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Mapping of entrepreneurship activities at NORDTEK Universities Prepared by: Valeria Gulieva, Aalborg University, vg@adm.aau.dk Aalborg, 2015 Executive summary Mapping of entrepreneurship activities at NORDTEK Universities is a document containing a brief description of the entrepreneurship initiatives, structures and educational programs at 27 partner universities. NORDTEK being a network of the Rectors and Deans of the Technical Universities, the mapping is focusing on entrepreneurship education for engineers. The information was collected using a data template designed basing on the existing literature on entrepreneurship education and commercialization activities of the universities. The data collection concentrated on the four focus areas. The first point is organization and entrepreneurial culture, identifying the main structures responsible for developing entrepreneurship at the universities and major projects and partnerships dealing with this subject. The second is entrepreneurship education for engineers itself, including curriculum and specific teaching methods. The third point is extracurricular activities, such as workshops, seminars and competitions, as well as student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives. The last, forth part of the mapping, reveals the technology commercialization facilities as well as start-up support at the participating universities. The data was collected in a form of a desktop research, mainly using information from the universities’ websites and internet search results. Mapping took place in the period of April-May 2015. After the data collection forms were completed, the documents were sent to the contact persons at the respective universities. A list of persons who provided us with the response is also included in the document. Due to the limited timeframe, the feedback from a number of universities was not obtained, so the information on these universities was not verified. The names of these institutions are marked in the document with an asterisk (*). Based on the collected data, a number of general tendencies were identified. Besides, a number of interesting cases and solutions were highlighted. A summary of these items is presented in the document as “Good practices”. In such a way, the document has the following structure. It opens with mapping of entrepreneurship activities at 27 NORDTEK universities followed by the summary of good practices identified and the list of contact persons at the respective universities. 2 Contents NORDTEK Universities: Mapping of Entrepreneurship Activities ........................................................... 5 Denmark ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 Technical University of Denmark................................................................................................................... 5 University of Southern Denmark ................................................................................................................... 9 Aalborg University ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Aarhus University ........................................................................................................................................ 13 Finland ............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Aalto University ........................................................................................................................................... 16 Lappeenranta University of Technology*.................................................................................................... 19 Tampere University of Technology (TUT) .................................................................................................... 21 University of Oulu ........................................................................................................................................ 23 University of Vaasa ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Åbo Akademi University* ............................................................................................................................ 27 University of Turku ...................................................................................................................................... 29 Iceland ............................................................................................................................................................. 33 University of Iceland .................................................................................................................................... 33 Reykjavík University..................................................................................................................................... 35 Norway ............................................................................................................................................................ 37 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ......................................................................... 37 University of Stavanger* ............................................................................................................................. 40 University of Agder* .................................................................................................................................... 41 The Arctic University of Norway* ................................................................................................................ 42 Sweden ............................................................................................................................................................ 43 Blekinge Institute of Technology* ............................................................................................................... 43 Chalmers University of Technology ............................................................................................................. 44 Karlstad University*..................................................................................................................................... 47 KTH Royal Institute of Technology .............................................................................................................. 49 Linköping University .................................................................................................................................... 52 Luleå University of Technology* ................................................................................................................. 55 Lund University (Faculty of Engineering)..................................................................................................... 57 Mid Sweden University*.............................................................................................................................. 59 3 Umeå University .......................................................................................................................................... 61 Uppsala University ....................................................................................................................................... 63 Entrepreneurship at NORDTEK Universities: “good practices” ............................................................. 65 1. National and regional level: startup support .......................................................................................... 65 2. Inter-university collaboration .................................................................................................................. 66 3. University-Industry collaboration ............................................................................................................ 66 4. Organizational solutions for teaching and supporting entrepreneurship............................................... 67 5. Entrepreneurship education and teaching .............................................................................................. 68 5. Facilities for student Entrepreneurship ................................................................................................... 69 6. Student-Driven Entrepreneurship ........................................................................................................... 70 List of Contact Persons ............................................................................................................................ 71 4 NORDTEK Universities: Mapping of Entrepreneurship Activities Denmark Technical University of Denmark I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: participation in Copenhagen Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab (CIEL) together with CBS and Copenhagen University 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Technology and Innovation Management division (Department of Management Engineering); DTU Executive School of Business 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: Office for Innovation & Sector services (OIS) , DTU Diploms Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: DTU Skylab, a crossdisciplinarily hub and community for student innovation and entrepreneurship located at the main campus of DTU; offers office facilities, teaching facilities, social spaces, labs, prototype workshops, coaching, events, matchmaking and prototype materials for free. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: DTU offers degree programs in engineering within the entire spectrum of the technical and natural sciences. Entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability are integrated elements in all programs. The following programs are in particular to be highlighted: Sustainable Energy (MSc), Wind Energy (MSc) , Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (MSc), Digital Media Engineering (MSc), Biotechnology (BSc & MSc), Design and Innovation (BSc & MSc); Engineering Management (MSc), Executive MBA, the Master in Management of Technology (MBA in Innovation, New Business Creation and Personal Leadership); MSc in Business Administration and Bioentrepreneurship (in cooperation with Copenhagen Business School and Copenhagen University http://goo.gl/F95sV9 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: CDIO at DTU – all bachelor engineering programmes are based on the CDIO concept. CDIO is an innovative educational framework for producing the next generation of engineers. The framework provides students with an education stressing engineering fundamentals set in the context of Conceiving — Designing — Implementing — Operating real-world systems and products. http://www.cdio.org/ 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: TEMO (Technology, Economics, Management and Organisation) is a 10 ECTS point course offered to all MSc Students. TEMO is followed by more than 350 students each semester. The general purpose of the 5 course is to qualify the student to understand the relation between technology, economics, management and organisation, and to determine the specific role of the engineer in a given organisation from a strategic, tactical and operational perspective, and in relation to innovation and corporate entrepreneurship. Students are also offered alternatives in specifically designed innovation/entrepreneurship courses. 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS, master); TEMO (Technology, Economics, Managemnet and Organisation)(10, master); Value creation in pharma- and biotechnology (5, master); Urban Metabolism & Innovation in a cradle-to-cradle perspective (7.5, master); Knowledge based Entrepreneurship (5, master); Entrepreneurship in Food; Kommercialisering af high tech koncepter,iværksætteri og videnskab i action(5, master); Entrepreneurship in photonics, optics and nanotech (5, PhD); Applied Creativity (5, master); Innovation and digital media (5, master); Conceptualisation (10, master); Entrepreneurship in photonics and communications (5, master); Chemical and Biochemical Product Design (10, master); Embedded System Innovation (5, master); Sustainable Transition Processes (5, advanced course); Sustainable development of emerging technologies (5, master, bachelor); Nanotechnology, design, society and environment (5, bachelor); Design, Innovation and Production(10, advanced course); Technology and Innovation Management (5, master); Entrepreneurship in photonics and communications (5, master) 5. DTU Executive School of Business: lifelong learning and executive education for organizations and individuals. A number of executive programs in innovation and entrepreneurship: http://www.business.dtu.dk/english/Executive-Programs 6. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: use of action-learning, applying knowledge and tools to solve real-life business problems; coaching entrepreneurship (by Technology and Innovation Management division, Entrepreneurship group in collaboration with Young Enterprise). Entrepreneurship pedagogy: action-learning, applying knowledge and tools to solve real life business problems. III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Stardust-DTU, AppFactory, Grøn Vision 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Talent program for Master and Bachelor students (an offer from Skylab): 2 modules – 1 (the processes of idea generation, evaluation and commercialization, basic knowledge on strategy building, marketing and management of entrepreneurial firms), 2 (core knowledge on growth entrepreneurship, aims to mediate theoretical knowledge and practical experience) In an effort to ensure continuous developments and improvements in the area of sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship, a vast number of other activities and initiatives are established at DTU Campus, including DTU Blue Dot Projects like: RoboCup, Roadrunners, Solar decathlon , DTUsat, Bryghus 3. Workshops / competitions: 6 - Stardust Startup Program is a 13-week program that is designed to facilitate lift-off for the startups and student entrepreneurs with their products. Over the 13-weeks, the startups and the student entrepreneurs, get hands-on experiential advice and critique on their actions and thoughts through the 13-week workshop sequence. These workshops range from Change Management, How-to Network to Pitching Advice and training to advice on Negotiation + various events and activities from Skylab - GRØN DYST In recognition of the pivotal role engineers paly in the transition towards a sustainable society DTU launched GRØN DYST1 in 2010. Based on their own ideas, students develop projects addressing different aspects of sustainability, the environment and climate technologies during ordinary semester courses. - DTU Roskilde DTU and Roskilde Festival have since 2010 coined a partnership. The purpose of the partnership is to give DTU students the opportunity to solve technical problems for Roskilde Festival as a part of their education. The students hereby obtain ECTS credits. http://www.roskilde.dtu.dk/English.aspx - Workshops with external speakers organized by DTU Diplom, DTU Technology and Innovation Management, and DTU Executive School of Business - Participation in Venture Cup (nationwide non-profit organization, inspiring and empowering university students and researchers to develop their ideas into successful companies) 4. Summer schools / internships: Ph.D. summer school - Entrepreneurship in photonics, optics and nanotech (5 ECTS), 9 days, Lectures, presentations, and group work. IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: DTU Skylab facilities 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: Office for Innovation & Sector services (OIS), DTU Diploms Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3. Foundations for startup support: DTU Symbion Innovation and SEED Capital 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: research parks SCION DTU and COBIS, which are located in Hørsholm, Lyngby and Copenhagen. V Case story - Creation of DTU Skylab hub GRØN DYST is an annual conference with focus on sustainability, the environment and climate technologies. The GRØN DYST Student Conference is open to all DTU students and is based on the same principles as a scientific conference, where an abstract is submitted as part of the registration process. On the day of the conference projects are presented by the students via poster sessions. Following the student presentations an official ceremony is held with prizes awarded for the best projects. At the latest GRRØN DYST more than 400 students registered. 1 7 - - Active collaboration with Copenhagen Business school and Copenhagen University, creation of joint study programs and courses focusing on Entrepreneurship and venture creation Supporting already existing start-up and offering lifelong learning opportunities for entrepreneurs 8 University of Southern Denmark I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: collaboration with Venture Cup Denmark 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: IDEA Entrepreneurship Centre http://idea-sdu.dk/en/ 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: Science Ventures www.scienceventures.dk, SDU Business. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: student pre-incubators, socalled IDEA Houses, in Odense, Sonderborg and Kolding, located at University of Southern Denmark campuses II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: BSc in Engineering Innovation and Business, MSc in Engineering - Innovation and Business, BSc in Engineering –Product Development and Innovation, MSc in Engineering – Product Development and Innovation 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: http://idea-sdu.dk/en/students/courses-in-entrepreneurship/ - In 2013 SDU offered 61 entrepreneurship subjects, which is an increase by 28 subjects in comparison to 2012. There has been a corresponding increase in the number of enrolled students http://goo.gl/AoQcy2 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: SDU challenge (bachelor, master, PhD) – ideas and business development program containing workshops, networking arrangements, a summer school, Business Plan Camp, discussions and feedback. Soon to come a “Technology Entrepreneurship and Business Development” master on the Product Development and Innovation education. 