Certificate in Ecopreneurship

We are in the midst of a multi-decade, multi-trillion dollar economic transition to address current global climate and sustainability challenges and create a future where humans and nature thrive in concert and in perpetuity. A crucial driver to accelerate this transition will be sustainability-focused entrepreneurs (i.e. “ecopreneurs”). The courses in this certificate present the processes, mindsets, and tools that ecopreneurs leverage to solve complex environmental sustainability challenges through the creation of new organizations or new initiatives within larger organizations. By completing this certificate, students will gain practice in identifying opportunities, evaluating the viability of new ventures, and leading change for sustainability.

This certificate is offered in collaboration with Stanford Ecopreneurship a partnership between the Doerr School of Sustainability and the Graduate School of Business.

Learning objectives

Courses

You must complete the core course and 3 elective courses from the list below. 1 elective must be a project based course. 

Reminder: All courses must be taken for at least 3 units and a letter grade. Read the FAQ's for more information about course restrictions.

Core course

STRAMGT 357 Ecopreneurship Foundations

Elective courses

View Stanford Navigator for detailed course offerings and descriptions

*Must be a sustainability-focused project. Explicitly, the main measure of success for the project must be centered around environmental impact (e.g. tons of CO2 equivalent reduced, kilowatt-hours generated, number of new solar electricians trained, acres of forest preserved, tons of waste diverted, etc.).