Innovation@RGU

Business & Innovation

Innovation@RGU

As a university, we exist to be a place of curiosity and new thinking. We need to prepare our communities for the challenges of the future by designing new solutions. Our Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group help drive innovation and support new enterprises to create impact and contribute to Scotland’s economic prosperity.

Apply for the Startup Accelerator

Become an entrepreneur with five months of training, mentorship, incubation space and access to funding and turn your idea into a high-growth venture in the North East.

Access the Entrepreneurship Toolkit

Take the first steps to develop a new entrepreneurial idea of venture by accessing our free online toolkit of resources, topics, masterclasses and more. Book to attend our events or gain skills by visiting the toolkit on CampusMoodle.

Subscribe to the Innovation Mailing List

Keep updated on all of our activities, events, updates and startup stories by subscribing to our mailing list to get email digests a few times a month.

 

Supporting Entrepreneurship

Being entrepreneurial is a foundational skill for the future, and our economy relies on the creativity, ingenuity and ambition of founders. Through our accelerators, programmes, resources and events – we help aspiring entrepreneurs from every discipline explore and launch new ventures.

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Inspiring Innovation

Being innovative is critical for the success of our society and our university. Through training programmes, events, and projects, we want to be a catalyst for curiosity and support the university to think differently, experiment with ideas, challenge norms and evolve to become a leading institution ready for the future.

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News

Published: Tuesday 19 November 2024

An award-winning Aberdeenshire cider entrepreneur has reflected on their positive experience participating in Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) Food, Drink, and Tourism Entrepreneurship short course amid its return early next year.

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Published: Tuesday 15 October 2024

Best-selling author and international expert in innovation-driven entrepreneurship, Paul Cheek, visited Aberdeen yesterday (Monday 14 October) to enlighten and inspire the current and future generation of North East entrepreneurs, educators and business founders.

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Published: Tuesday 08 October 2024

RGU Startup Accelerator success story, Birth of Brilliance, is to offer fresh support for expectant mothers and their families in Aberdeen with the launch of a new childbirth and parenting course.

Are you Innovation Ready?

We're driving change in the future of work. Preparing our students, staff & alumni to be entrepreneurs, innovators and change makers of tomorrow.

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