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: SDU offers 24 entrepreneurship subjects at technical faculties at both, bachelor and master levels (http://goo.gl/fFmM3w) PhD course Science Innovator (5 ECTS) – commercialization and business development 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: combination of lectures and collaboration with external partners, including entrepreneurs, business leaders, consultants and investors. III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Support for student entrepreneurship: professional advising and consulting at IDEA House, venture creation tools http://goo.gl/MjPgfm 2. Workshops / competitions: - HA intro (bachelor) – 3-5 days camp working with real companies; 9 - Experts in Teams (5. Semester bachelor) – a cross-disciplinary course for technical students; - PRO-Program (for students, entrepreneurs and researchers) – coaching, practical courses, mentors, feedback, networking; - Entrepreneurship conferences (under PRO-program) 3. Summer schools / internships: PRO-program summer school (one week intensive idea and concept development in an international environment) IV Technology commercialization and startup support 5. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: IDEA entrepreneurship center provides help and intellectual resources for entrepreneurs, network meetings 6. Matchmaking and collaboration: network meetings, VIIS (Viden og innovation i SMV’ere via studerende/ Knowledge and innovation in SMEs via students) project - http://www.ideacamp.dk/ - “A student + company = innovation” formula 7. Foundations for startup support: Science Ventures, SDTI, Venture Cup 8. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Cortex V Case story - The entrepreneurial activities concentrate around IDEA entrepreneurship center, which is a central body responsible for entrepreneurship activities and initiatives at SDU. - Facilitation of student-companies cooperation 10 Aalborg University I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: Participation in Venture Cup, cooperation with Region Northern Denmark Growth Forum, Young Enterprise Denmark, the European Regional Development fund, Interreg IV A, and other Danish Universities 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Supporting Entrepreneurship at Aalborg University (SEA) - continuous development of entrepreneurship activities at AAU; Department of Business and Management 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: AAU Innovation works to strengthen and support entrepreneurship and creativity among students, graduates and employees at Aalborg University and in the region 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: SEA has been managing incubators established at several departments at AAU since 2005. Here innovative students, graduates and academics have the unique possibility to receive assistance and guidance when wanting to realize a business idea. These days SEA is developing a new AAU Inkubator, which consists of a series of workshops and social events that give the students necessary knowledge about business development and make them capable of validating their ideas. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Entrepreneurial Engineering (master), Innovative Communication Technologies and Entrepreneurship (master), Innovation Management (master, Sino-Danish center), Innovation, Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Dynamics (master), Innovation in the Public sector and digitalization (bachelor) 2. Venture creation semesters and course modules: New venture Creation (30 ECTS, master level), Creative Genius semester (30 ECTS, master level) 3. Single entrepreneurship courses: Theory of Science and Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS, bachelor), Sustainable Biotechnological Companies (15 ECTS, bachelor), Software Innovation (5 ECTS, master), Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS, master), Innovation and Business Development (5 ECTS, master), Creative Innovation and Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS, master). Most of the engineering programs have a basic 5 credit course in entrepreneurship, usually, close to the end of their studies. Full mapping of entrepreneurship courses is available in a separate document. 4. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: Problem-based learning III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Kickstart Aalborg is a student driven network for student entrepreneurs. 11 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Inkubator - business development knowledge, idea validation (Kickstart, Business Booth, First-Friday, Match-up, Solution Camp, counselling services) 3. Workshops / competitions: WOFIE - Workshop for innovation and entrepreneurship (master students) - training within idea development, creativity, business development and risk taking; First-Friday - a monthly event organized by Kickstart and SEA where like-minded get together to network and pitch ideas; Venture Cup 4. Summer schools / internships: internships at SEA IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: Business booth – counselling and feedback, AAU Inkubator consisting of a number of workshops and other events, AAU Innovation (Patent and Commercializing department) 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: AAU Innovation – Matchmaking department, Match-up service; Solution Camp (organized by AAU Matchmaking) – companies can use student knowledge in order to solve their problems (around 7 hours sessions of idea development) 3. Foundations for startup support: The Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship – Young Enterprise supports students with good ideas and offers a series of micro-grants 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: NOVI Science Park 12 Aarhus University I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: Collaboration with Venture Cup (a national initiative in Denmark), "Det Entreprenørielle Universitet" ("DEU") project whose vision is that all students at AU should develop understanding of entrepreneurship that fits their subject area 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: AU Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (http://cei.au.dk/); interdisciplinary Community for Advanced Research in Entrepreneurship (iCARE) 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: AU Technology transfer office http://tto.au.dk/en/ 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: The Student Incubator at Aarhus University is a longstanding collaborator with Venture Cup - Studentervæksthus Aarhus (for students at all levels of study) 5. Navitas Science and Innovation: collaboration between Aarhus University (Aarhus School of Engineering and the Engineering Department at Science and Technology), Aarhus School of Marine Engineering and Incuba (science and innovation park) II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) Information on AU entrepreneurship initiatives and activities in the sphere of education: http://cei.au.dk/ 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Technology based business development (Master level); entrepreneurship toning of seven educational programs, among which are Computer Science, Information studies, Danish Agricultural studies 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: Innovation Camp (5 ECTS), Mechanical Engineering Program; Entrepreneurship Intern: Internship in own startup, a facilitated startup process lasting one semester (30 ECTS), Engineering Bachelor Program 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: (http://kursuskatalog.au.dk/#!q=entrepreneurship): Forretning, Innovation, Teknologi og Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS, master); Science and Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS, master); Technology Entrepreneurship Lab (5 ECTS, elective, master); Videnskabsbaseret Innovation og Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS, master) 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: ‘at skabe værdi med sin faglighed’ (creating value in the professional area) – entrepreneurship didactics and pedagogy III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 13 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Take OFF program – office facilities, consulting, coaching, workshops, networking opportunities 3. Startup Factory: Support for Science and Technology students: office facilities, consulting, coaching, workshops, networking opportunities 4. Workshops / competitions: - Iværksætterworkshop/Entrepreneurship workshop (from idea to concept) – 4 weeks program; - Entrepreneurship workshop (lean startup) – 10 weeks program for Science and Technology students at Startup Factory - mini-workshop “Is Entrepreneurship for me?”; - morning meetings at Studentervæksthus – inspiration and networking; - NSI Academy: Navitas Science and Innovation: workshops, talks and networking. For students, external entrepreneurs and SMEs. - Startup Weekend – once a year, hosted by NSI - Entrepreneur Sand Box – extracurricular course (4 workshops and a coaching-session) 5. Summer schools / internships IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: Take Off Vækst – consulting, workshops, legal support for students and entrepreneurs 2. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs at Science and Technology: Startup Factory Biz Lab: consulting, workshops, legal support for students and entrepreneurs 3. Matchmaking and collaboration: - AU Erhvervskontakt (AU business contact) – information and assistance to entrepreneurs and researchers; project Genvej Til Ny Viden (Shortcut to new knowledge) - matching researchers and companies - “The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem” project mainly focuses on conducting workshops and building networks in order to raise awareness among the key actors in the region Middle Jutland and develop scenarios of turning Aarhus into an entrepreneurial city by 2017; - AU Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation provides courses and arranges meetings with local firms (Community-based innovation project) - Navitas Science and Innovation: matching engineering researchers, educators and companies 4. Foundations for startup support 5. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: collaboration with INCUBA Science Park innovation & vækst V Case story - Ideas of entrepreneurship as everyday practice 14 - ‘at skabe værdi med sin faglighed’ (creating value in the professional area): entrepreneurial toning of educational programs. 15 Finland Aalto University I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: Aalto Entrepreneurial Ecosystem incepted when Aalto Entrepreneurship Society (Aaltoes) was created in 2009. Aaltoes aims at improving the public’s opinion on entrepreneurship as a viable career path. 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Aalto Ventures Program: Allows taking a minor in high-growth entrepreneurship for master’s degree students or just take individual courses as electives, plus participate in workshops. 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: Aalto Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE, technology transfer and startup project grants http://ace.aalto.fi/ ); 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: - Aalto Ventures Program has premises called AVP Space, located in Aalto University; Startup Sauna co-working space is the meeting point for aspiring entrepreneurs in Northern Europe. The 1.500 square meter industry hall located at the Aalto University campus in Otaniemi is open for everybody to work in – no membership or previous ties to Startup Sauna are required. There are more than 30 different “entrepreneurial assets” at Aalto University, all growing one way or another out of student and researcher/staff-driven initiatives. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Master’s degree and a PhD in Entrepreneurship (theory-oriented, offered by Aalto Business school) 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: - Aalto Ventures Program allows taking a minor in high-growth entrepreneurship for master’s degree students - Together with Tongji University in Shanghai, AVP has created a joint minor on innovation and venturing 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: - Intermediate module in Aalto Ventures Program B2 (20cr) - Aalto Fellows, 10 ECTS: five-month study and work program designed to develop understanding of the techniques for growing companies. The program combines intensive workshops and lectures, a paid summer internship at a start-up company, venture capital or corporate venturing and ongoing mentoring and networking activities. 16 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: a wide selection of courses within Aalto Ventures Program Minor and Intermediate module in Aalto Ventures Program B2 http://avp.aalto.fi/courses/#module 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: a combination of more traditional lectures and teaching cases and elements of action learning - courses where students work on real business ideas, with real customers and team up with fellow students not only from the Business School, but also from design, science and engineering III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: - Slush, a professionally organized event, is largely the work of students. Slush has become Northern Europe's largest startup event in just a few years. Slush brings together financiers, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in entrepreneurship to develop positive co-operation and expertise in support of enterprise. Hundreds of students will also be on hand as volunteers. Slush is the brainchild of the Aalto Entrepreneurship Society (Aaltoes) and Startup Sauna, a business accelerator program operating on Aalto University’s premises. - Aalto students have participated in many commercialization projects that have even lead to spinout companies. 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: ACE offers commercialization services for Aalto students. The core services of ACE are evaluation of inventions & business ideas and managing and coaching of commercialization projects. 3. Workshops / competitions: AVP Workshops and Talks http://avp.aalto.fi/events/; Lean Launchpad, Games Monetization Design 4. Summer schools / internships: - student accelerator Summer of Startups (managed from Startup Sauna) - Internship program Startup Life: sends students of Finnish universities to work at startups in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York (managed from Startup Sauna) - AVP Urban Challenge developed in collaboration with Philadelphia University and PACE University (New York): provides 17 selected Aalto students with an opportunity to experience customer service and design thinking. Designed as a 10-days study trip to New York and Philadelphia IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: As a part of the commercialization project ACE may offer financial aid for projects in addition to the support it offers regarding finding suitable partners and project support. In addition, ACE offers start-up services. 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: Aalto Global Impact matchmaking events 3. Foundations for startup support: startup project grants from Aalto Center for Entrepreneurship http://ace.aalto.fi/ 17 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Startup Sauna (Currently 145 companies have graduated from Startup Sauna since 2010, raising more than USD 37 million in funding) V Case story Aalto Ventures Program is the program that approaches high scope (number of credits)/ high reach (number of students) type of the program and provides cross-university possibilities for entrepreneurial education. The creators of Aalto Ventures Program believe that one of the key attributes of learning entrepreneurship is to engage with international faculty, staff and organizations. Therefore, Aalto University participates in international collaboration with a number of universities. One of the key partners has been Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP). Aalto University also collaborates with Philadelphia University, PACE University (New York) and Tongji University, as well as organizes visits to high-growth entrepreneurship and booming entrepreneurship ecosystem of Israel. AVP is also an active member in Nordic university network called Nordic Five Tech, and provides entrepreneurship related content for the European wide Master’s level ICT innovation program EIT ICT Labs. 18 Lappeenranta University of Technology* I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: - LUT School of Business and Management - research is focused on expertise in sustainable competitiveness, innovation activities and software engineering; - LUTES (LUT entrepreneurship society) – help students to learn about startup culture and bring their idea to business. Their mission is to drive student entrepreneurship on a regional level; collaborate with other entrepreneurship societies and country level startup initiatives; 2. University innovation office, technology transfer: IRIS (Innovations through Research and Innovations with SMEs) promotes LUT's expertise in the commercialization of research results. 3. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: LUT's Green Campus is a research and educational environment, where the university's expertise in energy as well as its own innovations are put to practical use II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Global Management of Innovation and Technology, GMIT - MSc program in Industrial Management; Industrial Engineering and Management (master program) 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules 4. Single entrepreneurship courses 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: LUTES is a student-driven entrepreneurship society based in Lappeenranta. 