Bangalore: College campuses are becoming learning centers and incubators for startups these days, universities are known to offer varied courses which boost up the confidence of college goers and convert them to rich entrepreneurs in a short span. It becomes a platform where such young dreams are nurtured and the influence of this is the college goers have businesses and bank accounts worth million dollars even before they can legally drive a car.

Some of the famous universities in the world have more coaching classes dedicated to entrepreneurship and now you would not be surprised to know the evolution of these young entrepreneurs. Here is the run-down of leading universities that serve as a complete launch pad for aspiring entrepreneurs and startups.  

Stanford University

“The instructors force you to sign a paper which says you won’t get a grade for the class until you have publicly launched your product in the 11 weeks of class. Just build your product, and get it out the door. My cofounder and I built Pulse from scratch in five weeks” says Akshay Kothari who co-founded Pulse News, an app that received $10 million in funding to date.

The entire course and its elements are not for fainthearted, the course description warns every student, to have a burning desire to start a company. In a span of just 10 weeks, students learn and apply the values of designing, prototyping, marketing, distribution and presentation, to launch a successful startup. That’s not it! The course directors, (Perry Klebahn, former CEO of Timbuk2, and Michael Dearing, former eBay SVP) promise to change your life in return.

Stanford is a hotspot of entrepreneurial activity but it also has various other courses on Digital Media Entrepreneurship (For aspiring media enthusiasts) The Graduate School Businesses and the d.school’s Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability.