Resources and Programs for Alumni & Friends

Startup mentors utilize their experience and expertise to advise UGA-based startups, helping them navigate the early stages of business.

Serve as a mentor, speaker, or judge at UGA Entrepreneurship Program events, competitions, and accelerators.

Philanthropically invest in the UGA Innovation District and help to drive new startups, inventions, and experiential learning.

Bulldog 100 celebrates the top 100 fastest-growing organizations owned or operated by UGA alumni and is selection based on your nominations.

Seminars, bootcamps, lunch and learns, and social activities provide rich learning opportunities and plug you in to the entrepreneurial community at UGA.

Innovation Gateway teaches the basics of commercialization to faculty and provides targeted skill-building and personalized coaching in entrepreneurship and innovation.

Gain access to UGA student talent and expertise to solve simple or complex solutions for actual, industry specific challenges through the Student Industry Fellows Program.

Partner with the New Media Institute on a capstone project or class initiative in which students will apply emerging media and digital technologies to address a business challenge.

With a talented interdisciplinary student base at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, the New Media Institute offers a series of project partnership opportunities to best suit your organization.

The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is actively pursuing opportunities to work with commercial entities to create solutions that improve sustainable access to food, fuel, and fiber. We have over 250 faculty members and 2000 students across 9 departments and 21 majors that range from Applied Biosciences through Food and Hospitality Management. If your organization wants to work with the best academic partner in the country to create value in food, farming, or the environment, the University of Georgia is a great place to start. We will tailor a solution to your needs with the right engagement structure, and the right mix of students, world-class faculty, and facilities.

Partner with the Terry College of Business to create a project-based learning opportunity that gives you a recruiting advantage and adds value to your company.

We welcome businesses, non-profits, and industry to connect with the UGA College of Engineering through a variety of outlets including working with students teams through capstone senior design projects to address industry needs, engaging in collaborative research with our distinguished faculty and hiring our diverse and high-achieving students for internships and co-op positions.