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Join this co-working space and entrepreneurial community on Franklin Street to network with other student innovators and take your idea to the next level. .
Connect with other students in person and virtually
Use this online platform to get advice about your idea or venture from a network of UNC-connected entrepreneruial experts.
Ask your innovation questions. Anytime. Anywhere.
Visit one of four on-campus makerspaces, where you can design physical objects and make prototypes for your courses, research, entrepreneurship or fun.
Get trained in 3D printing, electronics, metalworking, more
Join a residential community in Carmichael Residence Hall and use makerspace tools to engage in self-discovery, build diverse connections and accelerate ideas.
Launch your venture or idea where you live
Join UNC’s social innovation incubator located at the Campus Y, where students and faculty tackle social and environmental issues.
Launch a social venture with support, space and coaching
Apply to join this award-winning business accelerator and take advantage of co-working space just steps from campus on Franklin Street.
Scale your startup in downtown Chapel Hill
Use new technologies to create and share novel and immersive storytelling experiences that engage audiences.
Use AI, AR and VR to solve problems for media companies
Visit this quiet space where computer science faculty and budding entrepreneurs gather to read, think and create.
Connect with computer science entrepreneurs
Get experience with branding for the fashion and lifestyle industry through this interdisciplinary design program in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
Add hands-on creative projects to your studies
Check out VR/AR equipment – and get trained on how to use it – at UNC Libraries. This learning community will help you enhance your work with immersive technologies.
Explore AR/VR equipment and training
Find research collaborators and information, global health opportunities and support for innovation at the Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Solve health problems through research, innovation and practice
Visit the App Lab in the computer science department to learn how to build web and mobile applications.
Consult with computer science experts on apps and software
Use geographical information systems (GIS) and data to enhance your research and innovations. In this space, you’ll find support for working with data, mapping, texts and visualization technologies.
Make ideas stronger with data services, GIS and visualization
Apply new digital research methods to your clinical and biomedical research. In this technology-enabled space, you’ll get training on the latest equipment and software.
Take your research to the digital edge
Get engineering assistance with electronics theory, design and fabrication; automation and robotics; signal analysis and image processing; sensors and wireless connectivity (IoT), and much more.
Learn from electronics and instrumentation experts
Design, implement and scale new ways of addressing social problem at the School of Social Work’s Jordan Institute for Families.
Design social innovations in an innovative environment
