In collaboration with the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), the Amman Center is working with engineering faculty at five leading Tunisian universities to introduce critical elements of an entrepreneurship curriculum and consult on how to build an ecosystem that will support entrepreneurial activities in the Tunisian context. The initiative is led by SEAS, and draws on the strengths of other Columbia schools including Law, Business, and International and Public Affairs, as well as the expertise of Columbia Technology Ventures.
The project responds to an expressed interest from Tunisian universities to strengthen the culture of entrepreneurship in engineering education. Training workshops for a group of engineering and business educators from Tunisia were held on campus in New York on April 27-May 5, 2016, providing opportunities to learn from immersion in an ecosystem of entrepreneurship.