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University
of Luxembourg
Entrepreneurship Programme
Incubator
Academic year 2020-2021 – Summer semester
Our motto
Entrepreneurship is a
skill that can be
taught and learned!
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Presentation
pages 4 to 13
Who we are
Our services
Who can participate
Educational objectives
Learning outcomes
Teaching methods
Mentors and speakers
Entry requirements Programmes
Certificate pages 14 to 31
Overview
JumpStart
Ideation camp
Disciplined e’ship
Lecture series / webinar
Intro to e’ship
STUDENTS
Summer school
Venture Mentoring Service
Falling Walls Lab
Build your own internship
RESEARCHERS
Startup internship
STAFF
Stay tuned!
page 32
Website
Facebook
LinkedIn
YouTube
Newsletter
Visit us in person
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Who we are
The Entrepreneurship Programme and Incubator were founded at
the University of Luxembourg. Its main purpose to teach
entrepreneurial skills to the university students, researchers and
staff in an extreme hands-on environment. Our mission is to build a
bridge between the University and the professional world while
opening new career perspectives and opportunities. With a design
for non-business students, through this approach, the
Entrepreneurship Programme and Incubator strive to create
learning a learning and living environment. We encourage and
support all our participants to become well-rounded individuals
where they can develop into successful leaders in both business
and the community.
The Entrepreneurship Programme’s mission is to offer relevant
courses and workshops to develop entrepreneurship skills beyond
the core education.
University of Luxembourg Incubator is a place where you can come
to create your own enterprise and run it with mentoring, admin and
further support from the Incubator, until you are ready to start your
own journey in the business world.
The combined support and services offer ONE-stop solution for all
entrepreneurial activities at the University of Luxembourg.
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Our services
Our services offered to the University community are divided into
three main pillars for different awareness and competence levels:
Creating curiosity Providing a portfolio Contributing to the
towards of learning-by-doing success and growth of
entrepreneurship and trainings and the University
familiarizing yourself workshops to entrepreneurial
with what it takes to facilitate projects and bringing
be an entrepreneur or entrepreneurial tremendous value to
intrapreneur and skillset development the startups by
stepping outside your and promoting providing a structured
comfort zone. venture creation. stage-gated
framework support for
startup projects in all
stages of their
development.
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Who can participate
Anyone who is interested in discovering innovation and
entrepreneurship from Master’s and Bachelor’s students, doctoral
candidates (PhD), researchers across the three Faculties and the
three Research Centres at the University of Luxembourg. As the
Entrepreneurship Programme is interdisciplinary by nature,
students, researchers and staff from all disciplines are encouraged
to apply for our programmes and initiatives.
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Educational objectives
Many of you will make a switch to the modern labour market at
some point in your career. Knowledge of business aspects such as
innovation, marketing, leadership, team building, intellectual
property rights, finance and business models is essential to
succeed. However, in the academic arena in which students learn
their core educational skills and researchers finetune their scientific
skills, these subjects are not often elaborated upon.
The Entrepreneurship Programme offers several immersive and
interactive courses and workshops, designed to test your
entrepreneurial appetite and jumpstart your entrepreneurial
adventure. Whether you want to ignite your entrepreneurial spirit
or get just enough flavour of entrepreneurship to flourish as
entrepreneurs within any organization, you will learn the basic
building blocks to excel. Looking at the world with an opportunity-
oriented mindset, we put you in the entrepreneurial roles to work
on your chosen ideas and concepts.
