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Innovators: Your Journey Starts Here

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Innovators: Your Journey Starts Here

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At the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET), our mission is to empower innovators to positively change the world.

SCET is UC Berkeley's premier hub for innovation and entrepreneurship education. Established in 2005 within the College of Engineering, SCET equips students, professionals, and global partners with the essential skills and mindset needed to innovate, commercialize technology, and lead in the global economy.

Register Now: Collider Cup Pitch Event

RSVPs are now open for Collider Cup XVIII! Join us for SCET's student pitch showcase and Berkeley's premier student pitch competition. The event is open to the public and all are welcome to join.

May 8th, 2026 (Friday)
Jarvis Auditorium- Grimes Engineering Center
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What We Do

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SCET helps students adopt an entrepreneurial mindset by providing exciting ways to try out new ideas and collaborate with others. Students learn valuable innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology skills to have impact in startups, companies or anywhere they choose.

Featured Opportunities

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Who We Are

We’re a team of academics, practitioners, and diverse set of leaders that teach the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs.

Hiva Mohammadzadeh presenting TensorZipper (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

The most impactful innovations aren’t planned, but the result of unexpected collisions.

How we do it

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SCET's award-winning Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship pedagogy takes a journey-based approach to learning innovation. We provide students with the critical thinking and observational skills necessary for them to succeed at the next step in their entrepreneurial journey.

Recent News

Debasish Behera smiles for a professional headshot wearing a dark blue suit against a neutral gray background.

Meet Debasish Behera, the Founder Making Global Payment more Accessible

Debasish Behera, originally a student from India, joined the SCET community after participating in the…

May 6, 2026
Graduation by Doe Library

Remembering Anthony DiPrinzio: A Presence that Changed the Room

Anthony DiPrinzio (B.A. Political Economy ‘19) left an indelible mark on those around him and…

May 5, 2026
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Meet Leanid Palkhouski, the Entrepreneur Solving Knowledge Decay

Leanid Palkhouski, originally from Belarus, transferred to UC Berkeley as a junior. He quickly immersed…

April 24, 2026

Being involved with programs like SCET opens so many doors for self-discovery and interdisciplinary integration. I've learned, and keep learning, that the opportunity is out there. All I have to do is reach for it.”

- Anika Ramachandran, M.E.T. (Engineering and Business) '22

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