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The Technology Entrepreneur Center helps you develop an entrepreneurial mindset,
changing the way you see the world to tackle important challenges.
ILEE Dual Degree
Learn about the BS dual degree in Innovation, Leadership & Engineering Entrepreneurship (ILEE).
TEC Certificates
Gain the skills and resources necessary to become a successful innovator, entrepreneur, and leader.
TEC Courses
Build a great schedule by registering for TEC courses! Check out the unique courses we have to offer.
Cozad New Venture Challenge
Have a startup idea? Want to launch a company? Accelerate your idea with funding and mentoring!
SocialFuse
A pitching and networking event organized around sharing skills, ideas, and entrepreneurial ambitions.
Directory
Meet our staff, faculty, and interns that create our programming, curriculum,
and more!
Register by January 31
Register for the Cozad New Venture Challenge, the campus-wide program that helps you launch your startup idea! Compete for over $200,000 in funding and prizes.
“If you’re thinking of doing anything entrepreneurial, you need to participate in TEC programs and academics. TEC gives you the tools and resources you need to succeed in both startups and large companies. The skills I’ve learned have been invaluable at my internships at John Deere and Anheuser Busch, and with my own personal startup.”
CEDRIC VARGAS
Computer Science + Innovation, Leadership, & Engineering Entrepreneurship '21
5000+
Participants in TEC's programs and academics annually
$2M
Has been awarded in cash and in-kind prizes for the Cozad New Venture Challenge since 2000
2017
TEC launched the new Innovation, Leadership, & Engineering Entrepreneurship dual degree in Grainger Engineering
470
Ideas pitched at SocialFuse since 2013
Cozad New Venture Challenge: What's in it for you?
News | December 20, 2021
UIUC to co-lead $15M NSF I-Corps Great Lakes Innovation Hub
News | August 25, 2021
Novel Health Solutions Win Campus-Wide Innovation Funding
News | April 16, 2021