EIT Digital Summer Schools 2024

Deadline: June 10, 2024

Program Starts: June 09, 2024

Program Ends: September 13, 2024

Events

Summer & Winter Schools

Location(s)

  • France
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • United Kingdom
Nice, Campus VALROSE, Syros Island, Milan, Palermo, Riga and Liepaja, Glasgow

Overview

oin the brightest minds and learn how to develop tech business ideas that can get off the ground! 

Our Summer School programmes are open for bachelor and master students, young professionals, and others who want to deep-dive into emerging digital technologies, learn how to turn technology into business, and eventually launch deep-tech startups. Any educational background is welcome.

Details

Learn from the faculty of our top tech EU partner universities and receive your Certificate of Completion. Gain hands-on experience through company cases, project work and collaboration. Have fun meeting and networking with like-minded students from around the world!

THE 5 MAIN REASONS TO CHOOSE THE EIT DIGITAL SUMMER SCHOOLS

  • Best Portfolio of Deep-Tech Topics: EIT Digital offers a portfolio of programmes to deepdive in emerging digital technologies and learn how to turn technology into business. Each Summer School programme is themed around major societal and industrial challenges in the global digital economy: Digital Cities, Digital Finance, Digital Industry, Digital Tech and Digital Wellbeing.
  • Real-World Business Cases: Summer Schools programmes are held at several locations throughout Europe, during which participants immerse themselves in real business case studies originating from our EIT Digital extensive ecosystem made of accelerators, startups and network of industrial partners.
  • Community and Ecosystem: Participants will work with the international, high-skilled, cohort of students from the EIT Digital Master School coming from 18 partner universities and 9 EU member states, all of which are academic leaders in the delivery of technical, and innovation and entrepreneurship education. External participants come from various backgrounds, including other students, Ph.D. candidates, and working professionals.
  • First Step to Launch Your Own Startup: Participants learn how to develop and evaluate different business models and are challenged by delivering and pitching their ideas. For participants willing to scale their proposal and bring it to the next level, a startup pitch competition will be organized in October. The winner will receive a cash prize up to €5000 to scale the startup and will be considered to join the EIT Digital Innovation Factory.
  • Teambuilding Fun! In addition to learning and mastering their innovation and entrepreneurial skills, our participants enjoy many team building activities. Working in teams, forging bonds, and networking with likeminded individuals, are an essential part of our programmes. Activities vary from location to location, such as boat trips, zip-lines, sightseeing tours, etc. Further details are omitted, not to spoil the surprise!

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

OUR SYNTHESISING APPROACH TO APPLIED LEARNING IS PART OF WHAT MAKES US STAND OUT

Each Summer School programme consists of a pre-arrival online assignment (starter kit), two weeks of lectures, project work, customer interviews, site visits to companies, socializing events and a pitch competition.

  • Starter Kit: You will receive a starter kit about a month prior to the Summer School. It contains an assignment on business modelling methods and tools. The assignment will take you about eight hours to complete and it should be completed one week prior to the start of the Summer School. The starter kit contains online lessons in innovation and entrepreneurship. The starter kit is meant to level of knowledge of all participants. So when the Summer School starts, you can speed up starting from a similar level as all other participants.  
  • One-Week Summer School: In the one-week Summer School programmes, you will be introduced to the state-of-the-art technologies, you will meet other professionals and be amongst technology-savvy master students. The programme consists of focused lectures and keynotes by academics and practitioners, project work, company visits, customer interviews, and social events. Some of the lectures are oriented to developing your soft skills as well. You will have pitching classes and experienced coaches help you to get out of your comfort zone. An important aspect of the summer school is the interaction with companies and entrepreneurs. You get insights into how the local industry is working on digital transformation or making the new business. Alongside the hard work, each summer school is hosting social activities to enable you to build a firm international network.  
  • Business Case: During the one-week Summer School, participants immerse themselves in real business case studies originating from accelerators, startups and our network of 200+ industrial partners. You will work in teams and will be supported by coaches to crack these business cases. Eventually, you and your team will be able to incubate an innovative product or startup. Each team will present their solution on the final day of the Summer School and the jury will appoint one winning team.
  • Report: An individual final Report will be completed within 2 weeks after summer school. This is a requirement for gaining the 4 ECTS credits.
  • After Summer School: Pitch Competition: For those teams willing to scale their proposal and bring it to the next level, a startup pitch competition will be organized around October. Selected teams will deliver a project/execution plan on how to continue with their initiative in front of a business panel. The winning team will receive a cash prize up to € 5000 to scale the startup and will be considered to join the EIT Digital Innovation Factory.

Take the opportunity to stay competitive and grow your skills in this digital age

After completion of the Summer School programme, you will be able to:

  • Perform a business planning process in the context of a relevant thematic area.
  • Identify and assess the impact of digital technologies and their transformative power.
  • Understand user value, business life cycles, global market trends, industry value chains, market segments.
  • Understand IPR issues as well as financial and risk-related issues.
  • Apply new acquired presentation and communications skills, decision-making and leadership competencies.
  • Reflect on ethical, societal, scientific and sustainability views as a developer of new products, technologies and business models.

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Eligibility

Candidates should be from:


Description of Ideal Candidate

Who should participate?

  • Summer schools are a mandatory one-week event for the EIT Digital Master School students.
  • They are also open to external applicants such as Master students, PhD students, secondees from our industrial partners and Bachelor students.
  • Admission is subject to the approval of each local Summer School organizer.

Dates

Deadline: June 10, 2024

Program starts:

June 09, 2024

Program ends:

September 13, 2024

Program Starts: June 09, 2024

Program Ends: September 13, 2024


Cost/funding for participants

Tuition and fees

Let's invest in your future

Choosing the right Summer School means making sure it has an academic program that will challenge and inspire you; has a social environment that will spur personal growth, and is the right financial investment.

The costs of attending EIT Digital Summer School are listed below. Please examine the information carefully. 

  • EARLY BIRD TUITION FEES: EUR 570 
  • REGULAR TUITION FEES: EUR 650 

*Early bird fees are available for applications submitted between 3 January and 30 April 2024.

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