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Bioentrepreneurship education programmes in the United States
Arlen D Meyers and Patrick Hurley
BACK TO ARTICLETable 1. Bioentrepreneurship academic programmes in the United States
| School name and website | Degree of non-degree | School(s) that offer the degree | Structure of the programme** | General or specific | Other comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) and the MIT Sloan School of Management, Biomedical Enterprise Program (BEP) Web: bep.mit.edu/ Contact: Traci Anderson, Email: bep@mit.edu Tel: +1 617 253 7470 | BEP – MBA from MIT Sloan and MS in health sciences and technology from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology MIT Entrepreneurship Center-non degree, but part of the BEP | MIT Sloan Management; Harvard University | BEP and MIT Entrepreneurship Center provides contacts and courses designed to increase the success of biomedical ventures; takes three years to complete | E-centre is general in the case it is designed for the commercialisation of any innovative technology in the healthcare system | Sloan and Harvard have made a bioentrepreneurial model for other schools |
| Center for Bioentrepreneurship, University of California, San Francisco Web: www.ucsf.edu/cbe/ Contact: KT Moortgat, PhD, Director Email: cbe@ucsf.edu Tel: +1 415 514 9672 | CBE Certificate of Completion and/or UCSF academic credit (registered students only). | UCSF | Four courses offered; seminars from local business leaders | Specific to bioentrepreneurship | Training scientists in the business of life sciences |
| Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania Web: www.wharton.upenn.edu/ Contact: Email: mba.admissions@wharton.upenn.edu Tel: +1 215 898 6183 | Many MBA concentrations; offer dual MBA/MA in life sciences | Biotechnology (MB/MBA with the School of Engineering and Applied Science and School of Arts and Sciences) | Flexible; concentrations and majors are plentiful | General life science degree; supplemented with entrepreneurial courses; Wharton entrepreneurial program (WEP) | Flexibility could make this attractive to many; strong entrepreneurial spirit, but not specifically biotech |
| Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University Web: www.tepper.cmu.edu Contact: Email: mbaadmissions@andrew.cmu.edu Tel: +1 412 268 2268 | MBA in Biotechnology; also strong entrepreneurial track | Tepper School of Business | Track can be designed by student and faculty for specific approach to bio-entrepreneurship | MBA tracks in biotechnology and entrepreneurship | Strong reputation in entrepreneurship coupled with biotechnology could be beneficial to students |
| Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University Web: www.kellogg.northwestern.edu Contact: Email: levyinstitute@kellogg.northwestern.edu Tel: +1 847 491 3255 | MBA in biotechnology | Kellogg School of Business | Clear organisation for bioentrepreneurs | Biotechnology major specific; at least two course in bio-entrepreneurship | Flexibility in programme to take science and business courses; clear curriculum |
| Fuqua School of Business at Duke University Web: www.fuqua.duke.edu/ Contact: Email: entrepreneurship@fuqua.duke.edu | MBA; however there are opportunities to acquire a joint degree (PhD, MD, JD) | Fuqua School of Business | Flexible; concentrations have depth and breadth | Several biotech course (including raising capital and entrepreneurship) are within the Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration | Flexibility in courses as well as degree types; can customised MBA for bio-entrepreneurship |
| San Diego State University—Graduate School of Business Web: http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/cmb/JointDoc.html Contact: Sanford Bernstein, SDSU Professor of Biology, Email: sbernstein@sunstroke.sdsu.edu Tel: +1 619 594 5629 | PhD/MBA in life sciences | SDSU in conjunction with University of California, San Diego; work done at SDSU | Opportunity to complete the two degrees in less time than seeking each individually | Biotechnology specific; there are entrepreneurial course that are offered at the BS | Touted as first in the nation for joint PhD/MBA focused in the life sciences |
| College of Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the School of Law at Emory University; The Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER®) Web: http://tiger.gatech.edu/ Contact: Marie Thursby, Executive Director, Email: marie.thursby@mgt.gatech.edu Tel: +1 404 894 6249 | MBA coupled with either a PhD or JD | TI:GER is a collaboration between Georgia Tech and the Emory University School of Law | Students complete a standard 2 year MBA in addition to work in the law school or PhD programme at Georgia Tech | Can be created by student specifically for biotechnology and entrepreneurship | Great flexibility of the degree; Can get PhD or JD; entrepreneurial strength evident |
| Case Western Reserve University, Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Programs (STEP) Web: http://sep.cwru.edu/ Contact: Edward Caner, STEP Director, Email: emc15@case.edu Tel: +1 216 368 3710 | Case Western Reserve-MA in biotechnology | Biology Department at Case Western Reserve in conjunction with the STEP | Entrepreneurial Biotechnology (EB) is a two-year master's degree | Not in traditional BS, but has entrepreneurial courses in curriculum – 6 courses plus MA thesis | STEP is designed to aid scientists with entrepreneurial efforts |
