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Developing Entrepreneurs and Innovators
SCET teaches using the Berkeley Method and offers a suite of highly applied, experiential project-based courses that develop the entrepreneurship and innovation potential for students, professionals, and academics.
The Center offers a Certificate In Entrepreneurship and Technology to university students.
Our professional programs allow working professionals to similarly continue to grow their skills.
Global Innovation Collider
Our innovation collider programs such as the Global Partners at UC Berkeley, Berkeley Method, LeBridge Fellows, and Startup Semester create rich interactions between students and academics from around the world to create innovative projects, startups, and research.
Incubating and Developing Labs and Programs
SCET incubates labs in opportunity-rich emerging industries such as meat alternatives, Blockchain, and Data/AI to create an industry focus and ecosystem at Berkeley.
Our Innovation X lab allows students and professionals to explore the latest innovation strategies for a variety of industries. Results from our labs create knowledge and inform the Sutardja Center's undergraduate, graduate, professional, and executive courses and programs.
Innovation Thought Leadership
The Center develops thought leadership, particularly in the innovation/entrepreneurship process and frameworks which include the A. Richard Newton Lecture Series: A Berkeley Changemaker™ Course, Berkeley Method, Innovation Collider, Innovation Engineering, and more.
What is the Innovation Collider?
The SCET fosters creates an innovation environment by facilitating "collisions" of people and groups that can make unique contributions by bringing diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Our Innovation Collider brings together students, faculty, investors, alumni, professionals, executives, firms, and global institutions to connect through our programs, courses, and X-Labs. Through these collisions, SCET can create new ventures, corporate innovations, social impact and help entrepreneurs discover what's next.
What Programs are Available for You?
UC Berkeley Students
We welcome all majors in our 30+ courses. Berkeley students can earn the Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology. We also offer a one-of-a-kind summer abroad program, European Innovation Academy.
Global
We welcome visitors from around the world to participate in our Innovation Collider located in the San Francisco Bay Area, the heart of Silicon Valley. Global academic institutions can partner with us to learn about our innovative pedagogy and X-Lab framework for developing technology innovations. We also welcome global researchers and global undergraduate students to participate in Startup Semester at Berkeley, and graduate students to participate in our LeBridge Fellows program.
Professionals & Executives
The Engineering Leadership Professional Program (ELPP) helps engineering leaders advance. It is similar to an MBA, but condensed, and more focused on technology. The Silicon Valley Innovation Leadership Week helps executives start or advance corporate innovation programs in their firms.
Investors
Contact us to learn more about opportunities to invest in our venture teams.
Startups
Learn more about the Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator, a joint venture between three premier organizations at Berkeley to accelerator blockchain startups.
Firms
We partner with companies to help make our classes applied and industry-focused. Contact us to learn how your company can work with Berkeley students and faculty on next-generation technology and projects using our unique innovation engineering framework