Notre Dame’s Master’s Program in Entrepreneurship, Technology, & Innovation (ESTEEM) is an 11-month professional master’s degree program with an emphasis on the business of innovation. Developed in collaboration with the College of Science, College of Engineering, and the Mendoza College of Business, the program provides students with a unique combination of technical expertise and business acumen that allows them to master the modern marketplace and become leading innovators among the world’s most successful startups and corporations, as both entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs.
ESTEEM emphasizes the action of entrepreneurship, not just the study of it, with a combination of an entrepreneurship curriculum, a capstone commercialization project, and outof-the-classroom experiences. By the time they graduate, due to the rigorous academic experience, exposure to real-life business ventures, and exceptional mentorship, ESTEEM students find their technical skills impactful and marketable in a rapidly changing economy. Students are launched into career tracks outside of narrow technical roles, taking positions of leadership at the intersection of business and innovation.
In mid-2017, ESTEEM became a part of the University’s IDEA Center. Standing for Innovation, De-Risking and Enterprise Acceleration, the IDEA Center is the fundamental resource for all commercialization and entrepreneurial activities at Notre Dame. It provides the necessary space, services and expertise for idea development, commercialization, business formation, prototyping, entrepreneurial education, and student entrepreneurial efforts.
ESTEEM operates on a rolling admissions calendar and we have two remaining application deadlines remaining: January 26, 2020 and March 15, 2020