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: LUT Innovation Services 3. Workshops / competitions: Willi Idea, Summer Launchpad, other events organized by LUTES 4. Summer schools / internships: Summer Launchpad – 10-week startup program organized by LUTES http://www.lutes.fi/launchpad/ IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: The International Entrepreneurship Challenge (IEC) program supporting companies' globalization; Centre for Training and Development provides diverse training and development services for companies 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: LUT's Innovation Services (among others, matching entrepreneurs and inventions); LUT IRIS: Innovations through Research and Innovations with SMEs, seeking to create an open innovation framework for Finnish and Russian SMEs 19 3. Foundations for startup support: LUT's own capital investment foundation, Green Campus Innovations, is specialized in financing spin-off companies with a research background. 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: LUT is one of Joensuu Science Park’s stakeholders 20 Tampere University of Technology (TUT) I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: Tekes Vigo Accelerators, Business angels (Fiban Tampere), New Factory (Accelerator), Tredea (the Tampere Region Economic Development Agency), work with and within network AALTO Startup Sauna etc. 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: TALLI (internal entrepreneurship hub) is a support service for new entrepreneurs and innovations inside TUT campus, additionally extensive innovation and commercialization support services. Students have various alternatives to focus on entrepreneurship and innovations development and management. Entrepreneurship education by TUT is mainly produced by the department of industrial engineering. Local HEIs (higher education institutions) have joined forces to provide combined entrepreneurial studies for students and researchers. 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: TUT Innovation Services and TALLI is an expert center for entrepreneurship as well as exploiting and commercializing university’s ideas and research results. It offers support and advice for TUT students and researchers to develop their business idea ready for market. Key functions: courses, guidance, events, open space. TUT Innovation Services focus on technology licensing, sale and transfers, inventions identification and management, protecting IP. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: TALLI and soon starting (September 1, 2015) Kampusareena and Campus club offers a free room to open innovation and idea sharing within university and on industrial interface – SME’s and larger corporations. DEMOLA projects have their own facilities. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: - Degree program in Industrial Engineering and Management includes a major in Technology and project business which can be oriented towards innovation and entrepreneurship; innovation and entrepreneurship courses can be taken as part of this and other major subjects. - DSII (Doctoral School of Industry Innovations) 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: Department of Industrial Management organizes an MSc minor in Entrepreneurship and innovation, available to any engineering programs. The minor includes a possibility to take courses also from other HEIs in Tampere. 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: All the bachelor programs have a part in entrepreneurship in their first year introductory course; the course “business model development in technical systems” includes a possibility for venture creation. Talli Innovation Camp 21 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Introduction to entrepreneurship (3 ECTS); Business model development in technical systems (4 ECTS); Growth Company Ecosystems (5 ECTS); Technology and innovation management (4 ECTS); Management of Innovation (4 ECTS); Technology commercialization (4 ECTS);Innovation and Creative Problem Solving (2 ECTS); Business Camp (5 ECTS); From Idea to Enterprise (5 ECTS); Introduction to Business Law (5 ECTS); Strategy and entrepreneurship (5 ECTS); Product Design and Development; Growth Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS); Technology Commercialization (4 ECTS); Software Business (4 ECTS); Demola Project Work (5 ECTS); Organizational Learning and Renewal, Knowledge-Intensive Services; New Knowledge – Creation and Tools; Communities and Social Media in Knowledge Management, Speech Communication and Negotiation Skills; Intercultural Workplace (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: Special assignments are possible through Directed Study, Advanced Study and Project Work (3-8 ECTS), and Demola projects’ activities. Bachelor’s theses and Master’s theses may be carried out in entrepreneurship in any major subjects of the Degree Program in Industrial Engineering and Management. III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Tampere Es (Entrepreneurhips Society) - local universities students initiative, various student guilds may promote entrepreneurial activities. They also have a company network sponsoring various competitions and involvement in international competitions such as SLUSH and TIMES. 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: TALLI is an advice service for entrepreneurship, business and new innovations; TALLI clinic – practice for presenting ideas, Innovation services of the university. DEMOLA projects may activate student entrepreneurship. 3. Workshops / competitions: events and workshops organized by TALLI - Dragons’ Den, Entrepreneurial stories, visiting lectures, yearly new business idea competition IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: TALLI advice and support services, From research into business (TEKES), Demola courses 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: Number of activities provided for enhancing universityindustry collaboration. The newest initiative is called Kampusareena, a building in the middle of the TUT campus which gathers together in a unique way companies, researchers and students. 3. Foundations for startup support: Startup Tampere, Tampere ES, TreStart 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Co-Creation Center gathers together researchers, students and companies into common space to carry out R&D&I projects, VIGO-investors, Hermia Yrityskehitys, Tamlink 22 University of Oulu University of Oulu is currently strengthening its focus to working life and entrepreneurship. The year 2015 has been nominated as a theme year for Entrepreneurship and functions as a launch pad for longer term developments. Interactive collaboration and innovation spaces are being built to the University campus and student incubator services and entrepreneurship courses are being developed and piloted. The Entrepreneurial University framework developed by OECD, European Commission and HEIinnovate is employed to drive entrepreneurial approach throughout the University, in Education, Research and Administration of the University. I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: In order to more effectively commercialize innovations born from research, the University of Oulu, Oulu University of Applied Sciences and the City of Oulu have formed the Innovation Alliance. 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Oulu Business school is coordinating a regional initiative of developing Entrepreneurship culture in Oulu. Business Kitchen (http://www.businesskitchen.fi/) is a joint project created by the European Regional Development Fund and City of Oulu. 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: University of Oulu offers innovation services to the researchers and helps with intellectual property in order to more effectively commercialize innovations born from research. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Business Kitchen is a hub between the universities and companies in the Oulu region (a joint venture by Oulu Business School and the Martti Ahtisaari Institute at the University of Oulu and the Oulu University of Applied Sciences). It is a startup center where anyone can come to develop their ideas or business with the support of a local and global network. Business Kitchen offers working and co-location space for students and entrepreneurs in the center of Oulu. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) Oulu Business School, Oulu Extension School and Business Kitchen offer a minor subject of entrepreneurship and working life skills (25 ECTS): - Working Life and Studies, 5 ECTS - Toward Entrepreneurial Mindsets, 5 ECTS - Building Business through Creativity and Collaboration, 5 ECTS - Turning Opportunities to Business, 5 ECTS credits - Entrepreneurial Field Project, 5 ECTS More information: http://ship.businesskitchen.fi III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 23 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Oulu Student Entrepreneurship Society (OuluSES) is an open community for students who are interested in entrepreneurship and selfdevelopment. 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Business Kitchen Services 3. Workshops / competitions: University of Oulu, BusinessKitchen and OuluSES arrange different events, seminars, and competitions where students get to see different forms of entrepreneurship. See f.eg. Polar Bear Pitching: http://www.pitchfestoulu.com/polarbear/ 4. Summer schools / internships: Startup Life Internship is a 3-12-month internship program in the fields of engineering, computer science, design and business. The program is organized by Startup Sauna and Aalto University, and is now open for students from all Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences to apply. IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: startup services provided by the Business Kitchen: University of Oulu, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, BusinessOulu StartUp! Services; Butterfly Ventures; Oulu Region Enterprise Agency; Oulu Business Accelerator. 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: Through Business Kitchen and BusinessOulu, a new company can gain access to national and international networks and can participate in various events with other companies. 3. Foundations for startup support: BusinessOulu StartUp and Butterfly Ventures help new companies to apply for both public and private funding 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Technopolis locations in Oulu, UpSwing startup house; Yritystakomo; Business Kitchen V Case story Oulu Innovation Alliance (OIA) integrates top know-how from printed intelligence, wellbeing technology, clean-tech and 3D internet and brings together research institutions, businesses and public sector organizations. OIA generates cutting-edge global business from research, development and innovation projects and ventures. Oulu Innovation Alliance : http://www.ouluinnovationalliance.fi/ and the success stories: http://www.ouluinnovationalliance.fi/success-stories/ Numerous TEKES (expert organization for financing research, development and innovation in Finland) funded programmes in various fields of technology, f.eg. HILLA CENTER, http://www.hilla.center/ 24 University of Vaasa I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: Active collaboration with Finish universities, creation of joint innovation structures 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: The Levón Institute is an affiliated institution at the University of Vaasa, which transmits the University's knowhow by teaching mature students and produces expertise generated by research conducted at the University. It implements training, research and development projects and organize open university studies. Many international projects are carried out each year in partnership with national and European partners in the fields of energy technology, business expertise and entrepreneurship, multilingualism and regional development 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: Invention disclosures and contract research agreements are supported and administered by Research and Innovation Services. Basic services include general advice and guidance on research commercialization, research contract negotiations, invention disclosure procedures, liaising with external experts in innovation management and commercialization. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: - West Coast Startup (WCS) is a joint business incubator of Vaasa University of Applied Sciences (VAMK) and the University of Vaasa (founded in January 2014). West Coast Startup helps Palosaari campus area startups go big. They offer services to students and staff of University of Vaasa and VAMK. - Muova is a research and development centre of the University of Art and Design Helsinki and the University of Vaasa. Muova offers design, research and training services. Muova specializes in solving company problems and fulfilling the needs of the business world. Muova combines multidisciplinary research, innovative methods and a human-centred approach. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) Faculty of business studies has Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Economic Growth and Profitability of SMEs as one of their key research areas. 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Information Technology and Industrial Management (BSc); Growth Business Management Master Program; Master's Program in Industrial Management 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Business Skills energy sectors (25-26 ECTS) – under Open University – training combines the energy production and the business 25 management, marketing and cost accounting (suitable for engineering masters and bachelor degrees in economics) http://goo.gl/nPfr26 4. Single entrepreneurship courses 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Vaasa Entrepreneurship Society (VaasaES) 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: West Coast Startup (WCS) is a joint business incubator of Vaasa University of Applied Sciences (VAMK) and the University of Vaasa helping students and staff interested in developing business ideas. WCS is led by Design Centre MUOVA, and in its activities, knowledge of customer research, design and rapid prototyping are being used to support business idea development. WCS organizes workshops, courses and networking events to facilitate business idea development. 3. Workshops / competitions: The Startup Camp (three days arrangement), introducing LEAN Startup Methodologies, which eliminate waste from the initial planning phases of new venture creation IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: Research and Innovation Services at University of Vaasa; The Levón Institute offers continuing education for private and public organizations and, among other training options, offers help in SMEs and entrepreneurship development. 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: Research and Innovation Services supports university staff in applying for external research funding and provides guidance on all matters relating to research project administration. The unit offers university researchers information on national and international research funding, provides advice and guidance in project planning, cost calculation, partner search, application preparation and in the administrative tasks, including financial reporting, related to ongoing projects. 3. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: University of Vaasa is part of EnergyVaasa, the leading energy technology cluster in the Nordic countries with more than 140 companies, 11 000 employees, more than 30 % of Finland’s total export in energy technology and total annual business turnover of more than 4,4 billion. http://energyvaasa.vaasanseutu.fi/en/ 26 Åbo Akademi University* I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: Åbo Akademi is one of the affiliate partners participating in and contributing to the activities of EIT ICT Labs (a leading European organization for Innovation and Education in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) 2. University innovation office, technology transfer: ÅAU Transfer office provides consulting services, organizes events 3. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Startup Farm is a co-working space in the center of Turku. It provides free creative working space for visitors and hosts offices for around ten Turku-based startups. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: an opportunity for PhDs at Åbo Academy and University of Turku (10 students per academic year): MBA4PhD program provides doctoral students and PhDs in life science with knowledge and skills in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation and Innovation Commercialisation, by offering an innovative business creation and management curriculum. http://goo.gl/Xwx28v 2. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Innovation and Business Creation Study Module, 20–30 ECTS from University of Turku is available to specific Masters' Degree program students at Åbo Akademi University http://goo.gl/88IGiW 3. Single entrepreneurship courses: Business Essentials for Scientists 2014 Course; the Business Development Laboratory course(7 ECTS) from University of Turku is available to specific Masters' Degree program students at Åbo Akademi University 4. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Boost Turku Entrepreneurship Society is a student-based network for young entrepreneurs and entrepreneur-minded people sharing knowledge among the universities of Turku. Boost Turku strives to be an ‘easy-access’ open society for any kind of academic entrepreneurial matter. 