UMSL Community Development, Education, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Student Programs, Workforce Development

UMSL Accelerate

Accelerate offers advanced curriculum, expertise, mentorship, and experiences. Our evolving curriculum focuses on design thinking and innovation systems to develop insightful leaders with skills to bring ideas to market, start and grow new endeavors and solve problems creatively.

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Community-Engaged Service, Community-Engaged Teaching/Learning, Program

The UMSL Accelerate

vision

is to serve as a catalyst for developing students, faculty and community members to inspire entrepreneurship and innovation. The

mission

is to foster a community of thought leaders by providing a vibrant ecosystem to Educate, Innovate, and Collaborate. Accelerate supports innovation anywhere from helping those with little experience in entrepreneurship develop an idea, to a Fortune 500 company gain a competitive advantage through innovation. While many universities offer entrepreneurial programs, UMSL created a multi-dimensional approach to developing entrepreneurial leaders while providing the ability for people to access this entrepreneurial ecosystem through a variety of entry points, which is critical for the success of the region.