There is something similar in the US at Dartmouth (yes it has a slightly goofy name): http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/academics/graduate/innovation/ http://eng

There is something similar in the US at Dartmouth (yes it has a slightly goofy name): http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/academics/graduate/innovation/ http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/academics/graduate/innovati... Basically they let you cross register with some Tuck Classes while doing research that is more self-directed than normal. Source: I am in the program