrepreneurship + Value Creation. FSE 301 is also a required course within our Grand Challenge Scholars program, so you know it’s legit.
Graduate programs
The Master of Science in Innovation and Venture Development program
Offered in conjunction with the W.P. Carey School of Business and the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, this program is a ground-breaking one-year program that prepares leaders with the mindset, skillsets and practice needed to launch successful ventures in any industry or sector, inside existing organizations, or as new entities.
The Master of Science Technology in Management of Technology program
This program prepares technical, science or engineering-trained students for leadership roles as entrepreneurs or as innovation managers in new or existing technology-driven organizations.
E+I @ Fulton graduate electives
Among many other amazing TEM- and OMT-prefixed courses, graduate engineering innovators are encouraged to consider FSE 501 Technology Entrepreneurship, as well as FSE 502 Strategic Enterprise Innovation.
On-demand learning
We’re here to help our tech innovators develop an entrepreneurial mindset and change the world for the better.
Of course, we have myriad for-credit degree, certificate and badge programs available, but if you’d like to dive in right now, let’s do it! Here are some on-demand resources to get you going:
Want more? You’re in luck
We know that many engineering innovators may be apprehensive about their education and career trajectory, so if you’re feeling stuck, check out our Engineering Uplink resources that have been designed to help technologists like you get unstuck with an entrepreneurial mindset.
Once you’re ready to take the next step, consider leveraging the Just Start Guidebook, which we co-authored with our friends at ASU’s J. Orin Edson E+I Institute.
Engineering educators: We’ve got your back too
We are proud to support all levels of educators who aim to integrate entrepreneurship and innovation learning outcomes into their STEM curricula.
Here are some of our top resources:
Venture-based learning experiences
The best way to learn entrepreneurship and innovation is to practice it.
Fortunately, in addition to our signature on-demand, undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurial programs, E+I @ Fulton also works directly with the amazing ASU faculty and staff who lead an array of other venture-based courses and programs for engineering innovators.
Check them out:
Meet our student startup founders
Thinking about launching or joining one of our supported student startups? Great! We can’t wait to have you join our community of founders.
Venture Devils
Ready to soar? The Venture Devils program guides student, faculty and community-based entrepreneurs through the process of launching a new venture. Venture Devils helps all aspiring founders at ASU by providing:
It’s never too early to join Venture Devils. There are no prerequisites or other admission requirements — just you and your new startup concept!
Next-Level venture development programs
Student and Faculty Tech Venture founders who excel within the Venture Devils program will be invited to apply to our annual next-level venture development programs.
These programs include:
ASU Tech Devils, who represent ASU’s top eSeed-funded tech venture founders, along with other proven ASU student entrepreneurs, take part in an all-expenses paid innovation retreat.
Hool Coury Law Tech Venture Challenge competitors, who are selected to pitch for up to $40,000 in seed grant funding, along with professional Venture Mentorship and additional early-stage startup support offerings.
ASU DevSpace, powered by DevLabs at ASU and the Shojaee Software Startup Challenge, supports ASU student software startup founder who wants to take their ventures to the next level by learning how to build a successful software company from the pros.
Technology commercialization
E+I @ Fulton is proud to support our amazing faculty and graduate researchers, who are working to bring their inventions to market via an array of signature training programs, competitions and support initiatives.