2. Support for student entrepreneurship 3. Workshops / competitions: Each year, Boost Turku arranges more than 50 events http://www.boostturku.com/events 4. Summer schools / internships: Boost Turku's Startup Journey – 10 ECTS http://www.boostturku.com/startup-journey IV Technology commercialization and startup support 27 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs : ÅAU Transfer office services, Business Essentials for Scientists course https://www.abo.fi/forskning/stegforsteg 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: 3. Foundations for startup support: apply for external funding 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Turku science park 28 University of Turku I Organization and entrepreneurial culture The University of Turku has decided to strengthen its profile as an entrepreneurial university. The strategic work started in early 2014 and the launch will take place in the fall 2015. The entrepreneurship strategy and the related action plan implies that the university supports and enhances: - entrepreneurial culture appreciating entrepreneurial attitudes and behavior - entrepreneurial, creative and responsible individual behavior - education that meets the needs of the future working life - the recognition and understanding of entrepreneurship as a business process; intrapreneurial behavior and societal phenomenon - entrepreneurship as a viable career option at some point of one´s career for everyone graduated from the university. The entrepreneurship strategy covers all the three university tasks: research, education and societal impact and the actions taken are visible in the contents of the research and education, in working modes (pedagogy, methods etc.) and in how these relate to working life. The entrepreneurship strategy is being implemented in close collaboration with other actors and stakeholders in the local entrepreneurship ecosystem. 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: The strategy for strengthening entrepreneurship profile (as above). UTU is also a partner organization in the EIT ICT Labs consortium, http://www.eitictlabs.eu 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: - Entrepreneurship Unit within the School of Economics at the University of Turku offers a possibility to study entrepreneurship as a major in all university levels (bachelor, masters and doctoral studies). Entrepreneurship Unit is also active in continuing education, particularly in the executive MBA program in which innovation and entrepreneurship form one focal intended learning objective. - Brahea Development at the Brahea Centre is an expert, service and collaboration unit of the societal interaction in the University of Turku. Innovation and business Development group within the unit conducts research and provides education in Innovation and entrepreneurship to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and external parties. 3. University innovation services, technology transfer: Technology Transfer Office (TTO) - An external function of Innovation Services is to operate as a Technology Transfer Office (TTO) of University of Turku. UTU TTO is constantly seeking for research collaborations opportunities with industry and funding opportunities for commercial utilization of its existing IP portfolios and it is also offering UTU technologies, intellectual property and expert know-how available for licensing. 29 UTU TTO is also supporting and generating start-ups, spin-offs and spinouts through Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) funding and with other available instruments, e.g. Tuoteväylä – Product Track. University also has its own holding company which manages part of university based companies. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: - Business Development Laboratory http://goo.gl/sr09zo - Boost Turku student entrepreneurship society premises - Startup Programme (TSE) - Project aces programme (Projektiässät) www.utu.fi/en/units/braheadevelopment/education/transversalcompetence/Pages/Project-Aces.aspx II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) The University of Turku has begun to strengthen and develop entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education in all the faculties. http://goo.gl/XvBMAS. Experts of the University of Turku are working in collaboration with the teaching staff of the Vietnamese Hanoi University of Science and Technology and the University of Danang to develop the entrepreneurship education of the institutions. 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: MBA4pHD - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education for Postgraduate Students. Part of the programme can be included in the doctoral degree; part is considered further education programme enhancing the employment possibilities, business skills and working life skills, Scope of the programme 120 ECTS. Entrepreneurship in School of Economics, Undergraduate, Graduate and Postgraduate Degrees: http://goo.gl/7pDyoL 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: - No minor on entrepreneurship, instead a minor on general business studies. - The engineering curriculum (dept. of Information technology) applies CDIO program that is well aligned with and contains many entrepreneurial elements and teaching methods. 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Innovation and Business Creation Study Module (25 ECTS) – annual intake is max 50 master students from different faculties http://goo.gl/qw5F7Q 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: the Business Development Laboratory course (7 ECTS, master), Lean Software Startup with IT and econ. Students (UTU / Dept. of Information Technology (10 ECTS), master), multi-disciplinary capstone project course (10-30 ECTS), Dept. of Information Technology) Software Business (UTU / Turku School of Economics (6 ECTS), master http://tucs.fi/), Startup! course (UTU / Turku School of Economics (10 ECTS), based on the young enterprise concept). Entrepreneurship courses in Medical faculty: 30 Entrepreneurship Seizing Opportunities, Bioentrepreneurship I and II, Entrepreneurship Applied IDEATE. 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: Practical approach, group work, problems solving: case based teaching, multidisciplinary and/ or heterogeneous student groups, research based teaching with a strong practical and work life relevance and applicability, CDIO applied in the ICT Engineering curriculum (www.cdio.org) III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Boost Turku is a student-based network for young entrepreneurs and entrepreneur-minded people sharing knowledge among the universities of Turku. Boost Turku strives to be an ‘easy-access’ open society for any kind of academic entrepreneurial matter 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Business Development laboratory; Mentoring services for students planning to start up a new venture (Brahea); Each year, Boost Turku arranges more than 50 events http://www.boostturku.com/events 3. Workshops / competitions: - Challenge Turku 24 h innovation Camp, every spring - Challenge Turku goes Green 24 h innovation Camp, every autumn - Challenge Turku KaleidosCup 24 h innovation camp, every summer 4. Summer schools / internships: Start-up Journey 10 ECTS - Three weekend long boot camps (á 24 hours), weekly coaching sessions (á 8 hours) during the whole program (12 weeks), 8 designated workshops (á 8 hours) and independent work in teams. In addition to the fixed models of teaching and program coaching additional mentoring available from EIR (Entrepreneur-In-Residence) and DIR (Designer-In-Residence) on demand. IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: - Innovation services / technology transfer office (UTU TTO) at UTU; responsible of university IPR portfolios (e.g. inventions, technologies, patents, trademarks), Tekes TUTL-funding, and H2020 projects (IP Management & Commercialisation); also UTU Holding Oy. - Brahea Development, innovation and business development - Business Development Laboratory (student consulting and business plan development); a course in commercialization for researchers from Åbo Akademi also available for researchers from the university of Turku 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: continuous RDI-events and open innovation lab meetings for students, university staff and stakeholders and industrial partners 3. Foundations for startup support: 31 UTU TTO, Tekes TUTL, Tuoteväylä / Product Track; academic research; applied collaborative research with the industrial partners, university’s third mission in enhancing the academic entrepreneurship 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Turku Science park Ltd. /Spark-up! –concept supporting concretely academic entrepreneurship in the region, currently in preparation, starting autumn 2015. 32 Iceland University of Iceland I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnership: Innovit is an independent center focused on student innovation and entrepreneurship. Its main office is located on the University of Iceland campus, but it has established collaboration and service agreements with all the major universities in Iceland. Innovit organizes a number of startup related events. 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: There is no center or university structure that is focused on teaching entrepreneurship. 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: The Intellectual Property Committee provides assistance on intellectual property issues and technology transfer. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Innovit offers limited office space for student startups. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: The Department of Industrial Engineering and the School of Business jointly offer core curriculum (set of courses) in innovation and entrepreneurship at the master's level. 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: There are no formal minors within engineering programs, but a core curriculum above is offered as electives. 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: There are no formal requirements for venture creation in any courses or programs. 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: There are a number of individual entrepreneurship courses offered to engineering and computer science students. At the BS level these courses focus on the creation of a business plan, whereas at the MS level the focus in on lean startup. 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: Within engineering the main approach is to add innovation and entrepreneurship experience at the MS level, preferably in collaboration with business students. III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Innovit started out as a student-led initiative at the University of Iceland and still maintains that flavor. 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Innovit supports student entrepreneurs from universities in Iceland. 3. Workshops / competitions: Innovit organizes a business idea competition, Gulleggið, which was originally based on Venture Cup and MIT 100K. Innovit also supports startup events and workshops in collaboration with industry. 4. Summer schools / internships: There are summer schools related to innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering. IV Technology commercialization and startup support 33 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: Innovit, Intellectual Property Committee. 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: Innovit, Intellectual Property Committee. 3. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: University Science Park is being set up. 34 Reykjavík University I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: - Reykjavik University strives to give its students a solid understanding of innovation to encourage them into entrepreneurship and job creation in the future. RU is an active partner in KLAK-Innovit - a local innovation center. - RU engages in various events and collaborative projects designed to develop entrepreneurial skills: Imagine Cup; Game Creator; Startup Iceland; Startup Energy Reykjavik 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: The School of Business is the hub for interdisciplinary entrepreneurship teaching. The school is responsible for teaching the mandatory university-wide undergraduate course called "Innovation and Startups", which has hundreds of students each year. The School of Science and Engineering hosts more focused programs such as "Design X", which is an elective course for advanced undergraduate technology students. Finally, the Reykjavik University Centre for Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CRIE) http://en.ru.is/rusb/crie/ focuses on understanding entrepreneurship and facilitating it. 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: RU offers technology transfer, see: http://en.ru.is/collaboration/industry/research-innovation/technology-transfer/ 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Students and entrepreneurs have access to shared school facilities throughout the year. In the summer, dedicated space can be made available to student entrepreneurs upon request. Student entrepreneurs can also get access to laboratories, IT infrastructure and other facilities, upon request. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: No specific programs, but most programs include innovation and entrepreneurship courses. 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: No specific minors, but most programs include innovation and entrepreneurship courses. 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Undergraduate course "Innovation and Startup Companies" is a three-week intensive course that supports venture creation. Numerous ventures are started each year. 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Innovation and startups course (6 ECTS, mandatory for law students, engineering students, and business students, first year of undergraduate studies); Management and Innovation (mandatory for technology students). 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: Getting inspiration and knowledge in innovation teaching from Iceland; cross-disciplinary innovation projects, collaboration with 35 the industry for feedback; Entrepreneurship courses are also offered to students both in early and later stages of their studies. III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Support for student entrepreneurship: The Entrepreneur Fund of Guðfinna S. Bjarnadóttir (best business plan competition, project funding) http://goo.gl/BJyCu6; Students at RU are offered free advice from KLAK-Innovit; Students can use facilities when available. 2. Workshops / competitions: The university hosts part of annual "Golden egg" competition in collaboration with Klak-Innovit and University of Iceland. The university has also provided facilities and connections to students for Startup Energy Reykjavik - an accelerator led by Arion Bank and others. 3. Summer schools / internships: All schools offer internships to students. IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: RU is an active partner in KLAK-Innovit - a local innovation center. The center assists new entrepreneurs in putting their business plans into practice with events, advice and various services. 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: RU has close collaborations with industry and provides connections on case-by-case basis. 3. Foundations for startup support: RU supports spin-off companies origination from the university http://goo.gl/TLthQp 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Reykjavik Science City http://goo.gl/MkOroJ 36 Norway Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: - Participation in European initiative Gate2Growth, formation of the Gløshaugen Innovation Center - Brohode Frøya – Promotes recruitment, research and development in the marine industries. Students and scientists from NTNU, local schools and officials, and industry partners are collaborating in this project 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: - NTNU School of Entrepreneurship - NORSI – Norwegian research school on innovation for PhD’s. NORSI has extensive connections to internationally renowned business research institutions in the US and elsewhere. 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: - NTNU Technology Transfer AS (http://goo.gl/XpFLLD) and SINTEF/SINVENT provide ongoing professional guidance, teaching and research in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation; - IPiN – Intellectual Property Institute of Norway, hosted by NTNU. IPIN aims to strengthen innovation and competitiveness in Norwegian industry through research and dissemination, as well as research-based training of students and employees in business and government organizations working with technology, innovation and intellectual values. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: the Gløshaugen Innovation Center is Norway's first "on campus" incubator for commercial entrepreneurship. The Gløshaugen Innovation Center, NTNU, SINTEF and SIVA's joint initiative is to create an exciting environment and atmosphere for entrepreneurship, commercialization and networking, with close ties to the academic and scientific world, it is the major Business and Innovation body at NTNU, http://www.ntnu.no/ig. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: - NTNU School of Entrepreneurship (NSE), a two-year master degree program with a focus on business development and technology-based entrepreneurship; - Master of Science in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Society – gives the students insight in the entrepreneur's importance for society's development, and the meaning of social context for entrepreneurship. After graduating, the students find work in public support systems for entrepreneurs, like Innovation Norway. 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: 37 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Take-Off is a business development program that has been running for over thirty years. Interdisciplinary teams of students and experts help entrepreneurs getting their idea off the ground. Take-Off is also a course for entrepreneurship students. 