Student Groups
There are many student organizations committed to various aspects of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Some are limited to undergraduate or graduate student participation, and some support all. These opportunities allow students to gain experience and make valuable interdisciplinary connections on- and off-campus.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Student Organizations at WashU:
BALSA FOUNDATION
Focuses on helping individuals start businesses as The BALSA Group’s philanthropic arm. It is founded and run by WUSTL grad students and postdoctoral fellows and staff.
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCE ADVISING (BALSA) GROUP
Provides short-term consulting services to companies ranging from small start-ups to large corporations. It is a non-profit organization founded and led by WUSTL graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.
CONSULT YOUR COMMUNITY
Consult Your Community is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit that inspires communities into action. Through semester-long, skills-based consulting projects, we mobilize college students to leverage their education, digital fluency, mentorship networks, and knowledge as customers to empower small business owners and drive change in their communities.
DESIGN FOR AMERICA (DFA)
A group of makers, thinkers, and doers who take on projects that solve problems using human-centered design. DFA develops a pipeline of leaders of innovation and creates impact through the implementation of DFA projects.
ENGINEERING TEST KTICHEN (ETK)
Founded in 2014, Engineering Test Kitchen (ETK) provides high quality student teams, spanning engineering disciplines, to take on your projects. Companies of all sizes, universities and non-profit organizations have benefited from the focus and insight of skilled ETK members.
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS
Partners with developing communities to improve their quality of life through the implementation of environmentally sustainable, equitable, and economical engineering projects while developing internationally responsible engineers and engineering students.
ENTREPRENEUR AND VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION (EVCA)
Aims to nurture the entrepreneurial spirit of the St. Louis Community through the WUSTL MBA program.
DEVELOPER STUDENT CLUB WASHU
A student club for students interested in Google developer technologies. By joining WashU’s chapter of DSC, students grow their knowledge in a peer-to-peer learning environment and build solutions for local businesses and the greater St. Louis community.
INSITE NO CODE GROUP
InSite allows students of all interests and academic backgrounds to join together and build innovative apps as a collaborative team through non-coding softwares.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SOCIETY
WashULaw’s Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS) seeks to encourage and promote student interest in intellectual property law. In addition to providing a forum for the exchange of information and ideas in intellectual property law, IPLS sponsors speakers, seminars, and conferences that cover a wide variety of current topics in patent, trademark, and copyright law. IPLS also participates in events sponsored by counterpart organizations at other area law schools.
OLIN NET IMPACT
Net Impact's volunteer-led chapter drives change by creating a like-minded community and providing events and programs that support members who aim to use business as a force for environmental & social impact. The mission of Olin Net Impact Graduate Chapter is to engage and empower the Washington University and professional community to use their careers to drive positive social, environmental, and economic change.
SLING HEALTH
Identifies and designs solutions to problems in healthcare and small interdisciplinary and multi-level teams in an aggressive, but efficient, 14-week design process. Outcomes include patents, conference & journal papers, licensing deals, and start-ups.
TAMID
TAMID integrates the next generations of entrepreneurs and business professionals with Israel through comprehensive education curriculum, pro-bono consulting for Israeli startups, capital market investment research, and an opportunity for a summer internship program in Israel. TAMID at WashU aims to attract motivated and engaged student leaders who are eager to learn and to participate in hands-on learning, both on and off-campus.