| The William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego Web: www.vonliebig.ucsd.edu/ Contact: Email: vonliebigcontact@soe.ucsd.edu, Tel: +1 858 822 5960 | Non-degree courses; supplement to other degrees within the School of Engineering, can be undergraduate or graduate | N/A | Recent addition to Jacobs School; courses are designed for student already enrolled in programme | Four courses offered to at von Liebig Center | Straddles the fence between bioengineering and biotechnology |
| University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center (UCDHSC)—Bard Center for Entrepreneurship Web: http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/bard/ Contact: Beth Polizzotto, Program Coordinator, Email: bard.center@cudenver.edu, Tel: +1 303 620 4050 | Certificate in Entrepreneurship; MBA planned in the future | UCDHSC | Bard is open to all graduate students at UCDHSC and professionals interested in bio-entrepreneurship not enrolled at UCD | 14 graduate level courses offered; several in the bioscience | Designed to promote bio-ventures and innovation |
| Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley– Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and the Management of Technology (MOT) Program Web: http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/, Contact: (Haas) Stephanie J. Tibbetts, Program Director, Email: tibbetts@haas.berkeley.edu Tel: +1 510 642 4255 (MOT) Email: motadmin@haas.berkeley.edu | MBA in entrepreneurship; and MOT provides a certificate in management | Haas School of Business; MOT is an inter-disciplinary programme that enhances management of technology issues | MOT has several course related to biotechnology coupled with the entrepreneur courses at the BS | General entrepreneur courses; however there are biotechnology courses and entrepreneurial courses; the curriculum is quite flexible as well | Haas primarily focuses on information technology, however, there is a great bio-entrepreneur environment |
| University of California, Davis Graduate School of Management (GSM) and Center for Entrepreneurship Web: http://www.gsm.ucdavis.edu and http://entrepreneurship.ucdavis.edu/ Contact: Andrew Hargadon , Director and Associate Professor, Email: abhargadon@ucdavis.edu Tel: +1 530 752 2277 | MBA in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship at the GSM; Business Development Certificate at the Center | MBA offered by GSM; The Certificate is offered by UC-Davis | For the certificate, there are courses in technology management, innovation and entrepreneurship along with interaction with MBA students | Certificate takes one year; three lecture classes plus two clinical courses in new business development. | MBA programme is graduate level; the certificate is not necessarily |
| The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine Web: http://www.gsm.uci.edu/ Contact: Email: mba@merage.uci.edu, Tel: +1 949 824 4622 | MBA | Merage BS | Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the BS is technology focused | General curriculum, there are entrepreneurship or biotechnology courses, however there are many electives which might cover the gap | Customisable MBA, second year offers many course on entrepreneurship and biotechnology development |
| The Johnson School of Business at Cornell University Web: www.johnson.cornell.edu/ Contact: Zachary Shulman, Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship, Director, Email: zjs2@cornell.edu Tel: +1 607 255 3012 | MBA, plus many dual degree options | Cornell | Students with scientific or technical backgrounds can get MBA in 12 months | General curriculum, but entrepreneurship is high on priority list through 'performance-learning' | Students with PhDs may be attracted to MBA programme that takes only 12 months |
| The University of Washington School of Business, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) Web: http://bschool.washington.edu/ Contact: Email: uwcie@u.washington.edu, Tel: +1 206 685 9868 | Certificate in Innovation & Entrepreneurship for students with advanced degrees in other departments at UW; offers MBA in entrepreneurship | University of Washington | CIE supports entrepreneurs and innovators | Certificate is designed for scientists or technical people; MBA students can also receive this certificate | Good option for any student at UW interested in bioentrepreneurship |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) Web: www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/ Contact: Email: ces@gsb.stanford.edu | MBA from Stanford; many dual degree options and certificates | Stanford University | As of 2007, a new curriculum has been implemented where students can customise MBA to suit needs and backgrounds | Not specifically bio-entrepreneur, but strong reputation and great entrepreneurial culture and teaching; flexibility to take course in biotechnology | Customisable MBA programme; important location for biotechnology ventures and start-ups |
| The Olin School of Business at Washington University; Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Web: www.olin.wustl.edu/ Contact: Ken Harrington, Managing Director and Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship. Email: harrington@wustl.edu Tel:+ 1 314 935 9134 | MBA | Washington University | Skandalaris Center has courses and resources in biotechnology; WU has recently taken major steps to improve their entrepreneurial curriculum | At Skandalaris and WU, students can take classes from BS , engineering and arts and sciences | The Olin Cup competition provides money and support for student or alumni business plans |