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Technology Management, Entrepreneurship and marketoriented product development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Specialization Course (compulsory for some programs, all the courses are on the master level); Entrepreneurship Venture CUP (elective course for master students) 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: - A feasibility study at NTNU School of Entrepreneurship is an efficient and unique way to explore the commercial potential of the business ideas. A student team (3-5) work intensely over 5 days with research and analysis of a business concept, delivering: a written feasibility report; a written and oral presentation http://goo.gl/JtEqJj - NSE’s education model combines theory and practice, majorly, group work. In addition to a full academic workload in business development, students are provided the infrastructure, resources and guidance to establish their own startup company. The NSE culture and environment is designed to challenge the students by providing new experiences that take them outside their comfort zone. All students have their workspace in the incubator at NTNU and all projects are supported by a dedicated mentor with senior management or entrepreneurial experience. Students get facilities and legal support for working on their companies. - Collaboration with CERN, Switzerland (opportunity for study visits, taking a year as guest student or writing a master thesis at CERN). Collaboration with Boston University – summer semester full of entrepreneurship courses. - Experts in Teamwork (EiT) – EiT is mandatory for most master’s students at NTNU. They work together in interdisciplinary teams, acquiring teamwork and problem solution skills. Many of the assignments come from business and public sector, looking for innovative solutions to their problems. III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: - Spark* – Free counselling and support for students who got an idea. Spark* is initiated by NTNU and run by students with entrepreneurial experience. - Start NTNU – Student organization devoted to getting students interested in entrepreneurship. Start is a national organization, who amongst others runs the Venture Cup competition in Norway. Start NTNU is the largest local branch, with 50 active members. - NTNU Revolve – A team of 50 students who each year build a race car to compete in Formula Student. Revolve has recently also become a course for engineering students. - DNV GL Fuel Fighter – Student team from NTNU competing in the Shell Eco Marathon. The team develop and build prototype cars who maximize fuel efficiency 38 - Designhjelpen – Advisory service initiated by students of industrial design, providing help with design, product development and marketing. Many of their customers are start-ups from NTNU. 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: NTNU Technology Transfer AS and SINTEF/SINVENT, Spark*, Designhjelpen 3. Workshops / competitions: - Various activities at Gløshaugen Innovation Center and school of entrepreneurship; Technoport events and conferences http://goo.gl/PZtP2Z; - Innovator, the “academy awards” show for entrepreneurs in Mid-Norway. With hundreds of guests and close to a million NOK in prizes, the show is the largest of its kind in the region. 4. Summer schools / internships: summer semester at Boston University full of entrepreneurship courses (optional) IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: - Services provided by the Gløshaugen Innovation; - NTNU Accel – Recently established business accelerator, which provides funding, expertise and network for its members. 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: NTNU Technology Transfer AS and the Gløshaugen Innovation 3. Foundations for startup support: - NTNU Discovery provides financial support for researchers and entrepreneurs in the very early stages of commercialization. The funding of early prototyping and testing has proven to have great impact on the projects’ later success. - NTNU Accel 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: the Gløshaugen Innovation Center (oncampus incubator) V Case story Gløshaugen Innovation Center is a multifunctional establishment that fulfills various functions on campus and provides student activities, physical space and functions as a meeting point between businesses, students and research. The NTNU educational-quiz application Kahoot is becoming a worldwide phenomenon. At the start of this year, they had over twelve million users, growing by hundreds of thousands each week. NTNU Technology Transfer Office (TTO) recently sold their shares in the company for 11 million NOK, an all-time high. 39 University of Stavanger* I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: The University of Stavanger is the first and only Norwegian university to become member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU); member of University Startup World Cup network 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Center for Innovation Research 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: Prekubator Technology Transfer Office (Precubator TTO) http://prekubatortto.no/ is the tool for commercialization of research ideas. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Center for Student Entrepreneurship http://goo.gl/QG8a8l II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Knowledge-based entrepreneurship (10 ECTS) – offer for business students http://goo.gl/nxn9fA ; Entrepreneurship for technology ventures (10 ECTS) – open for master students from the Faculty of Science and Technology http://goo.gl/pcdZ0Q 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives 2. Support for student entrepreneurship 3. Workshops / competitions: events organized by Center for Innovation Research http://goo.gl/gc014a; University of Stavanger Innovation Days (2013), Startup weekend Stavanger –UP global 4. Summer schools / internships IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: Center for Innovation Research services, Precubator TTO 2. Matchmaking and collaboration 3. Foundations for startup support 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: The Stavanger Innovation Park (Ipark) is located on campus, running incubator activities and helping new enterprises start up. 40 University of Agder* I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: collaboration with Innovation Norway 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Center for Entrepreneurship - UiA's Centre for Entrepreneurship (SfE) is responsible for entrepreneurship education of over 300 students annually, which participate in 9 different programs, most prominent of which are its entrepreneurship and Internationalization labs, run in collaboration with Innovation Norway. 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: RIS center (center for advanced studies in regional innovation studies) acquired the function of a Technology Transfer Office 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: International Strategy and the Internationalization Laboratory, 6 weeks course based on working with new companies and SMEs 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Bachelor: Basic Entrepreneur Course in Business Establishment (intro course), Hands-on e-business for entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS); Master level: Entrepreneurship and Innovation (7.5 credits); Entrepreneurship in experience and lifestyle (10 credits); Innovation through Design and Entrepreneurship (7.5 credits); PhD: Research Issue in International Entrepreneurship 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: 3. Workshops / competitions: entrepreneurship and Internationalization labs, run in collaboration with Innovation Norway IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: Center for Entrepreneurship - cooperation between industry, entrepreneurs, funding agencies and the university; as well as the facilitation of entrepreneurial network building at the regional, national and international levels. 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: RIS center, Center for Entrepreneurship’s activities 3. Foundations for startup support 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators 41 The Arctic University of Norway* I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: cooperation with Chalmers University of Technology, University of Saskatchewan 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: Norinnova Technology Transfer AS is an innovation company with the objective of commercializing business ideas based on research activities and new technologies. NNT is a subsidiary of Norut AS, of which the University of Tromsø is the largest shareholder. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: The DT Lab is the center for creativity and human-centered innovation at UiT, The Arctic University of Norway II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Business Creation and Entrepreneurship – master (Core-courses in business creation and design are delivered by the University of Tromsø jointly by Chalmers University of Technology), Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship – bachelor, Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas (GENI) – joint master, collaboration with University of Saskatchewan 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules 4. Single entrepreneurship courses 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives 2. Support for student entrepreneurship 3. Workshops / competitions: DT Lab activities 4. Summer schools / internships IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs 2. Matchmaking and collaboration 3. Foundations for startup support 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Tromsø Science Park 42 Sweden Blekinge Institute of Technology* I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: BTH Innovation is a department within the Blekinge Institute of Technology with the main mission to stimulate, develop and strengthen the practical innovation at BTH. BHT Innovation can be called a pre-incubator students, researchers as well as external entrepreneurs can develop and test their ideas for a full-term business model there. BTH Innovation is divided into two areas which are: wi.se (http://www.wi.se) and Business Lab 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Wi.se pre-incubator II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Master of Science in Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Topic Integrated innovation projects (15 ECTS) http://goo.gl/KqAQ0T 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Entrepreneurship in the IT-society (7,5 ECTS); Project Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Digital Culture (10 ECTS); Corporate Finance and Investment for Entrepreneurs (7,5 ECTS) –basic level; Innovation method and academic entrepreneurship (7,5 ECTS) – advanced level 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: BTH Career Center - seminars / lectures, the Entrepreneur Game, Mentorship program; Business Lab arranges competitions, inspirational lectures, and offer seminars and courses on issues related to commercialization and business development for students, teachers and researches. IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: BTH Innovation – Idea assessment, matching, proof of the concept; wi.se conduct business in an experimental form of short "proof-ofconcept" projects. 43 Chalmers University of Technology I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: Chalmers is putting almost a half a billion crowns of their own funds into a new wholly owned subsidiary within Venture Creation. All students shall, in the long term, receive entrepreneurial experience during their education. By means of investments, students, researchers and others will be provided with the opportunity to test their ideas and provided with access to tools, methods and capital. 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Chalmers School of entrepreneurship focuses on three main areas within technology (such as ICT, materials, clean tech, and bioscience) and business modeling. The three main areas are: Venture Creation, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Capital Management. 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: - Innovationskontor Väst (Innovation Office West) provides support to individual researchers and research groups in matters regarding innovation and utilization of research and its results. Such support includes guidance on utilization in many different forms: commercialization, patenting and licensing, research collaboration, etc.; - As of 2015 Chalmers will gather venture creation activities in one new company. The company is a merger of the two incubators Chalmers Innovation and Encubator + Chalmers Invest, Chalmers Capital and Chalmers Intellectual Property Rights. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Encubator AB (Chalmers venture creation incubator realizing ideas together with Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship). The start-up camp at Chalmers Innovation is open for students to apply to. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Master programs in Management and Economics of Innovation (MEI) and Entrepreneurship and Business Design (EBD); graduate school at the Department of Technology Management and Economics – interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship related PhD program 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: N/A 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Technology Venture Creation Track & Bioscience Venture Creation Track (During the second year of their technology/bioscience tracks students are divided into teams, which are matched with researchers and innovators who have contributed ideas with commercial potential. From their own office space, the students engage in the commercial development of the project, supported by faculty, business advisors and coaches). 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: - Practical leadership in innovation (course on bachelor level, open for Chalmers students, in Swedish); 44 - Electives (master level): Brand Management, Idea Evaluation, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Behavior Organization, Creating New Business, Patent and Innovation Engineering, Social Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property and Innovation Strategies, Organizing for Innovation, Strategy and Innovation, Design Thinking and Innovation 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: Action-based pedagogy; students create real value from innovations and ideas, and get a chance for them to act on the opportunities, needs and challenges of the world. The introduction to Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship is known as the Business Creation Lab. Here students learn the foundation of business design and entrepreneurship using a mix of theoretic studies and simulated business scenarios. III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Chalmers Entrepreneurship day, the ”umbrella” activities #Gbgtech and #GbgtechWeek 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Chalmers school of entrepreneurship, Encubator AB, Chalmers Innovation Start-up camp 3. Workshops / competitions: Innovation Playground (a 2-day workshop), Encubator activities 4. Summer schools / internships: Internships at Innovation Office West at Chalmers. Additionally there are also internships provided to students primarily from the Intellectual Capital Management track at Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship. IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: Chalmers Innovation offers networking events, business coaching, inspiring lectures by serial entrepreneurs, lean start up tools, and runs the Startup Camp (a 10 week program for nascent entrepreneurs) 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: Center for Business Innovation. CBI is a research center and a platform for knowledge sharing. It is an environment that brings together people in decision-making positions in companies with faculty members and students in order to foster integrated exchange, development and application of knowledge, but also to strengthen companies’ capabilities for innovation and business development. 3. Foundations for startup support: Chalmersinvest. The purpose of Chalmersinvest is to participate in the development and financing of companies within the university sphere in the Gothenburg area; they invest in companies which find themselves at the initial stage of their development. 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: - Encubator and Chalmers Innovation are ranked among the top ten university business incubators in the world. - There are three science parks connected to Chalmers – Johanneberg Science Park, Lindholmen Science Park and Sahlgrenska Science Park. The science parks combine companies’ knowhow and innovative drive with academic expertise. They offer their 45 companies close proximity to a high-tech intellectual environment with research on the technical forefront and with up-to-date engineering expertise that can be recruited. V Case story ‘Education + Incubation = Encubation’ model 46 Karlstad University* I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: close research collaboration between the university and the industry, as well as Region Värmland (a 5 year agreement was signed). Region Värmland provides basic funding for a research center for regional development (CERUT) at Karlstad University. 2. University innovation office, technology transfer: - The Grants and Innovation Office (GIO) at Karlstad University is one point of contact if an organization is interested in various research collaborations with the University. The collaboration can be in the form of commissioned research, joint research projects, or industrial doctorate students - The Innovation Office Fyrklövern is a joint venture between the four youngest universities in Sweden; Karlstad University, Linnaeus University, Mid Sweden University and Örebro University and its primary aim is to support regional and interregional development 3. