The Creative Destruction Lab Student Fellowship Program is a Rotman School fellowship for up to 20 incoming Full-Time MBA and Evening MBA students. It is intended for students committed to exploring careers in entrepreneurship and startups.
Recipients join CDL strategic courses and gain access to events and startup experience. CDL-Toronto is based at Rotman and connects business students with early-stage science and technology ventures.
Benefits & funding
- A financial award of up to CAD 20,000.
- Guaranteed placement in Creative Destruction Lab strategic courses.
- Sponsored access to key CDL events.
- Advanced priority for a paid internship with a CDL venture; the internship itself is not stated as guaranteed.
Eligibility
- Open to incoming Rotman Full-Time MBA and Evening MBA students.
- Applicants must be committed to exploring careers in entrepreneurship and startups.
- Applicants enter through their chosen MBA program and must meet that program’s admissions requirements.
- For the Full-Time MBA route, Rotman requires an appropriate bachelor’s degree or equivalent with at least a 3.0 GPA in the final year; it normally requires two years of full-time work experience, with exceptions for some combined-degree applicants.
- Full-Time MBA applicants must also satisfy the published test and English-language requirements or qualify for an exemption.
- No nationality, residency, age, or gender restriction is stated for the fellowship.
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Application process
- 1Review the admissions criteria and current application round for the relevant Rotman MBA program.
- 2Create an account in Rotman’s application portal and complete the MBA application, including the required transcripts, test information, professional references, resume, and timed written assessment.
- 3Submit the MBA application by the selected round deadline; no separate fellowship application is required initially.
- 4Monitor the applicant portal and email for assessment, interview, and decision updates.
Program timeline
Round 1 application deadline.
September 16, 2026
Round 2 application deadline.
November 11, 2026
Round 3 application deadline.
January 13, 2027
Round 4 application deadline.
March 10, 2027
Final application deadline.
May 5, 2027