Imperial College Business School
Engineers in Business Fellowship has supported Imperial College Business School’s UG Entrepreneurship Online course on the BPES programme (Business for Professionals of Engineering and Science) for the first year in 19/20. Students taking part in this module were invited to participate in a pitch competition and were also selected through excellence in achievement based on their validation report coursework assignment, where students embark on experiments to test hypotheses underlying their business idea. The winners came from four major undergraduate programmes at Imperial College: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 15 engineering students were part of the three winning teams overall.
Positive Feedback
The Engineers in Business Fellowship prize fund allowed us to provide an additional value-add and competitive element to our online Entrepreneurship course. The Fellowship provided some of our engineering students with the confidence and self-belief that they had a strong business idea which they can pursue further. It also opened up more broadly the option to pursue a business career for some of the students. For example, one student said: ‘I wasn’t thinking about a career in business before, but I am now!’
We are excited to see what their next steps will be!
Dr Harveen Chugh, Module Leader, Entrepreneurship Online, BPES (Business for Professionals of Engineering and Science)