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: To facilitate meetings between small and medium-sized companies in the cluster organizations and students or researchers at Karlstad University, a cluster room has been established. The room is strategically located close to engineering laboratories at the university and provides facilities for seminars, project meetings and innovation development activities. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Bachelor Program in Innovation and Design Engineering; Bachelor program in IT-Design: Enterprise Systems and Economy 2. Single entrepreneurship courses: Manufacturing Technology, Innovation and Design (7,5 ECTS), Userinnovation (15, Master level); Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship (15 ECTS, bachelor); Creative Idea Development - Realization of Dreams and Entrepreneurship for Everyone (7.5 ECTS, bachelor) 3. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: Karlstad University values problemsolving and makes sure that students encounter real projects. To that end a number of diverse industrial partners contribute to the education in the form of guest lectures, field trips, internships and degree projects. Research is also carried out in close association with industry. III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives 2. Support for student entrepreneurship 3. Workshops / competitions 4. Summer schools / internships 47 IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: Inova incubator and services http://inova.nu/en/ 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: research centers and external collaboration with researchers; CTRIVE is short for Competence development Tool for Research: Intellectual Value Enhancement (held in workshop form) 3. Foundations for startup support 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: - Inova - incubator and science park - helps creating new businesses from innovations where higher education and research meets industry and the public sector. - Karlstad brunch of Drivhuset (Drivhuset is a meeting place for people who want to develop business ideas and entrepreneurial drive), http://www.drivhuset.se/en V Case story “In Karlstad University, all education and research are underpinned by a close dialogue with private companies and public organizations, e.g. through advisory boards, reference groups and steering committees” The university actively supports innovation and research utilization through Coaching with funds (VFT – Verification for Growth) and stimulates “impact and utilization thinking” arranging workshops, seminars, training, partner speaking sessions etc. 48 KTH Royal Institute of Technology I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: - KTH forms a part of four consortia of the prestigious EU collaboration, European institute of Innovation and Technology that will make Europe a global leader for innovations in ICT (EIT ICT Labs), Energy (EIT InnoEnergy), Health (EIT Health) and Materials (EIT RawMaterials). - Stockholm school of entrepreneurship, SSES; (KTH is one the five establishers) offers students in Stockholm education, training and inspiration in entrepreneurship. - KTH Innovation, a department within KTH, offers innovation and entrepreneurship support to both researchers and students at KTH. KTH Innovation is appointed as one out of twelve innovation offices in Sweden by the ministry of education and support universities in the region to develop better innovation support. - KTH partnered, through KTH Innovation, with FOUNDER.org in order to advance student and faculty entrepreneurship 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Unit within the department of Industrial Economics and Management; they provide a wide range of courses focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship, industrial dynamics and corporate finance and are responsible for two master programs in innovation and entrepreneurship http://goo.gl/trV63d 3. SSES, see above, offers academic courses on entrepreneurship. 4. University innovation office, technology transfer: “KTH Innovation” exists specifically to offer KTH´s researchers and students support in making interesting new projects commercially viable 5. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Student Inc. is run by KTH Innovation, and is the student incubator (office space, coaching, consulting and workshops) 6. The incubator Stockholm Innovation and Growth AB, STING, is considered to be one of Europe’s top incubators and is located at KTH campus. STING is based in the recently started co-workning space THINGs where startups within “Internet of Things” and related areas rent office and workshop spaces. KTH supports both STING and THINGs. II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Master's program in ICT Innovation (EIT ICT Labs), Master's program in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Master's program in Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering (joint program); EIT ICT Labs Doctoral School Innovation & Entrepreneurship Business Competence program. Product Innovation Management, a track in the Integrated Product Design Master. 49 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: Minor Thesis Project within Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS, program in ICT Innovation) 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: KTH Innovation offer practical oriented course modules within venture creation, sales and IP protection etc. to both students and faculty. 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Entrepreneurship for Engineers (6 ECTS, master level), Open and user-driven innovation (7.5 ECTS, elective, master level), Technology-based Entrepreneurship (7,5 ECTS, elective, master level); Business Model Innovation (7,5 ECTS, master level); Managing the Innovation Process from the Research Perspective (5 ECTS, PhD level); Business Modeling and Development (15 ECTS, PhD level), Business Development Lab of Entrepreneurship Engineers (9 ECTS, master level), Entrepreneurial Leadership in Practice (7,5, master), From Science to your Business Concepts in Biotechnology (7,5; master), Opportunity Recognition (6, PhD level), From Idea to Services Business (7,5, master level) and other innovation-related courses can be found here http://goo.gl/s8uWT1 III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Excitera, the entrepreneurship association for students 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Student Inc. offers ongoing coaching support from the experienced Business Development Coaches at KTH Innovation, Contacts and network – development in an entrepreneurial environment with likeminded students; KTH Innovation provides commercial support in areas such as funding, agreements, patents, business development, recruitments etc. 3. Workshops / competitions: monthly sessions on relevant subjects from Student Inc. 4. Summer schools / internships: Summer Course- Entrepreneurship for Engineers (for ICT innovation master students) IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: KTH innovation services, KTH Holding AB can invest in spinoffs and IP from the university, KTH-GMU Workshop on Internationalization and Competitiveness 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: KTH maintains close contacts with incubators who are fostering start-up companies and technology transfer schemes. One of the largest is STING, Stockholm Innovation and Growth. In addition, KTH Innovation has contacts with venture capital and business angels who are specializing in early financing solutions. KTH Innovation and STING work together through the “Search for Talents” project to recruit experienced entrepreneurs to university spinoffs. 50 3. Foundations for startup support: KTH Innovation and STING offers Startup support. KTH Innovation early stage and STING later stages more growth oriented support. STING is owned by the Electrum foundation. 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: STING, Stockholm Innovation and Growth V Case story (if applicable) KTH is running a number of joint projects with established national industrial corporations; here the potential spin-off is taken care of directly by the companies themselves. Examples of such schemes are the VinnExcellence Centres run by Vinnova, with KTH hosting one-third of Vinnova´s present ten-year research programs. All of these are managed in direct co-operation with Swedish industry. 51 Linköping University I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: AGEra is a project funded by Tillväxtverket with the aim to create a culture that encourages innovation, entrepreneurship and innovation (primarily concerns the Faculty of Health Sciences), Demola East Sweden (Norrköping and Linköping). 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: The division Project, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) (Institute of Technology) and the division Business Administration (Faculty of Arts and Sciences), both at the department of Management and Engineering. 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: InnovationskontorEtt (The Innovation Office); Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE). 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: InnovationskontorEtt Kårallen (at Campus Valla in Linköping) (entrepreneurship consulting for students); Strykbrädan (at Campus Norrköping) (entrepreneurship consulting and workplaces for students who are developing their own business ideas and/or running their own businesses), the creActive arena (in Mjärdevi Science Park). II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: We have chosen an integrated and inclusive approach to Entrepreneurship, where all students at all Faculties should have the opportunity to take courses in Entrepreneurship, rather than limiting Entrepreneurship Education to a select few in one or a few programs. 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: Our educational structure does not contain minors. There is, however, a master-level specialization (60 ECTS credits, including a master thesis) in Innovation and Entrepreneurship for students at the 5-year Industrial Engineering and Management Program, which also students at the 5-year Design and Product Development Engineering and the Energy–Environment–Management Engineering Program can participate in (at least to some extent). 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Innovation and Entrepreneurship – project course (12 ECTS)2. There is also an opportunity to write a Master thesis at PIE focusing on developing your own business. Students who participate in Demola projects in Norrköping and Linköping are awarded credits. 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Basic Entrepreneurship and Idea Feasibility Analysis/Entrepreneurship and New Business Development (6 credits each)3, Innovative entrepreneurship (6 credits, master level), Innovation and Entrepreneurship – project 2 This is not really a venture creation module, but students solve real challenges associated with innovative activities in small as well as large companies. 3 These two courses are more or less the same, but for different student groups. 52 course (12 ECTS, see previous point). In addition, several of the bachelor thesis and CDIO project courses in our 5-year engineering programs contain entrepreneurship elements (normally about 3 credits), i.e. students do not only conceive and design a technical system or product but also write an idea concept statement for their project and pitch it to a panel of “dragons” (teachers). (The above courses and parts of courses are provided by The Project, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) division.) 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: All courses combine theoretical knowledge with practice, usually in the form of business planning activities for imagined or real venture ideas (ideas conceived by LiU researchers, by students or by nearby companies). Learning by doing is the key idea. III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives. Lintek (the student union for students at the Institute of Technology) arranges InnE, an event to highlight Innovation and Entrepreneurship. They are also actively involved in the innovation and entrepreneurship week (”Vecka45”). Engagemangsstipendiet (”The Dedication Scholarship”) is awarded by the student union for students at the Institute of Technology together with the labor union Unionen to a person or group who has done some kind of non-profit work that has benefitted other students and resulted in long-term improvements for student life. 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Career service Center provides help for students in starting their business http://goo.gl/7k4HQd; InnovationskontorEtt (the Innovation Office) organizes various events and workshops for students http://goo.gl/OL5Xaw; the Entrepreneurship and New Business Development Program is accessible for students, PhD students, researchers and external entrepreneurs, and can be combined with a full-time position or full-time studies. 3. Workshops / competitions: Linköping University Entrepreneurship Challenge (organized by students at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences); Vecka45 – an innovation and entrepreneurship week; Venture Cup competition, Idea Challenge. 4. Summer schools / internships: Summer Match is a summer job where students can use knowledge from their studies, and get an opportunity to develop a research project from the University or their unique track. IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE), InnovationskontorEtt (the Innovation Office), Spetsa (LiU-owned consultant company, through which researchers can sell their own services without having to start a company of their own). 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: InnovationskontorEtt (the Innovation Office) increases the impact of research results, foster innovations and promotes their commercialization. 3. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: 53 - - - Norrköping Science Park (NOSP) – founded in 1999 under the name of ProNova Science Park and today houses about 140 companies, with a primary focus on interactive and visual media. LEAD (LiU Entrepreneurship and Development) is a business incubator that accelerates the development of start-ups by providing entrepreneurs with a breadth of focused resources and services for more rapid growth. LEAD is owned and funded by Linköping University; other financiers include Linköping and Norrköping Municipalities and Innovationsbron. Mjärdevi Science Park (Linköping) – founded in 1984 and owned by Linköping Municipality. Focuses on ICT and houses companies such as Ericsson, Autoliv, Actia and NIRA Dynamics. V Case story (if applicable) Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) provides a unique environment for catalyzing both quality entrepreneurship research and new business growth development. They offer programs and activities designed to stimulate the successful creation, development and growth of technology and knowledge intensive firms; integrate these programs with its research and teaching to provide the best platform for theory and business practice. 54 Luleå University of Technology* I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: Collaboration with the project NoCry (Northern Creative Youth), a transnational cooperation project funded by the NPP (Northern Periphery Programme) within the EU. NoCry project is developing a virtual incubator services directed towards the creative sector to disseminate information, support networking and business development among young creative entrepreneurs in "the Northern Periphery". 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship and innovation research group (“research subject”); Centre for Management of Innovation and Technology in Process Industry (Promote) 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: LTU Innovation is established to support the commercialization of ideas from the university; Arctic Business Incubator (ABI) was founded in 2005 in Luleå and started with the aim to support the Luleå University of Technology to commercialize research. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Aurorum Business Lab; LuleåSciencePark@work II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Bachelor program in Digital Service Innovation 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Entrepreneurship and Co-creating in Creative Industries - The Road Tour (45 Credits, bachelor) – work at NoCry virtual incubator 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Basic Entrepreneurship (7.5 Credits, bachelor); IDEDevelopers: Innovation, Development and Entrepreneurship (7.5 Credits, bachelor), Health promotion in Project and Entrepreneurship (15 Credits, Bachelor), International Entrepreneurship (7.5 Credits, Master), Strategic entrepreneurship (7.5 Credits, Master), Business and digital entrepreneurship (7.5 Credits, bachelor), Innovation & strategic business development (15 Credits, master), New venture establishment (7.5 Credits, bachelor), Entrepreneurial Learning (7,5, bachelor) 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: developing entrepreneurship pedagogy, entrepreneurial learning III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives Arctic Business Incubator (ABI); virtual incubator facilities through participation in the NoCry project (?) 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Career Center LTU, ABI 3. Workshops / competitions: Radical Innovation Workshop (RIW) 55 4. Summer schools / internships IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs : - Centek, a business-driving limited liability company owned by LTU Holdingan - Collaboration with Arctic Business Incubator. Today ABIs business expanded and supports innovators and entrepreneurs regardless of the origin of ideas as long as they are scalable and have an international market - Aurorum Business Lab. 