About
We give all students the chance to explore innovative ideas, to develop the practical skills they need to start a business and to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs, change-makers and leaders to do better business and be at the forefront of innovative thinking. We do this through providing free start-up bootcamps, interactive workshops, professional legal and financial advice plus ideation sessions, hackathons, innovation placements and exciting internships in SMEs and microcompanies.
What we do
We work with business experts, inspirational speakers, mentors and a range of businesses to enrich our support and grow the dynamic and cost-free network of support we offer to students.
We are committed to supporting students from all walks of life to realise their potential, to have an excellent student experience and to be happy and healthy as they develop their ideas alongside their studies. The Student Enterprise team undertake training to stay ahead of current business and innovation trends, to improve their practice and to support the wellbeing of students, including MHFA Mental Health First Aider training.
Tomas Jancarek shares his enterprise journey at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½, who now runs his own business called Infinite Quest.
Enterprise spaces on campus
The enterprise team supports all students who want to make their business idea a reality.
Our spaces on campus provide physical places to work on your business, hold professional meetings, do pitch practice and ideate in groups.
Check out the different spaces and what they can be used for below.
The space is a flexible presentation suite, private mentoring space and small meeting room. Located at the foot of the outside library steps, smaller Student Enterprise workshops take place in the Innovation cube and pitch panels make use of this space for the private and professional feel of the room.
You can book this space by contacting studententeprise@surrey.ac.uk.
Students and recent graduates can access office space and resources in our campus incubator, the Enterprise Cube.
This is a space for entrepreneurs to grow their ideas and build their businesses. The space is open for use throughout the week and weekend, with Co-working Wednesdays every week for those who would like to work alongside others for encouragement, collaboration or support.
If you'd like to access the Enterprise Cube, pop along on a Wednesday or email studententerprise@surrey.ac.uk.
Found on Senate House level 2, this space is an large, open plan area with comfortable seating for sociable working and hackathons, breakout rooms for private sessions and small huddle areas for team meetings and focussed time.
This space is always bustling with students studying, reading or working on ideas and Student Enterprise run their larger, groupwork sessions and events here such as Hackathon17 in June, where students can work on solving a set of the Sustainable Development Goals each year.
Part of the Global No.1 business incubator, SETsquared ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ is powered by ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ and based in the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Technology Centre on the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Research Park near Manor Park.
Graduates can progress through Student Enterprise into SETsquared ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ if their business is high tech, high growth and each year Student Enterprise funds membership for a small number of appropriate graduate start-ups.
SETsquared ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ does not take equity in any company, instead its programme nurtures members to grow their business by providing a unique entrepreneurial ecosystem and a flexible co-working space.
If you would like to discuss your company’s suitability for the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ SETsquared incubator please contact Lottie Watson on c.watson@surrey.ac.uk, mentioning Student Enterprise if you are already engaging with us.