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Our entrepreneurship programs are designed to maximize flexibility and customization for a variety of disciplines, schedules, and academic degree plans.
Questions? Our dedicated recruiter and student advisor, Brian Brinkman, can speak with you about our degree options, courses, and more. Schedule an appointment with him via Calendly or email him here.
Here is how to apply and add an entrepreneurship degree, minor, specialization, and/or certificate during your time here at CU Denver:
Undergraduate
BSBA with an Entrepreneurship Major:
To declare an Entrepreneurship Major for your Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, you must meet with your undergraduate advisor at the Business School.
Entrepreneurship Minor:
To complete the minor, you need to take three required entrepreneurship courses and two elective entrepreneurship courses (five courses in total). You must be an undergraduate CU Denver student with at least a 2.00 cumulative GPA and a 2.00 cumulative GPA within your entrepreneurship (ENTP) courses to receive the minor. If you’ve already taken the equivalent of one or more of these courses at another university, other high-level business courses may be substituted with the approval of the Business School.
You must meet with your undergraduate advisor at the Business School to add this to your degree plan.
(Undergraduate) Entrepreneurship Certificate:
Our undergraduate certificate is intended to help anyone with a high school diploma expand his or her business knowledge. You do not need to have completed an undergraduate degree by the time of admission. You can also be enrolled at a different university and still receive this certificate. Undergraduate credit earned for this certificate can be later applied toward your undergraduate degree at CU Denver and other universities. Non-CU Denver students can apply as a non-degree undergraduate student here. If you have questions, please email our admissions team at bschool.admissions@ucdenver.edu.
For current CU Denver undergraduate students, you must meet with your undergraduate advisor at the Business School to add this to your degree plan.
Graduate
Master’s in Entrepreneurship:
Applicants must have completed an undergraduate program at an accredited United States college or its equivalent in another country. No work experience or formal business education is required for admission; however, you may have to provide a GMAT or GRE score if you do not have enough work experience, see below.
Before starting your application, please review the admissions requirements for our MS in Entrepreneurship program.
MBA Specialization in Entrepreneurship:
Please review the Denver Flex MBA/Online MBA degree plan to see a list of entrepreneurship courses that can count toward this MBA specialization. To declare or change your MBA specialization, please email grad.advising@ucdenver.edu with your name, student ID number, and chosen specialization.
(Graduate) Entrepreneurship Certificate:
Our post-bachelor certificate in entrepreneurship is available to anyone with an undergraduate degree looking ot develop an entrepreneurial mindset, launch a business, and/or grow a small business or startup. These courses are for credit and can be applied towards the full Master’s degree if you decide to pursue it. Apply as a graduate non-degree applicant here.