For example, a student might pursue a BS in computer science, and then an MS in computer science or maybe industrial engineering, all in one five year program. That was important, too, because we wanted to try out some curriculum about companies in the emerging stage, as opposed to the pure entrepreneurial start-up stage. So we did that, and you can see from the Mayfield Fellows web site that we've been very pleased with its success to date. This is our third year, and we have about twelve students a year. We're highly selective.
Students apply to be in the program.
Dozens apply, and we choose a couple dozen to interview, and from that pool we choose twelve. We have twelve students now, and we're going to have to increase that in the future. I'm looking forward to taking it to perhaps twenty or thirty students, without losing its wonderful benefits from being a small course. Q. Before the Mayfield Fellows Program, Stanford didn't have a traditional co-op program in the engineering school. However, many other top engineering schools do have one.