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title: "Carleton University to launch entrepreneurship degree after $10M donation from alumnus Eric Sprott"
description: "Ottawa Business Journal reported that Eric Sprott, a Carleton alumnus, has donated $10 million to the Sprott School of Business to fund a three-year Bachelor of Entrepreneurship degree launching fall 2027."
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Carleton University will launch a three-year Bachelor of Entrepreneurship degree at the Sprott School of Business in fall 2027, Ottawa Business Journal reported on November 10. The program follows a $10 million donation from alumnus Eric Sprott, Ottawa Business Journal reported.

The gift brings Sprott's total contributions to Carleton to $25 million over 25 years, according to Ottawa Business Journal. Sprott School of Business dean Howard Nemiroff described the new degree as Canada's first such program, though that claim comes from Carleton's own account of the program and has not been independently verified.

Ottawa Business Journal reported the program will not require two Grade 12 math prerequisites that existing commerce and accounting programs at Carleton demand. The three-year degree will focus on hands-on learning, Ottawa Business Journal said, including bootcamps on business plan development, investor pitching, team building and idea evaluation.

Ottawa Business Journal quoted Sprott on his motivation for the gift, saying he has been a successful investor in life and is happy to support the program as it gets started and grows.

## Why Carleton is building this program

Nemiroff told Ottawa Business Journal the aim is to keep talented entrepreneurs in Ottawa rather than seeing them leave for other cities. He said he wants successful companies to be built in Ottawa rather than heading to Silicon Valley. The program responds to changes in the job market driven by artificial intelligence, Ottawa Business Journal reported, and is intended to position entrepreneurship as a career path for graduates who want flexibility.

The degree differs from Carleton's existing commerce and accounting programs in one notable way: it will not require the two Grade 12 math prerequisites those programs demand. Nemiroff told Ottawa Business Journal that removing the prerequisite is meant to open the program to a wider range of students.

Ottawa residents who want to follow the program's development can visit the Sprott School of Business at [carleton.ca/sprott](https://carleton.ca/sprott), where admission and program details will be posted ahead of the fall 2027 launch.

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