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: - LuleåSciencePark@work is a meeting place that gives you the opportunity to meet students, companies and other people who can help your company meet the future. - Every year, LTU conducts a number of matchmaking events http://goo.gl/hH14Ep . 3. Foundations for startup support 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Arctic Business Incubator; Luleå Science Park (the most northern Science Park in Sweden) V Case story LTU believe that Higher education and research are prerequisites to regional development. Therefore, it has the highest percent of the direct research funding coming from the industry, about 30%. The university is actively collaborating with the “outside world”: - Almost all formal groups (boards, committes, etc.) at the university have relevant external representatives. The university leadership participates in a large number of regional boards and committes Research is performed in about 20 research centers involving the university, industry and public interests There are 45 adjunct professors sharing their time between industry and the university External parties participate in education. Parts of some programs are taught outside the university A large number of informal meetings take place From mid-2000s, LTU was developing entrepreneurship pedagogy and entrepreneurial learning methods. 56 Lund University (Faculty of Engineering) I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: The Entrepreneurial Society of Lund University (ESLU) is a network that profiles from industry, scientists and students linked to SKJCE meet to participate in the creation of knowledge and learning. The engineering faculty further runs an innovation portal to gather researchers in the field at different seminars. 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship (SKJCE)(form School of Economics and Management) provides courses and educational programs in the area of entrepreneurship http://goo.gl/j6xG85 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: - The Lund University Innovation System (LUIS) is Lund University's technology transfer office where researchers can obtain help and support to help commercialize research - Innovationskontor Syd (IKS) is collaboration between five academic institutions in the southern region of Sweden including Lund University. The purpose is to stimulate, simplify and efficiently utilize research and knowledge from these institutions, thus spreading the benefits to society. IKS offers support such as patent and legal guidance as well as guidance to researchers, students, entrepreneurs, industry actors and investors to navigate the innovation system. 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: VentureLab http://www.venturelab.lu.se (under Sten K. Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship) is the university's platform to encourage entrepreneurship and support the students and recent graduates who are considering starting their own business. The engineering faculty is further neighboring the oldest science park in Sweden, where many engineering based companies have started (Ideon www.ideon.se ) II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Entrepreneurship, New Venture Creation - Master's Program (One Year); Entrepreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation - Master's Program (One Year) (form School of Economics and Management, Center for Entrepreneurship); Industrial Economics with specialization in Business and Innovation (Master), Master of Industrial Design (2 year program, leading to many spin-offs) 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: - Erasmus Mundus Master “Food Innovation and product design program ” (2 years in total with last year spent at the engineering faculty LTH) 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: master thesis for a degree in Innovations (30 ECTS) 57 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Most of the engineering programs have one of these courses during the 4th year of study: Entrepreneurship in new and existing companies (7.5, master), Innovation Engineering (7.5, master), Entrepreneurship and Business Development (7.5, master); Entrepreneurship and Project Management (7.5, master); Demola (Multidisciplinary student teams working with real challenges from the society, project based 7.5); Project Engineering at the Nanoscale – purpose to develop commercial products or processes (15) 5. Courses for engineers from the Center for Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship and business creation for engineering students (7.5, basic course); Business and entrepreneurship (6 ECTS, bachelor); 6. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: Action Based Entrepreneurial Education; PhD course “Innovation and value creation in research 3 hp” III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Student organization TLTH arranged “Innovation week” spring 2015, 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Mentoring programs for the Venture creation program students; VentureLab services (events, idea development, office space); Leapfrogs – financial support to students looking to develop their business ideas (35 students get 27k SEK for 3 months to work with their business idea) 3. Workshops / competitions: inspirational lectures, events and workshops organized by VentureLab, Venture Cup – “venture creation competition” 4. Summer schools / internships: Internship program (Jan to June) for students in Entrepreneurship, organized by SKJCE IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: : Innovation Portal conduct a series of innovation seminars (business developer and patent advisors along with businesses and guests with LTH background); developmental seminars and stimulating entrepreneurship events at Sten K. Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship; mentoring programs 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: Innovationskontor Syd (IKS) 3. Foundations for startup support: Entrepreneurship is one of the priority areas of Lund University's fundraising campaign: "For a Better World" 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Ideon Science Park is run by Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB, Lund University and Lund Municipality V Case story (if applicable) Lunds Universitet is running a research program in Entrepreneurial learning and education http://goo.gl/QmRXFO. 58 Mid Sweden University* I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship initiatives, partnerships: collaboration with Venture Cup, Implementation of Entrepreneurship education through Miun Innovation 2. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Miun Innovation has recently initiated a project named Miun Innovation – “För entreprenörskap i utbildningen” (Entrepreneurship in Education) partly financed by Tillväxtverket (Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth). This project aims to develop entrepreneurship within the programs and courses at the university. It is a pilot project with programs dominated by female students as primer target groups. Miun Innovation is working with the following main areas: - Encourage students to create business ideas that derive from academic knowledge, and support them in the innovation process from idea to business concept. - Encourage researchers to use results that derive from research, and support the innovation process from idea to utilization 3. University innovation office, technology transfer: Innovationskontoret Fyrklövern (Fyrklövern) - a single cohesive innovation office created by Karlstad University, Linnaeus University, Mid Sweden University and Örebro University. The innovation office consists of a network-based collaboration in which the innovation supporting activities are developed jointly through flexible working practices. Fyrklövern‘s four nodes share vision, business plan and approach. The innovation office facilitates coordination and comprehensive exchange of experience, which also brings significant opportunities for cooperation in education and research 4. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Åkroken Business Incubator and Mid Sweden Science Park/Incubator II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Eco Entrepreneur for Sustainable Development (Bachelor program), Sports Technology – Mechanical Engineering within Innovative Product Development (Bachelor), Sports Technology - Innovative Product Design within Sports Technology and Tech Adventure (Bachelor) 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Project Based Product (15 credits, master students, mostly, engineering majors) - over 20 weeks; a group of students solve a problem for a company http://goo.gl/c7GKYx 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Environmentally Driven Innovation (15 credits within Environmental Engineering BA), Innovation and technology diffusion (7.5 credits within Environmental Engineering (Master)), Entrepreneurship and Marketing (7.5 Credits within 59 Furniture and Cabinet Making BA). There are various courses in Entrepreneurship, but not within technical programs http://goo.gl/U0WWoA 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: Student Innovation Mid Sweden (SIMS) is a method where companies / organizations can "borrow" a group of highly educated students to solve a problem for your company / organization. Mid Sweden University runs a course at the advanced level, where students on behalf of the company / organization will work out new products and services as solutions to the problems and needs of companies / organizations themselves have identified. III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: business development course created in cooperation with Venture Cup and with a number of guest lecturers from the region catering both students and professionals. 3. Workshops / competitions: Business Development Race, workshops at SIMS 4. Summer schools / internships IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: business development course (created in cooperation with Venture Cup), STC Research Centre makes a number events, among which are Business Innovation Day and Science & Innovation Day (http://goo.gl/u7jyCs) 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: the first university in Sweden to be renounced as an Easy Access university. The method offers a more efficient way to utilize research results deriving from the university and through the portfolio of free, Easy Access intellectual property (IP), Mid Sweden University provide a fast-track route for the transfer of knowledge and expertise from universities to industry, so that it can be developed for the benefit of the economy and society. 3. Foundations for startup support 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Åkroken Business Incubator and Mid Sweden Science Park/Incubator V Case story - Student Innovation Mid Sweden (SIMS) method - An Easy Access university 60 Umeå University I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: Umeå School of Business and Economics 2. University innovation office, technology transfer: - Innovation Office North, the Innovation Office operates in the interface between Uminova Innovation, Grants Office, Office for External Relations and Umeå Biotech Incubator - Uminova Innovation AB 3. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Umeå Arts Campus (for the students with creative majors) II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Innovation and entrepreneurship focused educational programs: Master's Program in IT Management, Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: Product Development in Media Technology using the "Design-build-test" method (7.5 Credits); Service Design and Business Models in an Engineering Context (7.5 Credits) 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Strategic Business Development (30.0 Credits, master) http://goo.gl/oh7Cbf; Strategic Entrepreneurship (15.0 Credits, master) 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Contraction and Small Business Management in IT and Media Business (7.5, bachelor), Innovation Management (7.5, master), Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship (7.5 Credits, bachelor), New Product Innovation (7.5 Credits, master), Academic Business Challenge (7,5 credits) III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Students from the 5-year master of engineering programmes regularly participate in events such as Venture Cup. 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: - Uminova Innovation AB contributes to commercializing business ideas and offers a structured process and personal support, networks and a creative setting. Focus is on business ideas from researchers, employees and students at the university and hospital in Umeå and on innovative ideas from companies in the region; - Umeå Arts Campus – brings together the university Art Colleges and also includes Bildmuseet – the university's museum of contemporary art and visual culture, the digital experimental workshop HumLab-X and the dynamic "Sliperiet" incubator 3. Workshops / competitions: events at Umeå Arts Campus, mostly for the students with creative majors 4. Summer schools / internships: 61 - Summer internship within the Financial IT branch of the Software Engineering 5-year master programme Co-op internships within the Mechanical Engineering and Computer Engineering bachelor programmes Internships within the Process Operator programme IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: Innovation Office North, Uminova Innovation AB, The 'Sliperiet' Incubator for companies in the creative industries 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: Innovation Office North, Uminova Innovation AB 3. Foundations for startup support: Innovation Office North, Uminova Innovation AB 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Umeå Biotech Incubator, The 'Sliperiet' Incubator 62 Uppsala University I Organization and entrepreneurial culture 1. Entrepreneurship center / university structures focused on teaching entrepreneurship: School of Entrepreneurship (within Industrial Engineering and Management) 2. University innovation office, technology transfer: UU Innovation - the hub for innovation at Uppsala University. UU Innovation is the technology and knowledge transfer organization of Uppsala University and fosters collaboration between Uppsala University, business and community. 3. Physical environments, facilities for student entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship Lab (http://www.entrepreneurshiplab.se/). The Entrepreneurship Lab4 offers a unique educational experience by connection businesses, researchers and innovators with students for mastering the craft of entrepreneurship through connection in real-life cases. At the same time, innovators who are struggling with their ideas and inventions and lack the time, can take advantage of entrepreneurship students by letting them develop a Business Plan for their existing idea or getting help with kick-starting the entrepreneurial process. 5. Physical environments in process: In connection with the Uppsala School of Entrepreneurship a physical design lab facility is planned to be realized in collaboration with other universities in Europe and the Nordic countries. The facility will build on the existing, fully equipped mechanic workshop currently being used for prototyping and for teaching engineering students. These facilities will be complemented with design lab equipment and other physical arrangements for working with creative business model development, testing and product concept evaluation. This creative environment will be designed and operated in cooperation with parts of the innovation system in Uppsala (UUI, UIC, Uppsala Holding). II Entrepreneurship Education for engineers (curriculum and teaching methods) 1. Master programmes: Master Programme in Industrial Management and Innovation is offered to students with an engineering background (or equivalent). The program includes courses in, e.g.: innovation management, business management and control, modelling in business organizations, technology based entrepreneurship and scientific methodology. The master degree thesis ending the program is often carried out in cooperation with established firms. 2. Entrepreneurship minors within engineering programs: School of Entrepreneurship Students in long degree programs have the possibility to conclude their studies by enrolling The Entrepreneurship Lab is not a physical environment (yet). The above description refers to a vision for the future, for which the Department for Business Studies is looking for suitable funding from various sources. The Lab was established in 2012 and has been run in connection with other (master and bachelor) programmes. 4 63 in The School of Entrepreneurship. During an intensive year of studies, students are given the opportunity to use their specialist knowledge to run a live project starting with an idea all the way through to commercial reality, while simultaneously immersing themselves in subjects such as business planning, market analysis, intellectual property and business law, how to start a company, and how to lead and run technology-based development projects. 