Students

Discovery beyond the classroom.

UND has many resources to help you take your discovery beyond the classroom or your residence hall where you can explore how to set up a business, tap into helpful resources, and educate yourself about various partnerships and opportunities in the community! You should find all the resources needed to more fully explore your IDEA. Use the links below to get great assistance. Welcome to this IDEA starting point.

Create a Business

Center for Business Engagement & Development

Hosting three separate national business assistance and resource programs, the department provides these services to individuals and businesses throughout the state – at no cost.

Center for Innovation

Advancing the creation and development of innovative ideas, services and businesses.

I-Corps

Helping faculty, postdocs, and researchers learn more about commercializing their research.

North Dakota Small Business Development Centers

Powering the creation, growth and success of small businesses in North Dakota.

Applied Learning & Industry Partnerships

Accelerate to Industry (A2i)

Through UND’s partnerships with a wide range of businesses, government agencies and nonprofits, graduate students have the opportunity for immersive experiences tailored to career outcomes.

Career Services

Providing career-related support for UND students and alumni.

InternGF

Connecting Grand Forks interns and businesses.

Pancratz Career Development Center

Alumni career development resources for graduates of UND's Nistler College of Business & Public Administration.

Riipen

Project-based learning involves students designing, developing, and constructing hands-on solutions to a problem. The goal of project-based learning is to engage students and build upon their creative capacity by working through real world problems, commonly in small teams

Solberg Student Success Center

Provides support, professional guidance and external outreach for the College of Engineering & Mines.

Find Your Community

• Join the Entrepreneurship Club
• Engage in an Innovative and Entrepreneurial experience:
  • Innovation Studio Training & Internship
  • Student-run-enterprise
  • Dakota Venture Group
  • CEM IBL Program
• Take a class, check out the Middleton School of Entrepreneurship & Management, JODSAAS Center, and UND Academics
• Get involved in campus life, visit Student Involvement