University Partners
Plug and Play Tech Center has established relationships with the top national and international universities. To date, we have strong connections with universities such as Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Simon Fraser, Cambridge, and others. Our goal is to educate students on entrepreneurship, to motivate and inspire them to start their own ventures; once these ventures are created our extensive network will increase their chances of success by 2-3 times. We look forward to including many more universities into this prestigious network.
For more information please contact Carolina Gonzalez, University Relationships.
Babson College, located in Wellesley, Massachusetts, is recognized internationally for its entrepreneurial leadership in a changing global environment. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program. It grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.
BR Venture Fund (BRV) is Johnson’s early stage venture capital fund. Operated entirely by a team of MBA students, BRV typically invests up to $250,000 in US-based high growth companies across all industries. Initially funded by donations to the University, BRV is a true evergreen fund, recycling all proceeds for reinvestment.
Carnegie Mellon University is a global research university with more than 11,000 students, 84,000 alumni, and 4,000 faculty and staff. Recognized for its world-class arts and technology programs, collaboration across disciplines and innovative leadership in education, Carnegie Mellon is consistently a top-ranked university. “We don't operate like other universities. From the beginning, innovation has been a part of our DNA and we continue to push the envelope.
Cornell is a private, Ivy League university and the land-grant University for New York State. Cornell aspires to be the exemplary comprehensive research university for the 21st century on the basis of its distinctive status as a private university with a formal public mission. Cornell partners with the industry to develop Cornell's technologies and plant varieties into products and services for public good.
Indiana University is a major multi-campus public research institution, grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, and a world leader in professional, medical, and technological education. Indiana University’s mission is to provide broad access to undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education for students throughout Indiana, the United States, and the world, as well as outstanding academic and cultural programs and student services.
MIT is a world-class educational institution. Teaching and research—with relevance to the practical world as a guiding principle—continue to be its primary purpose. MIT is independent, coeducational, and privately endowed. Its five schools and one college encompass numerous academic departments, divisions, and degree-granting programs, as well as interdisciplinary centers, laboratories, and programs whose work cuts across traditional departmental boundaries.
Ranked by respected national surveys as one of Canada’s top three comprehensive universities for almost 20 years, Simon Fraser University is named after a famous explorer and known for its pioneering spirit.
Located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University is recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of I, UIUC, or simply Illinois) is a public research intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest, and largest campus in the University of Illinois system. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the second oldest public university in the state, second to Illinois State University. It is considered a Public Ivy and is a long-standing member of the Big Ten Conference.
The University of San Francisco (USF), is a private, Jesuit university located in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1855, USF was established as the first university in San Francisco. It is the second oldest institution for higher learning in California and the tenth-oldest university of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. USF is the eighth largest Jesuit university in the United States.
