The Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship helps students develop entrepreneurial mindsets and skillsets needed to solve novel problems and create value for others. Participants will learn how to recognize opportunities, formulate solutions, design business models, deliver results, and sustain success. These capabilities will empower graduates to help others by providing them with access to innovations that solve important problems.
These skills are essential to starting and leading new projects, initiatives, and startup ventures, and are valued by established organizations as well as startups. This certificate is a valuable complement to those transitioning career paths, and to graduate students who would benefit from learning how to commercialize innovations or champion innovations in corporate, government, or entrepreneurial settings.
Total Credit Hours Required: 9 Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Bachelor's Degree
Program Prerequisites
Those applying who are NOT currently enrolled in a UCF graduate program must have a minimum of 2 years of full-time work experience after completion of the bachelor's degree.
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
9 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- ENT5016 - New Venture Design (3)
- ENT5206 - New Venture Implementation (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- ENT6617 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Strategy (3)
- ENT5185 - Technological Entrepreneurship (3)
Grand Total Credits: 9
Application Requirements
Admission is open to those with documentation of a bachelors degree from an accredited institution recognized by UCF or participation in a UCF graduate degree program. Students who maintain graduate standing in a UCF graduate degree program during the time required to complete a graduate certificate are eligible for this certificate. An application to the graduate certificate program, a current resume, and official transcripts must be submitted. Applicants must apply online. All requested materials must be submitted by the established deadline.
Those applying who are NOT currently enrolled in a UCF graduate program must have a minimum of 2 years of full-time work experience after completion of the bachelor's degree.
In addition to the Admissions, applicants to this program must provide:
- One official transcript (in a sealed envelope) from each college/university attended.
- Resume/CV
Application Deadlines
| Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate | *Fall Priority | Fall | Spring | Summer |
| Domestic Applicants | | Jul 1 | Dec 1 | |
| International Applicants | | | | |
