Business Development Certificate Program
September 2010 - June 2011

The BD Program is on hiatus 2009 - 2010.


Business Development Fellow, Adrian Brozell

The year-long Business Development Certificate program
provides UC Davis science and engineering graduate and post-doctoral
students hands-on experience in developing business skills for a career in
industry and the opportunity to develop new business ventures.

Through a combination of coursework, clinics, networking events, and field visits to regional start-ups, students gain a first-hand look at the entrepreneurial experience and opportunities available in industry. The program teams MBA students with engineers and scientists to develop the commercial potential of cutting-edge research. The dynamic, interactive environment blends effective theory with hands-on participation and solution-driven innovation.

The Business Development Fellows and MBA students experience first-hand what it takes for an idea to move from the lab to the world as they participate in Graduate School of Management courses in technology management, innovation and entrepreneurship, and interdisciplinary clinics under the guidance of GSM faculty, investors, and entrepreneurs.

Applications are accepted during the spring quarter. The program runs
September – June each year.

"...thank you for the time and energy put into the Business Development Certificate program. I enjoyed and learned so much that year. The experience was also an important factor in landing my current job..." BD Fellow '06

BD Fellows Emine Gunhan, Gabriel Paulino and Ebrima Ceesay marketing Baadala Nectar at the Davis Farmers Market.

"We are right at the junction between cutting-edge research, social conscience, and business leadership. This program is about science and environmentalism embracing business...the result is going to be a new generation of business leaders that are driven to improve the world, not just the economy, and who have the tools to do it.” BD Fellow '07