Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is for everyone, which is why Gies Business is proud to offer a new entrepreneurship minor, open to undergraduates in all University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign colleges!

Managed by the Origin Ventures Office of Entrepreneurship at Gies Business, the minor was created in partnership with The Grainger College of Engineering to prepare learners to innovate in any setting and tap into the entrepreneurial ecosystem of one of the world’s premier public universities.

Learn more: https://go.illinois.edu/EntrepreneurshipMinor

Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship

A new chapter for Midwest innovation officially began on June 23 in San Francisco!

Five deep tech startups from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign took the stage at the inaugural Midwest Deep Tech Demo Day, pitching to more than 150 investors representing over $110 billion in capital.

The Midwest Deep Tech Demo Day showcased 40 early-stage startups from Third Coast Foundry's eight partner universities.

The event was part of the official launch of Third Coast Foundry, a new innovation hub established by eight leading Midwestern research universities to connect research-driven startups with the investors, partners and networks they need to scale — while keeping talent and economic impact rooted in the Midwest.

Read the full announcement: https://landuyt.illinois.edu/news/86372

Gies College of Business
The Grainger College of Engineering
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
University of Illinois Research Park

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees has approved our new name. We are now the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship.

This milestone reflects more than $20 million in cumulative contributions from Richard and Gayle Landuyt, both Class of '78 Illinois alumni, whose landmark investment is expanding entrepreneurship education for students across all majors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

The Landuyt Center will have a presence both on the Urbana-Champaign campus and in Chicago at the Discovery Partners Institute, strengthening the innovation pipeline. Stay tuned for what's ahead!

https://grainger.illinois.edu/news/stories/opportunities-illinois-innovators

Congratulations to the newest graduates of the Innovation, Leadership and Engineering Entrepreneurship (ILEE) dual degree program at The Grainger College of Engineering.

You're now part of a community of entrepreneurial-minded innovators who are changing industries, launching ventures and leading teams around the globe.

We can't wait to watch you reach new heights!