Hamdard University’s Business Incubation Centre is extending the application deadline for Cohort 1.0, giving aspiring entrepreneurs more time to apply. The new deadline is November 12, 2026. The center describes itself as a place where student ideas grow into real, investable businesses, and it tells applicants that they bring the idea while the center helps them build, test and launch it.
The center offers five forms of support. Participants receive mentorship and professional training from industry experts and faculty, and take part in workshops on business, finance and pitching that help them build and refine their ideas. They also get access to co-working space, facilities, tools and networks, along with seed funding support to help their startups grow. The fifth element is support for intellectual property commercialization, which helps founders turn research and inventions into opportunities. Together, these cover the path from idea to mentorship, validation, funding and impact that the center presents in its call for startups.
Applications are open to Hamdard University students and alumni, faculty members and researchers. Including faculty and researchers widens the program beyond student projects, allowing technology and knowledge developed in laboratories and classrooms to reach the market. Applicants can scan the code on the center’s call to apply, and questions can be sent to the university’s Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization at oric@hamdard.edu.pk.
The center is part of Hamdard University’s effort to build an entrepreneurship culture among its students and staff, and Cohort 1.0 will be its first group of startups. With the deadline extended, students, alumni and researchers who have not yet applied have a few more days to submit their ideas. The center’s message to applicants is that their idea today could become a better tomorrow, and the first cohort will show how far the program’s mix of mentorship and funding can carry them.
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