Featuring a blend of STEM education and real-world training in business analysis and technology evaluation, the technology development and entrepreneurship graduate certificate is a value-added credential that offers tangible support for graduates facing a competitive job market. The program offers you a unique opportunity to form partnerships with industry leaders and receive a stipend in the form of an assistantship while completing your advanced degree.
The current technologies that need developed are:
- Vaccine manufacturing in USD's certified Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) lab
- Drug loaded implantable polymer medical device
- 3D cell culture systems
- Colorectal cancer treatment
- System to search and organize big data
- Gene editing for plants
Think critically across disciplines, solve practical problems and network with regional inventors, business leaders and area experts who provide education beyond the classroom. The academic fields for the certificate include, but are not limited to, biomedical engineering, business, chemistry, basic biomedical sciences, biology, computer science and physics. This program is available only to current USD students pursuing a master's degree or higher.