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Enterprise: For students

Enterprise Bath can help you achieve your entrepreneurial ambitions and support you on your enterprising journey whilst at university.

Enterprise Bath


Are you an undergraduate or postgraduate who is looking to start a business whilst studying? Perhaps you are interested in intrapreneurial industry experience or you would like to test the commercial potential of an idea or research project?

Enterprise Bath is a university department which offers advice, business mentors, competitions, workshops, expert talks from exciting guest speakers, placements and networking opportunities to aspiring entrepreneurs through our extra-curricular programme of events. See all enterprise events.

Watch the video and learn how Enterprise Bath has supported students through their Entrepreneurship Programme which runs every academic year.

Enterprise Bath's Entrepreneurship Programme for students

Enterprise Bath offers workshops, events, and competitions for students with business ideas. Our Entrepreneurship Programme guides students from initial ideas to writing a business plan and delivering a polished pitch.


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Participants who complete the annual Entrepreneurship Programme will be awarded a digital badge that can be added to your LinkedIn profile to showcase your learning and achievements.

You can sign up to the Entrepreneurship Programme at any stage in the academic year but to receive the digital badge you must:

  • Attend at least three Enterprise Bath workshops (typically held on Wednesday evenings at the eLab in the East Building EB3.01)

  • Match with an Enterprise Bath business mentor

  • Complete our online training on intrapreneurship

  • Submit a business plan (we run a series of workshops to help you through each section)

  • Deliver a business pitch at either one of our competitions such as Dragons' Den or at an event that we arrange for students such as Business Review Panels or networking events across the city

If you would like to sign up to Enterprise Bath's Entrepreneurship Programme please join our Microsoft Teams group below. You are welcome to join even if you don't have an idea for a business yet.

To find out more about what you can expect, take a look at the Student Entrepreneurship Journey.

  • Once you have completed the Entrepreneurship Programme and in your final year of university you can apply for the Alumni Innovation Award to support your business idea after graduation.

Student success stories


We are proud of the success that many of our students have acheived. Here are some recent examples of how students and alumni have turned their business idea into a reality with support from Enterprise Bath and SETsquared Bath.

  • Epowar: E-J Roodt (BSc Business 2022) explains the background to her smartwatch app to keep women safe
  • Testmyteeth: James Russ (MEng Integrated Design Engineering 2021) tells us how computing lectures enabled him to produce a dentistry app
  • LabCycle: Helen Liang (PhD in Sustainable & Circular Technologies 2022) shares how alumni support helped get LabCycle off of the ground
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Funding your ideas

There are various opportunities to gain funding for your ideas both internally and externally.



News

The latest news from our enterprising students.



Events

The latest events for our enterprising students. Enterprise Bath hold events and workshops for students nearly every Wednesday evening during the academic year.


Enterprise Day 2023

Feel the buzz generated at Enterprise Day, where our whole ecosystem comes together to share ideas and celebrate entrepreneurship.


Contact us

If you have any questions about Enterprise Bath, please get in touch.