EIT ICT Labs
 ICT innovation is driving
transformations in society to
improve quality of life
 Rapid disruptive ICT innovation
is a key driver in the creation of a
smart mobile world
 EIT ICT Labs is one of the
Knowledge and Innovation
Community of the European
Institute of Innovation &
Technology
EIT ICT Labs Nodes: bringing together
Education, Research and Business
Berlin
Eindhoven
Helsinki
Paris
Stockholm
Trento
X-Europe Outreach Programme
 Provide opportunities for
students and professors in EITlabelled education programmes
 Activate start-ups in by building
strong ties to innovation
programmes and contests
 Collaborate with key people:
faculty members, researchers,
innovation ecosystem actors
 Organize events that are linked to
EIT ICT Labs activities
 Create awareness of EIT and its
best practices
Outreach Program:
Bilateral Partnerships
 Benefits offered to non EIT ICT
Labs’ universities
 Opportunities to researchers to visit
EIT ICT Labs partners/nodes for short
periods
 Opportunities to be guest lecturers at
summer schools
 Cooperation with action line leaders
and business partners in mutually
relevant projects
 Benefits offered to students at the
non EIT ICT Labs’ universities
 Involve non EIT ICT Labs’
universities in the EIT ICT Labs
programmes
Education programmes
Kick-off 2012
Education programmes
Summer Schools and Mobility programmes: Students
travel to kick-off events and summer schools to work on
innovation & entrepreneurship.
Master School: 2-year programme leading to
aSummer
double Master's
degree
with mandatory
Schools
anS=d
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Minor
EIT ICT Labs Doctoral School: Offering Doctoral
students practical training and experience in a
business development environment.
MSc
PhD
Master School
Doctoral School
Summer School Eindhoven 2013
EIT-ICT Labs Master School
EIT ICT Labs Master Programs ww.masterschool.eitictlabs.eu
 Service Design and Engineering
 Security and Privacy
 Internet Technologies and Architectures
 Embedded Systems
 Human Computer Interactions
 Digital Media
 Distributed System and Services
Characteristics:
 Strong technical entrepreneurial education
 Geographical mobility
 Industry/research institutes internships
Need for Technical Entrepreneurs
Technical
Skills
Innovation
Skills
Domain
Skills
Entrepreneurial
Skills
Creativity
Skills
The EIT ICTLabs Master School
The whole picture
I&E Thesis
Technical Specialization
with thematic relevance
Thematically oriented and
industry based thesis work
Internship
Kicoff
Centrally organized Summer
Program with I&E and thematic focus
Basic I&E
Course
Electives
Mentorship program
Exit point
specialization +
thesis
Mobility phase
Business Development
Lab
Technical Common
Base
Second year in
University Y at
Node B
First year in
University X at
Node A
Entry point
What makes EIT ICT Labs Master School different?
1. Geographical mobility
2. A business minor
standardized across all
universities
Minor thesis strongly
linked to the technical
thesis.
Summer program
Business Development Labs
Basics of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
What makes EIT ICT Labs Master School different?
3. Personal industrial relationships including
Mentorship and Internships programs with EIT
ICT Labs Industrial and Institute Partners
EIT-ICT-Labs Summer Schools
 Master Program Summer School as part of the (I&E) education
 Services and Design for Quality of Life, Trento 22/07-4/8/2013
 Wellbeing Innovation Camp 2013, Eindhoven 11/08-23/08/2013
 The EIT ICT Labs Summer Schools 2014
• Cyber-Physical Systems (Trento)
• Future Cloud (Helsinki)
• Future Networking Solutions (Stockholm)
• Health & Wellbeing (Eindhoven)
• Privacy &Security (Trento)
• Smart Energy Systems (Karlsruhe)
• Smart Spaces (Helsinki)
• Urban Life and Mobility (Nice)
Outreach in education
 Students from non EIT ICT Labs Partner Universities can
benefit from the EIT ICT Labs Education programmes in
two ways:
 Participating in subsets of EIT ICT Labs educational activities
 Joining an EIT ICT Labs’ University and attending the full EIT
ICT Labs programmes
By combining these schemes, EIT ICT Labs wants to
establish fruitful bi-lateral partnerships with target nonpartner universities
Participating in subsets of EIT ICT
Labs’ educational activities
 Potential Benefits
 Participation in EIT ICT Labs summer and winter schools
 3-6 months study visits
 taking subsets of EIT ICT Labs programmes courses (assuming that
courses can be accounted for locally)
 focusing on thesis projects and internships
 hosted by the EIT ICT Labs CLCs
Joining an EIT ICT Labs’ University
and attending the full EIT ICT Labs
programmes
 Benefits
 Unique combination of state-of-the-art technical and business
courses in innovation and entrepreneurship
 Geographical mobility
 Mentorship and Internship programmes with top ICT
companies
 Fully sponsored team-building activities across programmes
and universities, e.g. Kick-off and summer schools
 Scholarship schemes
EIT ICT Labs Doctoral School
• The EIT ICT Labs Doctoral School on ICT Innovation features
three specific elements:
• Hands-on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education
consisting of two phases; Business Competence phase
followed by a Business Development Experience
• Mobility; six months of geographical mobility and six months
of organizational mobility
• Thematic alignment of the I&E thesis to the innovation
areas of EIT ICT Labs
EIT ICT Labs Doctoral School UNITN case
Further information at: www.masterschool.eitictlabs.eu
Thank You
Questions are more than
welcomed
Contact us at:
gert.guri@trentorise.eu
maurizio.marchese@unitn.it