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School of Engineering & Applied Science

The most built-out entrepreneurship infrastructure at UVA — curriculum, funding, makerspace and an 18-year translational center.

31%of Enterprise Studio faculty ventures
150+students in business & entrepreneurship minors
1967joint BME department with Medicine

Overview

Engineering pairs a translational research center (Coulter) with student venture funding (VentureForward), a business minor, and 20,000 square feet of fabrication space. Its joint Biomedical Engineering department with Medicine, founded in 1967, is the biotech on-ramp.

  • Coulter Center — 122 projects and 25 startups over 18 years
  • VentureForward — roughly 40–45 teams funded a year
  • Engineering Business Minor (15 credits) and Technology Entrepreneurship concentration
  • Joined the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), July 2026
  • Lacy Student Experiential Center — 20,000 sq ft of fabrication on Edgemont Rd
  • Rolls-Royce University Technology Center — one of three in the United States
  • Founding partner with Rolls-Royce in CCAM, the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing

In the news

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Engineering · July 2026
UVA Engineering joins the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network

KEEN membership brings entrepreneurial-mindset curriculum into the School of Engineering & Applied Science.

Faculty founder · February 2026
A conversation with faculty founder Silvia Salinas Blemker

The Professor of Biomedical Engineering is CSO and co-founder of Springbok Analytics.

Connected across the map

TranslationCoulter Center25 startups · $1.4BTranslationVentureForward~45 teams a yearThe NationKEEN · NCI Designationcurriculum · 1 of 58 centersThe SchoolsMedicine46% of all venturesTranslationEnterprise Studio115 venturesTranslationBatten i.Lab22 teams · 5 schoolsThe SchoolsMcIntireGalant CenterThe SchoolsWise & NOVAUVA beyond GroundsTranslationE-Cup$100K · 3 stagesTranslationRolls-Royce UTC1 of 3 in the U.S.TranslationCorporate Partnersevery school has themSpeed & ScaleIX Park2 UVA spinoutsThe CommonwealthTech Talent Program$1.1B / 20 yearsThe NationNSFI-Corps → Enterprise StudioThe NationDOD · DARPA · DIUdual-use → Rivanna StationThe NationCoulter Foundation1 of 9 partners nationally

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