Tuck CPE/E

First-year Tuck MBA students apply in December for a two-cohort program that provides structured exposure to the private equity and venture capital industries. Placement is selective and runs alongside the regular curriculum, giving students access to mentorship, networking events, and hands-on projects tied to PE and VC firms in the Center's partnership network. The structure is designed to build a practical skill set before summer internship recruiting.

No. CPE/E does not manage a fund, make direct investments, or participate in co-investments. The Center is an academic unit of the Tuck School of Business focused entirely on education, research, and experiential learning. Any capital deployment happens through the firms that hire Tuck students and alumni, not through the Center itself.

Deal exposure comes through partnerships with external PE and VC firms that host student projects, internships, and fellowships. The Center also runs conferences, case studies, and simulations that replicate diligence and investment-committee processes. Alumni often bring live situations to the classroom, creating a feedback loop where students analyze real opportunities under faculty supervision.

Per the Center's own stated scope, it spans buyout, co-investment, early-stage (seed and start-up), growth equity, privatization, and recapitalization. The curriculum is designed to mirror the full lifecycle of private capital, from founding rounds through control transactions, giving students broad fluency across the asset class.

There is no evidence that CPE/E manages any portion of Dartmouth's endowment or operates a linked investment vehicle. It sits organizationally under the Tuck School of Business as one of six interdisciplinary centers, and its mission statement focuses exclusively on programming, student development, and industry connections.