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Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship

Also known as: WCE, Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship

University of Houston · Houston, Texas

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Application

BBA cohort: 30–35 students selected annually

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Last activity

2026-11-13

High confidence

The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship (WCE) is the central student entrepreneurship hub at the University of Houston's C. T. Bauer College of Business. Founded in 1991, WCE has been ranked the #1 undergraduate entrepreneurship program by The Princeton Review for seven consecutive years (2026) — the first program ever to achieve seven straight #1 rankings. Executive Director Dave Cook leads an ecosystem serving 4,639+ students across 89 majors with 630+ Houston business mentors.

Program Portfolio

  • BBA in Entrepreneurship — elite 30–35 student lockstep cohort
  • Certificates — Corporate, Social, and Technology entrepreneurship
  • RED Labs — 12-week summer accelerator ($5K stipend)
  • WCE Pitch Competition — $10K campus-wide awards
  • Wayne B. Duddlesten Free Enterprise Institute — campus-wide expansion (2024)
  • Start a Business Toolkit Series — workshops for all UH students

Future Infrastructure

WCE is slated to move into the $75M Innovation Hub (Centennial Project) with construction beginning spring 2026 and completion expected fall 2027 near the M.D. Anderson Library.