Welcome to the UMass Lowell Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program: for those who want to think outside the box and the classroom.

We offer a variety of degree and certificate programs in both marketing and entrepreneurship at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. 

Meet Our Students

Emily Lara
Emily Lara '20
Business Administration

Manning School of Business grad Emily Lara ’20 has been California dreamin’ for some time. Now her dream is coming true.

One of the biggest things UMass Lowell has helped me with is learning how to work in teams with other people.
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    Manning Students Serve as Small Business Consultants in Panama

    Ten Manning School of Business students traveled to Panama this summer to provide consulting services to small business owners in a rural community. The weeklong trip, funded by the Manning School, was run by Global Brigades, a nonprofit health and sustainable development organization.
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    ‘I Can’t Believe I Make Cookies for a Living’

    When photos of her homemade cookies blew up on Instagram, Manning School of Business alumna Maude Gagnon ’19 quit her day job and started her own company, Southie Cookie.
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    Deshpande Symposium an Eye-Opener for Business Students

    Three co-op students from the Rist DifferenceMaker Institute attended the 12th annual Deshpande Symposium on Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Higher Education in Scottsdale, Arizona, where they learned how to make the program more inviting to all UML students.
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    UML Friendship Leads to New Business Venture

    Manning School of Business alumni Eric Howe ’14, ’17 and Matthew Pehl ’14, ’15, who met at UML orientation in 2010, have launched PierAhead, a software-as-a-service company that helps businesses maximize their advertising budgets on Amazon.