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ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
 ...Turning ideas into enterprises...
Mission & Vision
Program Overview
About ELP
Mission & Vision
The Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, or ELP, aspires to create a leading and dynamic learning center that develops future generations of successful entrepreneurs, opening their minds to new possibilities and transforming them into innovative leaders capable of doing excellent and innovative work for the organizations they join or create.
Tufts ELP is dedicated to students wanting an innovative education in entrepreneurship. It provides hands-on educational opportunities for students interested in working in entrepreneurial environments. The program strives to attract and engage students in an ever-changing world and teach them to develop innovative solutions to real challenges. With access to outstanding teachers, alumni, intensive coursework, lectures, networks, and meaningful internships, students develop the knowledge they need to become entrepreneurial leaders in the public and private sectors through individual and team learning.
By educating its students and providing them with the resources, networks and expertise to drive innovation, ELP is the center for entrepreneurial leadership at Tufts University and will coordinate with all the schools and colleges that are part of the University. ELP will further enhance Tufts reputation and the quality of its graduates.
Program Overview
Each semester, more than 200 students, both at the undergraduate
and graduate level, from across the range of majors, pursue the program's courses
leading to a minor in entrepreneurial leadership.
The program utilizes several approaches, including:
- Classroom lectures covering core concepts in coordination with companion
textbooks
- Guest lecturers discussing key entrepreneurial topics
- Case studies with individual and group review and analysis
- Classroom group exercises
- Homework assignments coordinated with classroom topics
- Discussions of current events related to course materials
For a detailed list of courses required for the Entrepreneurial Leadership minor,
click here.
About ELP
Founded in 2000, Tufts' Entrepreneurial Leadership Program was the
brainchild of Ioannis (Yannis) N. Miaoulis, current President and Director of Bostons
Museum of Science and the former Dean of Tufts School of Engineering. Miaoulis created
the program to encourage engineers to turn ideas into enterprises. The program provides
courses to Arts & Sciences and Engineering students who are interested in pursuing
entrepreneurship.
The Entrepreneurial Leadership Program is housed within Tufts Gordon Institute
(TGI) at Tufts University, a coveted graduate program designed for practicing engineers
and scientists who want to advance their knowledge to become technical and business
leaders. Diverse in their business knowledge, work experience, and career goals,
TGI students study and learn from one another and from the Institute's superb, industry-based
faculty. With an emphasis on product innovation, project management, and business
strategy, TGI strives to transform technical professionals into technical leaders—creating
a perfect synergy between its professional management focus and the Entrepreneurial
Leadership Program.
Contact:
Pamela Goldberg, Director
Entrepreneurial Leadership Program
Tufts Gordon Institute of Tufts University
4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155
Phone: (617) 627-2153
Fax: (617) 627-3180
Email:
pamela.goldberg@tufts.edu or for general information:
els@tufts.eduu
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