University programme · British Columbia, Canada
Sixteen-week entrepreneurship programme at the University of British Columbia for researchers commercializing a discovery and students with a startup idea, run online weekly with four in-person sessions.
Closed Run by Innovation UBC, University of British Columbia
Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages
Weekly 3.5-hour online sessions on Thursdays plus in-person sessions in weeks 5, 10, 15 and 16. Cost, equity and funding are not published.
Spring 2027: applications closed 18 October 2026; the programme starts 3 February 2027.
Usual timing: The Spring 2027 cohort runs 3 February to 24 June 2027. Innovation UBC's home page gave an earlier deadline of 11 October.
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