CTIS Startup Studio is an innovative initiative designed to transform senior project ideas into real-world startup opportunities. By combining structured mentorship, industry collaboration, and entrepreneurial thinking, the studio helps students move beyond academic projects and into the startup ecosystem.
Our mission is simple: turn student innovation into real impact.
CTIS Startup Studio was introduced in the 2025-2026 Academic Year with the acceptance of 7 CTIS Senior projects.
Every year, CTIS senior students develop ambitious capstone projects. Many of these ideas have the potential to become real products, services, or startups. However, turning a project into a startup requires more than technical skills — it requires mentorship, market understanding, validation, and entrepreneurial mindset.
CTIS Startup Studio bridges this gap by providing a structured pathway from idea → prototype → validation → pitch → launch readiness.
Each participating Senior Project team is matched with an industry mentor who guides them throughout the journey.
Mentors help students:
Through regular mentor meetings, students gain exposure to real industry challenges and learn how to shape their projects into viable business opportunities.
The list of our 2025-2026 mentors:
Before building products, teams focus on understanding the problem space.
Students work to:
This stage ensures that projects are not just technically impressive, but meaningful, needed, and impactful.
Once the problem and solution are aligned, teams move into building and testing.
Senior Project teams:
This process teaches students how real startups build products: test early, learn fast, iterate continuously .
The final phase prepares teams to present their startup idea to the world.
Students receive support in:
The journey culminates in the CTIS Demo Day, where teams present their startups to:
By the end of the program, teams are ready to take their project beyond the classroom and into the real world.
CTIS Startup Studio equips students with:
Students graduate not only with a senior project, but with the experience of building something that can truly make an impact.
The list of our 2025-2026 CTIS Senior project teams:
CTIS Startup Studio is where innovation meets mentorship and where student ideas become real startup opportunities.
From capstone to company — the journey starts here.
