For Students

Make the Future

Welcome to the Innovation Studio, a community of innovators advancing the creative industries.

At our core, we are creative, cross-disciplinary, collaborative and forward-looking. Through curricular and co-curricular opportunities, we have supported over 3,000 students in developing entrepreneurial skills, growing businesses, co-creating internationally and iterating on innovative projects and events.

See all the ways students can join & participate in The Studio below, including as Zone members.

Apply as a company/project!

Apply as an associate!

Are you a Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) student interested in an experiential learning opportunity to grow your entrepreneurial, creative and professional skills outside the classroom? Join the Innovation Studio community through one of our student memberships!

We have matching memberships that connect students with a position on an incubated team from one of our Zones and ideation memberships to help students who are in the early stages of development on an idea.

Student members have access to programming across the Studio and our 4 Zone incubators as well as exclusive student-focused programming and mentorship. Students get to grow their networks by meeting our incubated entrepreneurs, artists & creators, our experienced staff and other students from across the university.

Students can apply to join a specific Zone through our 3 student membership options: Company/Project, Associate/Apprentice, and through one of our Zone Special Programs.

A student membership will include a course credit in CEDZ100 for a 4-month term.