At Michigan Ross you get more hands-on opportunities to start, advise, lead, and invest in real businesses than at any other school. Gain the experience recruiters want and hit the ground running in your post-MBA career.
REAL.START
Develop, launch, and scale your original new business idea.
Integrated Product Development (TO 548)
Work with students from a variety of disciplines including business, engineering, art & design, and the School of Information to bring an original product idea to market, from concept to creation.
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Introduction to Entrepreneurship (ES 515)
Financing Research Commercialization (FIN 629)
Dare to Dream Grant
Move through the business creation process with hands-on seminars and apply for grants of $300-$5,000.
Michigan Business Challenge
Enter this annual competition to win a share of $100,000 in prize money by pitching an original business plan with real-world commercial potential to guest judges.
Zell Entrepreneurs
Gain up to $10,000 in funding, intense mentorship, and resources to get your venture ready for launch when you graduate.
Marcel Gani self-hosted internships
Get funding to spend the summer executing your own business plans. Placement at startups and VC firms also available.
Desai Accelerator
For tech-enabled startups, the accelerator provides up to a $50,000 investment, mentorship, staff, and resources for early stage ventures to rapidly grow and build your business.
Entrepreneur & Venture Club
Attend events, networking opportunities, workshops, and get support to help you develop your business idea.
Pinkert Healthcare Accelerator
Drive transformation in healthcare through a rigorous entrepreneurial accelerator focused on increasing access, reducing costs, and enhancing patient experience.
REAL.ADVISE
Consult with real-world organizations on strategic issues, providing substantive analysis and recommendations.
MAP (BA 553)
Work seven weeks full-time consulting with a corporate, entrepreneurial, or nonprofit organization to solve a pressing challenge in this signature core course. Projects take place in all types and sizes of companies, with 50% located internationally.
Action Learning Projects in Operations, Procurement, and Supply Chain Management (TO 582)
Tackle a pressing issue for a company alongside AT Kearney. Develop and present recommendations to executives, while receiving faculty guidance and attending guest lectures.
Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid (BA 612)
Design sustainable ventures that can help alleviate poverty. Identify opportunities and develop the strategies, business models, and partnerships required to explore those opportunities.
Leading People & Organizations (MO 503)
Develop and present a solution to an organizational issue for a sponsoring organization.
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Ross Open Road
Over the course of five weeks, drive from state to state meeting entrepreneurs, spending one week on site in each location working together on a solution to a business problem.
Community Case Competition
Provide pro-bono consulting services to Ann Arbor nonprofits, focusing on marketing, strategy, operations or financial analysis.
William Davidson Institute
Provide support to organizations in emerging-market countries facing issues of scaling impact, healthcare, education, performance measurement, or financial sector development through the Global Impact Internship Program.
Tauber Institute for Global Operations
Participate in opportunities including Tauber Community Service Day projects advising local nonprofits, and Tauber Facility Tours with rapid plant assessment advisory engagements.
Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
Generate and work on Erb Impact Projects with companies focusing on sustainability issues, and work on Erb Partnership Projects with companies seeking advice on sustainability issues.
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REAL.INVEST
Manage a student-run investment fund in all aspects of its operations.
Student Investment Funds
Michigan Ross offers more student-run funds than any other MBA program. This is the place to be for hands-on experience investing, managing, and growing a real investment portfolio ― before you even earn your degree.
Wolverine Venture Fund (ES 701)
Gain hands-on experience in the entire process of venture investing, including sourcing applicants, initial analysis, due-diligence negotiation, and monitoring the portfolio.
Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund (ES 702)
Evaluate new technologies developed at U-M, perform due diligence, and pitch the inventor on the investment team's proposal.
Social Venture Fund (ES 703)
Experience the entire process of social venture investing, from sourcing deals to portfolio monitoring, while focusing on ventures dedicated to improving society.
Maize and Blue Fund (FIN 725/6/8)
Act as a portfolio manager, following and analyzing particular sectors, then pitching stocks to your peers.
Real Estate Fund (FIN 702/3)
Learn to analyze real estate, cash flows, risks and rewards for a fund that invests directly in real-world projects.
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Private Equity Finance (FIN 624)
Zell Founders Fund
Invest in ventures from U-M students who are seeking funding to support a startup they hope to continue after graduation.
The Tozzi Electronic Business and Finance Center
Work in a state-of-the-art electronic trading floor and e-commerce lab with the latest technology for finance, accounting, strategy, and computing.
Erb Impact Projects
Partner with the Erb Institute to arrange financing for impact-oriented new small business startups.
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REAL.LEAD
Help operate an ongoing business unit with a corporate partner; lead your peers.
Living Business Leadership Experience (BA 656)
Help establish and ultimately lead a functional team in an actual, operational business unit, working directly with executives of a local, national, or global sponsoring company.
Tauber Team Projects (TO 703)
Tackle a paid, operations-related assignment with graduate engineering students. Develop and lead the implementation of a project ranging from high-level strategic analysis to detailed work-flow issues.
Business+Impact Board Fellows program
Serve as a board member of a regional nonprofit, gaining real-world insight into its workings and procedures while contributing to the organization’s success.
Ross Open Road
Spend five weeks before your internship driving across America. Meet and work closely with socially- and environmentally-driven entrepreneurs to help solve their business challenges.
Club Leadership
Take a leadership role in a student club and learn organization, people skills, event management, budgeting, and more.
Student-Led Conferences
Learn what it takes to run a major event by helping to organize one of the major student-led conferences at Ross.
+LAB
Master the theory of Positive Organizational Scholarship, and lead the application of positive practices in a sponsoring organization.
Our curriculum balances rigorous, fundamental concepts with the flexibility to pursue your interests. Learn more about the core courses you’ll take each term and the many ways to customize your MBA through electives, concentrations, dual degrees, and more.
