Office of Corporate Engagement and Strategic Partnerships
The front door for corporate partners of TCU
The Office of Corporate Engagement and Strategic Partnerships is here to help your company develop connections and build partnerships with TCU’s students, faculty and research units. We specialize in identifying mutually beneficial opportunities that align your needs with TCU resources and expertise. Whether you’re looking to expand your company’s visibility on campus, connect with emerging talent, or collaborate on community challenges, contact us to discuss your partnership goals.
Corporate Engagement is here to help companies identify.
Student Engagement
Corporate Engagement can connect you with 10,000 students across TCU’s ten colleges and schools. Our students have the knowledge, talent, and leadership qualities that recruiters value. We can help you navigate opportunities for meaningful student engagement including academic competitions, guest speaker visits, and career fairs.
Talent Pipeline, Recruiting, and Engagement
- Connect with 10,000+ students across 18 Colleges & Schools
- Attend Career Fairs and schedule interviews
- Speaking opportunities and targeted classroom engagements
- Scholarship investments to accelerate talent pipeline
- Experiential learning: capstone projects, case competitions
Research and Innovation
TCU’s interdisciplinary culture of discovery, innovation, and entrepreneurship drives the groundbreaking discoveries and cutting-edge technologies that address the world’s most pressing challenges. From the fight to cure cancer to water conservation to protecting the food supply, TCU is a local source of expertise. With hundreds of researchers dedicated to making North Texas a hub for academic/industry partnerships, your company can benefit from tapping into TCU’s thriving research and innovation environment.
Research Collaborations
Let us help you navigate opportunities including undergraduate research, capstone projects, faculty research, industry affiliate programs, and sponsored research. Position your executives/thought leadership to explore:
- Research Centers in target areas, including energy, supply chain, and finance
- Participation on Executive Advisory Boards
- Industry/Academic partnerships in federally-funded research
- Sponsored research with faculty
- Translation of research to impact
- Master Research Agreements
Contracts, Co-Location, and Business Services
Partner with our business strategies team to pursue:
- Service agreements: software licenses, facility use, interlocal/interagency cooperation, equipment rental
- Non-disclosure agreements for information sharing
- Co-location opportunities via strategic real estate agreements
- Vendor relationships where appropriate
Strategic Philanthropy/Sponsorships
Your company has committed to corporate citizenship that touches lives around the world. Together, let’s map strategic investments that can showcase your brand and align with your vision for impact.
Philanthropic Opportunities
Whether your company is interested in sponsoring campus events, developing a comprehensive giving strategy, or investing in our brightest scholars, Corporate Engagement can help you identify philanthropic opportunities that help raise brand awareness and meet your business priorities.
- Map the strategic investments in research & education that showcase your company brand and align with your CSR mission to solve challenges
- Invest in academic programs, centers, institutes, research initiatives, or capital improvements to the physical campus
- Support some of the brightest scholars in the academic community with charitable investments in undergraduate scholarships, fellowships for graduate students, or named gifts to endow faculty positions