PROGRAMMES
Our programmes are free for all current students and staff at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland.
PROGRAMMES
Distinguished Graduate Award
Your involvement with the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship can be formally recognised on your academic transcript through the University’s Co-curricular Recognition Programme.
Doctoral Entrepreneurial Leadership programme
The Doctoral Entrepreneurial Leadership programme is a free year-long programme for University of Auckland doctoral candidates from all disciplines. It is designed to develop your entrepreneurial mindset and skills.
Hynds Entrepreneurial Fellows Programme
The Hynds Entrepreneurial Fellows Programme aims to embed innovation and entrepreneurship in the curricula across the University of Auckland by working with and supporting academics from all faculties.
Ignite Innovation
Do you have a great idea but are unsure of how to transform it into a reality? Ignite Innovation will take you through the journey from concept to creation.
Kurutao
Kurutao is a Māori Entrepreneurial Leaders expedition designed to inspire and introduce Ngai Māori (Māori Peoples) to Aotearoa’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
One-day Start-up Workshop
If you have an idea but don’t know how to turn it into a business, this one-day workshop is for you. The day is designed to give you a good understanding of the basics of building a business case and starting a venture. Free for everyone at the University of Auckland to participate.
Researcher Hatchery
The Researcher Hatchery is an innovative 12-week programme designed to help researchers take their research beyond the academic world by assessing its potential practical application and societal implications.
Solve It
Solve It is the innovation sprint that gets you to think, ideate and create solutions to tackle some of New Zealand’s toughest problems. Develop ideas to use technology to make the world a better place, with opportunities to gain friends, professional contacts and cash prizes!
Start-up Interns
University of Auckland students are invited to gain hands-on experience in a start-up through the Start-up Interns programme. Lend your skills to an early-stage venture and learn new skills, geared to accelerate your future.
Start-up Studio
A dedicated co-working space, Start-up Studio is actively used by a group of entrepreneurs and start-up founders using Unleash Space as their ‘home’ and place of work.
Start-up Support
Do you have a business idea, but unsure on your next step? Are you a founder with a problem, or are you looking for some suggestions on how to grow your business? CIE’s Start-up Support sessions are for you!
Summer Lab
No matter what you’re studying and what you go on to do, you’ll need innovative skills and an entrepreneurial mindset to prepare you for this new world of work. Make the most of your summer and start something wonderful.
Vanguard programme
Each year in September a cohort travels to Silicon Valley for one week. Applications are by invitation only.
Velocity
Velocity is the University of Auckland entrepreneurship development programme. It unleashes potential, giving momentum to people, innovation and ideas. We provide mentoring and intensive workshops for ideas to be ignited to the next stage.
Venture Lab
Venture Lab is the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s incubator programme, open by invitation only to winners of the Velocity 100K challenge competition.
Distinguished Graduate Award
Your involvement with the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship can be formally recognised on your academic transcript through the University’s Co-curricular Recognition Programme.
Doctoral Entrepreneurial Leadership programme
The Doctoral Entrepreneurial Leadership programme is a free year-long programme for University of Auckland doctoral candidates from all disciplines. It is designed to develop your entrepreneurial mindset and skills.
Hynds Entrepreneurial Fellows Programme
The Hynds Entrepreneurial Fellows Programme aims to embed innovation and entrepreneurship in the curricula across the University of Auckland by working with and supporting academics from all faculties.
Ignite Innovation
Do you have a great idea but are unsure of how to transform it into a reality? Ignite Innovation will take you through the journey from concept to creation.
Kurutao
Kurutao is a Māori Entrepreneurial Leaders expedition designed to inspire and introduce Ngai Māori (Māori Peoples) to Aotearoa’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
One-day Start-up Workshop
If you have an idea but don’t know how to turn it into a business, this one-day workshop is for you. The day is designed to give you a good understanding of the basics of building a business case and starting a venture. Free for everyone at the University of Auckland to participate.
Researcher Hatchery
The Researcher Hatchery is designed to provide entrepreneurship and commercialisation capabilities and support the translation of research into impact for society and the economy.
Solve It
Solve It is the innovation sprint that gets you to think, ideate and create solutions to tackle some of New Zealand’s toughest problems. Develop ideas to use technology to make the world a better place, with opportunities to gain friends, professional contacts and cash prizes!
Start-up Interns
University of Auckland students are invited to gain hands-on experience in a start-up through the Start-up Interns programme. Lend your skills to an early-stage venture and learn new skills, geared to accelerate your future.
Start-up Studio
A dedicated co-working space, Start-up Studio is actively used by a group of entrepreneurs and start-up founders using Unleash Space as their ‘home’ and place of work.
Start-up Support
Do you have a business idea, but unsure on your next step? Are you a founder with a problem, or are you looking for some suggestions on how to grow your business? CIE’s Start-up support sessions are for you!
Summer Lab
No matter what you’re studying and what you go on to do, you’ll need innovative skills and an entrepreneurial mindset to prepare you for this new world of work. Make the most of your summer and start something wonderful.
Vanguard programme
Each year in September a cohort travels to Silicon Valley for one week. Applications are by invitation only.
Velocity
Velocity is the University of Auckland entrepreneurship development programme. It unleashes potential, giving momentum to people, innovation and ideas. We provide mentoring and intensive workshops for ideas to be ignited to the next stage.
Venture Lab
Venture Lab is the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s incubator programme, open by invitation only to winners of the Velocity 100K challenge competition.
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