3. Venture creation semesters and course modules: Master Thesis in Entrepreneurship (15), Kursplan för Examensarbete med entreprenörsinriktning - Degree Project (30, master), Business Development and Entrepreneurship (30, master) 4. Single entrepreneurship courses: Entrepreneurship (7,5 ECTS), Technology Based Entrepreneurship (5, bachelor), Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and IPR (10, master), Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship in Biotechnological Firm (5, master), Foundations of Entrepreneurship (7.5, master), Corporate Entrepreneurship (7.5, master) 5. (Specific) approaches to teaching entrepreneurship: “live case” methodology as pedagogics III Extra-curricular entrepreneurship activities and arrangements 1. Student-lead entrepreneurship initiatives: Uppstuk is Uppsala Student consultants organizations aiming to bridge the gap between industry and students at Uppsala University. http://uppstuk.se 2. Support for student entrepreneurship: Drivhuset is a meeting place for those who want to develop business ideas and entrepreneurial drive. The aim of Drivhuset is to get more people to take the step to start and run their own business. It offers help with practical knowledge, market research and guidance with the focus on a single entrepreneur http://www.drivhuset.se/en/node/17; Enterepreneurship Lab services 3. Workshops / competitions: Enterepreneurship Lab Events IV Technology commercialization and startup support 1. Resources for researchers and entrepreneurs: UU Innovation services http://www.uuinnovation.uu.se/Researchers/ 2. Matchmaking and collaboration: UU Innovation provides structured support to facilitate mutual knowledge exchange, making it easier to meet, interact and collaborate for mutual benefit http://www.uuinnovation.uu.se/Researchers/collaboration/ ; “real life cases” solved by students for companies at Entrepreneurship Lab 3. Foundations for startup support: opportunity to apply for research funds or start-up support from the Regional Research Council in Uppsala-Örebro region; UU Innovation's financial support services: UU Innovation can help find different forms of financing, give advise and assist with applications and contacts http://www.uuinnovation.uu.se/Researchers/Financing/ 4. Collaboration with science parks and incubators: Vasakronan – Uppsala Science Park; http://uic.se/en/about-uic/ 64 Entrepreneurship at NORDTEK Universities: “good practices” General tendencies: - More Universities are choosing an integrated and inclusive approach to Entrepreneurship, where all students at all Faculties should have the opportunity to take courses in Entrepreneurship, rather than limiting Entrepreneurship Education to a select few in one or a few programs. - There is a growing number of Entrepreneurship courses and entire programs designed specifically for engineers, underlining the commercialization potential of this area of studies. - More and more research universities have set up their institution's Technology Transfer Office (TTO) which is responsible for commercialization of the inventions made at the universities, intellectual property and expert know-how available for licensing. - There is also a growing number of student entrepreneurship organizations, who provide support for young entrepreneurs and organize various events. - Most of the universities cooperate with science parks and invest in university spinoffs and other types of companies originating from the academic environment. 1. National and regional level: startup support Commercialization Activity and Support Structure of Swedish universities: regional cooperation for young universities In 2009, the Swedish Government decided on setting up eight innovation offices at Swedish universities. Further, the Government stated that the four newest universities should be allowed to develop a joint innovation office -Innovationskontoret Fyrklövern (Fyrklövern). It is a single cohesive innovation office created by Karlstad University, Linnaeus University, Mid Sweden University and Örebro University. The innovation office consists of a network-based collaboration in which the innovation supporting activities are developed jointly through flexible working practices. Enterprise Agencies/ NYFÖRETAGARCENTRUM (Sweden) http://www.nyforetagarcentrum.com/ It is a national initiative to stimulate the start of more new companies in Sweden. Agencies provide professional start-up advice, which is confidential and free of charge. An advisor at an Enterprise Agency evaluates the business idea, personal qualifications, the potential market, supports the creation of a market plan, goes through economic calculations and budgets, evaluates investment requirements and financing, goes through legal issues, insurance and formal requirements – and, finally, helps out with contacts through relevant networks. ALMI – Innovation Financing (Sweden) http://www.almi.se/English/ 65 Almi's vision is to create opportunities for all viable ideas and companies to be developed. They offer advisory services, loans and venture capital through all phases of the establishment of a business – from idea to successful company. This includes ideas with potential for growth in the early stages as well as existing companies that are investing in growth and expansion. Almi Företagspartner AB is owned by the Swedish government and is the parent company of a group consisting of 16 regional subsidiaries, Almi Invest AB and IFS Rådgivning AB. With 40 offices across Sweden. National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition: Venture Cup Venture cup Denmark provides funding via competitions, key networking opportunities, and vital feedback for business idea. It provides training in order to do an impressive pitch, guides business focus in the early stages, and builds a bridge to springboards and investors. Venture cup is supported by the Danish universities and some of Denmark’s most innovative companies. 2. Inter-university collaboration Cooperation between Finnish universities on the city, regional and country level Universities have a mutual agreement that allows students to take courses from other institutions, making it possible to study entrepreneurship even if their own university does not run such courses. The same approach is used for supporting entrepreneurship facilities and communities such as student centers for entrepreneurship (Boost Turku, a student-based network for young entrepreneurs) and incubator spaces (Startup Farm, a co-working space in the center of Turku) Cooperation between Technical University and a Business school, creation of joint master program: BioBusiness and Innovation Platform (BBIP) is cooperation between Copenhagen Business School (CBS), The Technical University of Denmark (DTU Systems Biology) and University of Copenhagen (KU). In BBIP the three universities work closely together with leading life science firms in Denmark. BBIP is a platform for learning the skills required to translate life science into entrepreneurship and business. 3. University-Industry collaboration At Karlstad University, “all education and research are underpinned by a close dialogue with private companies and public organizations, e.g. through advisory boards, reference groups and steering committees.” 66 Luneå University of Technology (LUT) believes that Higher education and research are prerequisites to regional development. Therefore, it has the highest percent of the direct research funding coming from the industry, about 30%. The university is actively collaborating with the “outside world”. 4. Organizational solutions for teaching and supporting entrepreneurship Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centers: International Danish Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA, University of Southern Denmark) IDEA Entrepreneurship Centre is a competency center for teaching entrepreneurship and a circuit of knowledge between educational institutions and the business world - with a focus on the University of Southern Denmark and the Region of Southern Denmark. The Centre offers courses, workshops and networking opportunities for students, lecturers, the business community and alumni focusing on development of innovation and entrepreneurship. AU center for entrepreneurship and innovation AU CEI is a knowledge center that services all the academic fields of the university – as well as the business world. The center's function is to build bridges between the theoretical research and its application in society. Joint educational departments combining entrepreneurship and technical subject areas: Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship is an interdisciplinary unit focusing on Venture Creation, Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Entrepreneurship within technology, bioscience, design, business, information technology and law. It was founded in 1997 and is an integrated part of Chalmers’ strategy of being an entrepreneurial university and became the highest ranked advanced entrepreneurship program by the Swedish government in 2009. Linköping University IEI – Department for Management and Engineering The department represents the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Educational Sciences and the Institute of Technology. It is one of the university's largest departments with over 470 employees. The research is conducted in a wide range of fields from economics and management to design and technology. The division Project, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) performs research, education and executive education in innovation management, industry dynamics and entrepreneurship. Danish Technical University - DTU Management Engineering The department aims to develop and utilize new knowledge about Systems Analysis, Production and Service Management, Management Science, and Technology and Innovation Management to 67 benefit society. In that way the Department contributes to knowledge based growth and welfare with focus on competitiveness, productivity, sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. Research and education at DTU Management Engineering is carried out in close cooperation with international research environments and industrial and public partners. 5. Entrepreneurship education and teaching CDIO at DTU and University of Turku http://www.cdio.org/ All bachelor engineering programs at DTU are based on the CDIO concept. CDIO is an innovative educational framework for producing the next generation of engineers. The framework provides students with an education stressing engineering fundamentals set in the context of Conceiving — Designing — Implementing — Operating real-world systems and products. At the University of Turku CDIO is applied to the ITC Engineering curriculum. Including commercialization stage into Entrepreneurship education Education at Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship also includes the commercialization process performed by a team of venture creators that emphasizes sophisticated entrepreneurial learning. Thereby, the education adds entrepreneurial drive and commercializes technology otherwise trapped in an idea- or research-stage. A free-of-charge Entrepreneurship and New Business Development Program: The division Project, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) runs Entrepreneurship and New Business Development Program, which is intended for students, researchers and others at Linköping University and employees among companies in the region. Individuals having an idea with the intention to start or in the start-up process are welcome to apply. The program can be combined with full-time position or full-time studies. Entrepreneurship minors for engineers: Aalto Ventures Program allows taking a minor in high-growth entrepreneurship for master’s degree students. Together with Tongji University in Shanghai, AVP has created a joint minor on innovation and venturing. Uppsala University Students in long degree programs have the possibility to conclude their studies by enrolling in The School of Entrepreneurship. During an intensive year of studies, students are given the opportunity to use their specialist knowledge to run a live project starting with an idea all the way through to commercial reality, while simultaneously immersing themselves in subjects such as business planning, market analysis, intellectual property and business law, how to start a company, and how to lead and run technology-based development projects. 68 Specific methods of teaching entrepreneurship: Action-based pedagogy at Chalmers University of Technology uses learning by doing approach. Here students work with real projects during the education and apply their knowledge, creativity and entrepreneurial ability in real settings. Chalmers combines internationally acknowledged academic education and research with real value creation in an entrepreneurial environment. NSE’s (NTNU School of Entrepreneurship) education model combines theory and practice, majorly, group work. In addition to a full academic workload in business development, students are provided the infrastructure, resources and guidance to establish their own startup company. Aarhus University’s approach to entrepreneurship pedagogy: ME2 Model for Entrepreneurial education 1. Understand Means 2. Disclosing Disharmonies 3. Qualifying Opportunities 4. Realize Value “Entrepreneurship as everyday practice”: Adopting the perspective of ‘entrepreneurship as an everyday practice’ in education, opportunities are conceptualized as arising from the everyday practice of individuals. “Creating value in the own professional area”: The aim is to enhance the student's ability to create value within their professional area. Whether it is by starting one’s own business, or whether by being an innovative employee in an existing company. The key is to train students to dare to be creative on the basis of their own personality and obtained skills. 5. Facilities for student Entrepreneurship Cross-disciplinary hub and community for student innovation and entrepreneurship: DTU Skylab http://www.skylab.dtu.dk/ DTU Skylab is a cross disciplinarity hub and community for student innovation and entrepreneurship located at the main campus of DTU (Technical University of Denmark). It is an 1550m2 experimental space including office facilities, teaching facilities, social spaces, labs and prototype workshops. Business Kitchen: Oulu http://www.businesskitchen.fi/ 69 The Business Kitchen offers open innovation space of over 1000 m2 for everyone who is interested. There are also meeting rooms and event venues equipped with necessary facilities. Business Kitchen organizes events, seminars, and training on a regular basis, which are open for all entrepreneurs and entrepreneurially-minded people to meet each other. Encubator: Chalmers http://www.encubator.com/ Encubator is Chalmers’ Venture Creation incubator. It realizes ideas together with Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship. By combining advanced entrepreneurial education and real business incubation they have formed more than 60 new companies. They have a unique model called Encubation® (Education + Incubation). Startup Sauna http://startupsauna.com/ Startup Sauna co-working space is the meeting point for aspiring entrepreneurs in Northern Europe. The 1.500 square meter industry hall is open for everybody to work in – no membership or previous ties to Startup Sauna are required. The foundation focuses on developing the core activities such as: Startup Sauna accelerator program – a five-week program for the most promising startups from Nordics, Eastern Europe and Russia; Slush conference – one of Europe’s leading startup and investor conferences, organized every November; Startup Life internship program – sending the best students and graduates to different startup hubs to intern at the best startups in the world. Chalmers Innovation http://www.chalmersinnovation.com/ Chalmers Innovation’s goal and unique expertise is through participation transform early technology ideas into successful companies. Chalmers Innovation offers networking events, business coaching, inspiring lectures by serial entrepreneurs, lean start up tools and more. Every year Chalmers Innovation runs two ten-week Startup Camp’s that focus on endorsing the ideas of several entrepreneurs. Chalmers Innovation also offers space at Stena Center and Lindholmen Science Park for their companies and other tenants. Read more 6. Student-Driven Entrepreneurship Excitera http://www.excitera.se/ Excitera is the student-driven, non-profit entrepreneurship association at KTH in Stockholm. Its main objectives are to create an interest in entrepreneurial activities and the commercialization of research results, and to connect students, academic researchers and people from the industry. Their events are everything from relaxed pubs to challenging competitions and workshops. The association has four independent projects: The “Excitera Innovation Challenge” http://www.innovationchallenge.se/?lang=en; “Swedish Game Awards” http://gameawards.se/; “Excitera Enterprise Forum” http://www.enterpriseforum.se/; “Excitera Mobile Cup” http://www.mobilecup.se/ 70 List of Contact Persons Name Christa Trandum Ken Holm Thomsen Birgit Simonsen Raili Pönni Kelly Peter Mika Hannula Outi Simi Marita Niemelä Antero Järvi Rögnvaldur Sæmundsson Ari Kristinn Jónsson Simon W. Lie Tomas Faxheden Per Berglund Anna Bergek Annika Olsson Fredrik Georgsson Åsa Kassman Rudolphi Title Senior Advisor, Department for Education and Students Executive Officer. IDEA Entrepreneurship Centre Deputy Manager Postdoctoral researcher Professor of Practice at Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, School of Science Vice president for education Coordinator Faculty of Technology Head of Research and Innovation Services Research Assistant Associate Professor Email chtra@adm.dtu.dk University Technical University of Denmark kht@idea.sdu.dk University of Southern Denmark bs@au.dk raili.ponni@aalto.fi Aarhus University Aalto University peter.kelly@aalto.fi Aalto University mika.hannula@tut.fi outi.simi@oulu.fi Tampere University of Technology University of Oulu marita.niemela@uwasa.fi University of Vaasa akjarvi@utu.fi Rjs@hi.is University of Turku University of Iceland Rector Advisor, Rector's Office ari@ru.is simon.lie@ntnu.no School Manager, Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship Vice Dean of Faculty tomas.faxheden@chalmers.se Reykjavik University Norwegian University of Science and Technology Chalmers University of Technology Associate dean, Institute of Technology Vice Dean Associate professor, Department of Computing Science anna.bergek@liu.se KTH Royal Institute of Technology Linköping University annika.olsson@rektor.lth.se fredrikg@cs.umu.se Lund University Umeå University Prodean for Education, Faculty of Science and technology Asa.Kassman@angstrom.uu.se Uppsala University prodekanus@kth.se 71
