Make the Most of Your Engineering Degree

Preparing the Next Generation of Engineering Managers

• Approximately 50% of our Entrepreneurship Masters Students have undergraduate degrees in Engineering
• Over 8 engineering majors represented including Computer Science, Optical, Electrical, Civil, Mechanical, Aerospace, Biomedical, and Chemical
• Our Engineers strengthen skills in prototyping and human-centered design through coursework specifically developed for technical students

A Focus on Technology Innovation

As part of Notre Dame’s 11-month entrepreneurship program, engineering students take foundational business courses that focus on taking newly developed products and services to market—including accounting, finance, business valuation, financial modeling, technical marketing, and business law. Graduates go on to careers as engineering managers in start-ups, consulting, and high tech verticals. Recent grads have been placed at large tech companies such as Apple and Uber... and also startups such as Slipstream and Keen Homes.

Unlike many engineering master’s programs, an ESTEEM education happens in the context of real-time startup development and culminates in a Capstone Thesis that includes a business plan, financial model, and marketing strategy for an actual discovery or invention in its early stages. All of the projects are based on existing or ongoing research by Notre Dame professors or industry partners.