Close staff present student entrepreneurs with a $10,000 check to support their startup

Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship

Unlock Limitless Opportunities

Whether you are looking to found a startup, learn how to bring entrepreneurial ideas to your current role or see how an entrepreneurial mindset can help you uncover more opportunities, Drexel is the place for you to start now!

79%

of employers value entrepreneurship skills in their graduates

National Association of Colleges and Employers survey results

15%

increase in job postings or roles requiring entrepreneurship skills

Over the past 5 years

Get Started

From the classroom to the workspace and beyond, the Close School harbors an entrepreneurial ecosystem well-positioned for student success.

Explore Our Degrees Programs

Discover how an entrepreneurial mindset guides you through any career path you may take.

Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Degrees

MS in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Graduate Minor

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Certificates

Programming, Funding and Competitions

From Shark Tank-like pitch competitions to building a diverse network, the Close School will help you form the power skills needed to succeed while injecting a dose of reality into your college experience.

Explore our Programming

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Learn From Those Who Do

Our renowned faculty have started, run, and sold businesses — ensuring that those who are teaching you have experienced their own entrepreneurial journey.

Meet the Close Faculty

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Aquiera Halsey student photo

I felt that if I studied entrepreneurship and learned the fundamentals of business then no one would be able to take my business away from me. If it wasn’t for Drexel I wouldn’t have the confidence in such a high-stress, high reward environment.

Aquiera Halsey ’11

Manager, Oncology Quality Data & Cancer Registry

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Read more about Aquiera

Where Drexel students turn ideas into action.

a student pitches their startup in the baiada institute

Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship

The Laurence A. Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship is the hub of student innovation at Drexel. As part of the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship, the Baiada Institute empowers students from every major to launch and grow their ventures.

About the Baiada Institute

Tap Into Drexel’s Startup Ecosystem

Starter’s Review

Starter’s Review is where Drexel entrepreneurs and community members can find advice, recommendations and ways to stay close to the action happening throughout Drexel and the Close School.

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StartupTree

Available to every Drexel student, StartupTree is our online startup community. Register your startup idea, build your team, get a mentor, register for events, apply for funding competitions and find helpful resources.

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