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The Schulze School of Entrepreneurship

The Schulze School of Entrepreneurship is ranked among the top 25 undergraduate entrepreneurship programs in the country, No. 1 in Minnesota, and No. 9 in the Midwest by The Princeton Review.

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.

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The Schulze School of Entrepreneurship is among The Princeton Review's top 25 undergraduate programs for entrepreneurship 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.

Empowering students to innovate for social impact

Socially conscious Tommiepreneurs

Social entrepreneurs are changing the game with their innovative approach to solving real-world problems. Explore how our students and alumni are using their businesses as a force for good to build communities and seek transformative solutions.

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

05/07/24

Sophomore Innovates for Global Equity

Recently winning the University of St. Thomas Business Plan Competition and the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge with her business concept Waste Compo, Beamlak Petros ’26 is certainly thriving as a Tommie. Aiming to alleviate two issues pressing on Ethiopian society – hunger and shortage of fertilizer, her concept received wide-scale attention on a recent… The post Sophomore Innovates for Global Equity appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.

05/06/24

Podcast Series Examines Work Fulfillment Across Careers

The Melrose and The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership has released a new three-part series on the “Work in Progress with Christopher Wong Michaelson” podcast. The new series, titled “Is Your Work Worth It?” is a set of interviews with three people who appear in Michaelson’s new book, Is Your Work Worth It? Each… The post Podcast Series Examines Work Fulfillment Across Careers appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.

05/01/24

In the News: Christopher Michaelson on the Connections Between Work, Purpose and Fulfillment

Christopher Michaelson, ethics and business law professor at the University of St. Thomas, recently spoke with WCCO-TV about his new book, Is Your Work Worth It? and the complex relationship between work, purpose and fulfillment. From the story: Michaelson: We probably all ask that question at some point, and I think one thing about the… The post In the News: Christopher Michaelson on the Connections Between Work, Purpose and Fulfillment appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.