Entrepreneurship

Successful entrepreneurs need a thorough understanding of all areas of business as well as the knowledge and ability to create business plans that address real market opportunities. The Jones School is a recognized leader in entrepreneurship education and research. Our programs help shape tomorrow’s vital new businesses by ensuring that students and graduates possess the skills necessary to create and sustain prosperous new enterprises.

In 2009, Entrepreneur magazine and the Princeton Review ranked the Jones School 5th nationally for its graduate entrepreneurship programs. The school is also home to the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Rice University's initiative devoted to the support of technology entrepreneurship. The Rice Alliance invites all graduate business school teams to compete in the annual Rice Business Plan Competition, recently recognized as one of the richest, largest, and most competitive academic business plan competitions in the world by Fortune Small Business.