Turn collaboration into opportunity
The Conrad School connects organizations with emerging talent, entrepreneurial ideas and research expertise to create opportunities for innovation and impact.
Whether you are looking to collaborate on a student project, engage with our programs, enhance the student experience or explore research opportunities, there are many ways to partner with us.
Projects
Bring real-world challenges into the classroom.
Partner with Conrad School students on projects that apply business, entrepreneurship, technology and engineering to real-world challenges.
Collaborate with emerging talent while exploring new ideas, perspectives and approaches to problems that matter to your organization.
Program Engagement
Share your expertise and connect with emerging innovators.
Engage with Conrad School programs through guest speaking, mentorship, workshops, judging, coaching and other opportunities to share your knowledge and experience with students.
Your perspective can help students connect classroom learning with the realities of entrepreneurship, innovation and business.
Enhance the student experience
Help create experiences that move ideas forward.
Support experiential learning through events, competitions, sponsorship, mentorship and other opportunities that give students the chance to explore entrepreneurship, develop their skills and put ideas into action.
Research Partners
Collaborate on research that advances entrepreneurship and innovation.
Connect with Conrad School researchers to explore research partnerships in entrepreneurship, innovation, commercialization, technology and organizational transformation.
Why partner with us?
The Conrad School brings together the strengths of business, technology and engineering within the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Engineering.
Our interdisciplinary environment connects students, researchers, educators, entrepreneurs and organizations to explore opportunities, solve problems and move ideas toward action and impact.
By partnering with us, you can:
- Connect with emerging talent and entrepreneurial thinkers from across academic disciplines.
- Bring real-world challenges and opportunities into student learning experiences.
- Share your expertise with students and the next generation of innovators and leaders.
- Explore new ideas and perspectives through collaboration with students and researchers.
- Support entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of Waterloo.
- Create meaningful impact through experiential learning, research and collaboration.
Who can participate?
We work with a wide range of organizations, including:
- Companies and industry partners
- Startups and entrepreneurs
- Investors and venture organizations
- Non-profits and community organizations
- Government and public-sector organizations
- Research and innovation organizations
- Alumni and individual entrepreneurs
Whether you have a specific project in mind or want to explore ways to engage with the Conrad School, we can help identify an opportunity that fits your goals.
Interested in partnering with the Conrad School?
Connect with us to learn more about opportunities to engage with our students, programs and research.
-Neel Dayal, Senior Director of Partnerships and Innovation, Rogers
MBET Corporate Innovation Project team at the Rogers HQ office in Toronto.