About TEC

The Technology Entrepreneur Center (TEC) was created in 2000 to capitalize on the institution's renowned world-class innovation and foster entrepreneurship through its courses, venture and product competitions, workshops, and events. The University of Illinois has a 140-year history of producing scientific visionaries, Nobel Prize-winning innovators and some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs. The TEC's courses and its co-curricular activities expose students to the complex concepts inherent in the simultaneous processes of technology innovation and market adoption. The Center offers on-site and online certificate programs for education and professional development and hosts outreach activities for students and alumni. The TEC also administers the annual V. Dale Cozad New Venture Competition and the $30,000 Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize for innovation, among several other programs.

As part of the College of Engineering, the Center is interdisciplinary, having affiliated faculty members from several departments and colleges. TEC faculty members have produced an impressive body of collaborative research and publications in both theoretical and applied disciplines.

TEC Facts
Here are some interesting facts about TEC. The statistics included use the most recent data available.