Entrepreneurship at FEAS
Explore Innovation & Entrepreneurship:
Engineering is about more than solving problems—it’s about shaping the future. By exploring innovation and entrepreneurship, you can transform your ideas into real-world solutions that create lasting impact. Whether you’re designing new technologies, developing sustainable systems, or building your own startup, this journey will challenge you to think creatively, take risks, and make a difference.
Gain career-ready skills by building a new enterprise, starting your own project, or contributing to existing ventures
Access funding for your startup, nonprofit or other impact-driven project;
Create and innovate in collaborative spaces and state-of-the art facilities
Network and build community with industry leaders and researchers
Start your innovation journey today!
Where are you in your entrepreneurial journey?
We can help you at every stage! Explore your journey below:
Discover the foundations of an entrepreneurial mindset through educational workshops, research initiatives, and industry-focused learning. Take workshops on sustainable technology, public policy, measuring social impact, and much more. Build a network, discover your potential and learn how to turn ideas into impactful projects.
L2M Discover
Through this 10-week Lab2Market program, explore entrepreneurship and consider transforming your research into a world-changing venture.
DMZ Basecamp
Launch and grow your student-based tech start-up through Basecamp’s summer entrepreneurship program.
Master of Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MEIE)
Get a master’s degree while building a startup.
Minor in Innovation and Zone Learning
Gain the skills, confidence, and freedom to experiment and launch the innovations you’re passionate about, regardless of your program area.
Optional Specialisation in Zone Learning
Through this single umbrella course, enrich your degree, gain mentorship, coaching, and support for your entrepreneurial ideas.
Startup School Resources
Learn about team building, startup basics, operations, prototyping and more from on demand resources and content.
Unlock your entrepreneurial potential and innovate with purpose. Get exclusive access to platforms for experiential learning, along with resources and support to test and develop your ideas. Build new enterprises, launch transformative projects, or contribute to cutting-edge ventures while gaining career-ready skills!
Zone learning
TMU’s 10 zones are a network of programs and supports offering students hands-on experiential learning, nurturing students’ innovative ideas, and supporting student-led ventures.
Design teams
Design and research teams are groups of students from any TMU faculty, looking to build confidence, skills and explore technological solutions in 4 areas: blood glucose monitoring, cancer detection, harvest technologies and combat robotics.
Biomedical Zone
A partnership between Toronto Metropolitan University and St. Michael’s Hospital, the Biomedical Zone offers health startups unprecedented access to the clinical environment, while facilitating unique experiential learning opportunities for students.
Clean Energy Zone (CEZ)
At the forefront of today’s energy sector transformation is CEZ—a multidisciplinary incubator focused on clean, sustainable innovations, including electric vehicles, renewables, microgrids, and energy storage and distribution.
Design Fabrication Zone (DFZ)
A collaboration between Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Interior Design and the Department of Architectural Science, DFZ gives students access to the advanced equipment, technical support, workshops and networking opportunities they need to take their ideas and designs to the prototype stage.
Innovation Boost Zone (IBZ)
This startup incubator helps develop tech-based ventures giving students a space to work on their own startup ideas or impact projects, and develop their entrepreneurial skills.
Discover the Innovation Boost Zone (external link)
Social Venture Zone
Whether you’re a student, alumni, faculty or community member, this zone can help you develop impactful social ventures through coaching, training, and funding opportunities.
Explore the Social Venture Zone
Science Discovery Zone
The Science Discovery Zone uses an evidence-based approach to test big ideas and discover new ventures, and provides exploratory scientific entrepreneurship programs, experiential learning & skills development opportunities for students, and startup incubation.
Explore the Science Discovery Zone
Digital Media Zone (DMZ)
As founder, student or investor, this zone helps you scale your startup, hone in-demand skills, and find winning investments.
L2M Validate & Build
Through these Lab2Market programs, test, evaluate, and develop your ideas and innovations as you prepare them for market.
Explore Lab2Market programs (external link)
Access funding opportunities for your startup, nonprofit, or impact-driven project. Explore targeted awards and programs designed to provide financial support and help advance innovative ventures.
FEAS Capstone Awards
This $5000 award recognizes outstanding student innovation and achievement in final-year projects.
Esch Awards
Get funding and support to create and launch new innovations or ventures.
L2M Validate & Launch
Through these Lab2Market accelerators, access funding, mentorship, and coaching to build, refine, pitch and launch your venture.
The Penny Appeal Canada Social Accelerator Fund
Get funding to support staffing and coaching programs towards the growth of your social venture.
The G. Raymond Chang-Sheldon levy Partnership Award
Zone learning undergrad students can access over $5k towards their innovation or project.
The Gordon and Helen Love Family Entrepreneurial Award
Demonstrate your passion for your startup or business idea and access over $4k to put towards your project.
The Irving N. Arnold Award for Innovation and Invention
Demonstrating the practical application of your project, access this $1000 award to support your startup idea.
See application & eligibility criteria
Be inspired by our innovators
FEAS is home to IBZ, Esch and many other innovators who are solving pressing global challenges. They have developed and launched sought-after enterprises and have invested in building strong support ecosystems for students' entrepreneurial endeavours and surrounding communities. Explore the impact of FEAS-led startups and social innovations.