Through our courses and workshops, you will gain experience in
following an inter-disciplinary approach as well as the capability to
brainstorm, think outside the box, and to generate ideas with the
aim to improve your entrepreneurial skillset including:
Communication Teamwork
Networking Decision-making
Complex problem-solving Critical
thinking
Creativity Negotiation
Time management
Marketing skills Leadership
Flexibility and adaptability
Strategical and innovative thinking
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Learning outcomes
With a wide breadth of knowledge of entrepreneurship, creativity,
innovation and business essentials, the skills learned are vital for
the success of any business, in new ventures as well as in
established companies. The goal of this set of programmes is to
provide you guidance with an overarching framework:
To be aware of entrepreneurship opportunities
Debunk the top myths of entrepreneurship
To be able to professionalize your startup or research
projects
To be aware of how to develop an entrepreneurial project:
Identify an opportunity or a problem worth solving
Evaluate an idea and engage with a wide range of
stakeholders
Perform market research and choose your target
audience
Brainstorm and design a creative innovative solution
Test your solution with potential customers
Strategize your venture growth development
Pinpoint and manage the critical risks
Build a financial model and discover the key financial
information
Learn to pitch effectively
Interact effectively with your peers with diverse skills and
experience
Network with relevant stakeholders in the entrepreneurial,
startup and business ecosystems in Luxembourg and
internationally
Solution
Thinking
Problem
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Through this approach, you will be able to:
Explore, reflect, analyse, and communicate critically
[Rhetoric]
and effectively
Create, identify, assess, shape, and act on
opportunities
[Innovation]
Create a sustainable, innovation-based business
[Business]
Get the skills and knowledge to access local
resources and networks in Luxembourg for starting a
[Network] new venture or innovative project
Get the analytical skills needed to solve quantitative
and qualitative problems and effectively
[Analysis] communicate their results
Learn how to use your mind, your heart, your voice,
and your ears in order to constructively engage and
collaborate with others through active group
[Leadership]
[Teamwork] participation
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Teaching methods
The foundation of the Entrepreneurship Programme is the
inductive learning method, a very interactive and highly engaging
approach to learning. The inductive learning process is very
powerful. It requires you to develop and refine your capabilities to
think creatively and develop new approaches to problem-solving.
By investing in learning using the inductive method, you will
develop mental habits that will serve you well as you face new
challenges in our rapidly changing world.
The main goal is that you will acquire a transversal skillset helping
you succeed in any leadership role be it as leading entrepreneurs or
as successful intrapreneurs in the professional world. We aim to
achieve this goal by exposing you to inspiring speakers, targeting
skillset development via educational courses workshops and finally,
by helping you learn via tackling unique challenges.
Courses are taught in-presence, online, or in hybrid classes, which
in turn consist of a mix of discussions, problem-solving in teams as
well as self-study. Moreover, the Entrepreneurship Programme is
completed with interactive and online workshops sessions, videos,
lectures and readings in a few major topic areas.
Group discussions and active collaboration (remotely) among
participants are encouraged for all our activities and essential to
learning.
10Mentors and Speakers
To discover the truth, you need to ask questions. You need to
interact and engage with your peers as well as the mentors and
guest speakers while sharing ideas and experiences. They will be
your greatest resources for exploring new ideas, considering tough
questions, and developing new principles.
Impression of the company affiliation of our speakers and mentors from the
entrepreneurial, startup and professional ecosystems.
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Entry requirements
Unless otherwise mentioned, no previous business or
entrepreneurship experience is needed. Join us to embark on your
entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial journey!
You are, however, required to interact and communicate with your
peers as well as mentors, speakers and course coordinators.
Therefore, a working knowledge of English is required (B2).
You are also required to have your own laptop or tablet to be able
to download the workshop materials and to work during the team
working sessions using several IT tools such as Webex teams,
meetings and events; Microsoft Teams, MS Office (PowerPoint,
Excel, Word).
In specific cases, fees are applied to some of the proposed courses
or workshops (course materials, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners,
etc.). In that case, a limited number of reduced fees are available to
participants via scholarships. Please contact incubator@uni.lu for
more information.
Certificate
To prove the completion of the courses and workshops through the
Entrepreneurship Programme, you will receive a certificate for the
number of hours attended and ECTS credits (if applicable) after the
completion of the course or the workshop.
13Programme
Here is a short summary of some of our programmes, events and
initiatives in which students, researches and staff can participate.
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL
BACH. JUMP START 3 ECTS
INSPIRE MAST. (page 16) Workshops [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] o
BACH.
IDEATION CAMP Preparation: 3 Preparation:
MAST.
INSPIRE (pages 18-19) Workshops [2,3,4,5,6] ECTS Workshops [2,3,4,5,6]
PhD
Extended progra
BUILD YOUR OWN
BACH. ECTS provided upon approval f
INTERNSHIP
DEVELOP MAST. Prerequisite: mandatory to complete
(pages 28-29)
prior to this progra
BACH. STARTUP INTERNSHIP ECTS provided upon
DEVELOP MAST. (page 30) Mandatory to attend Jump
INTRO TO E’SHIP
PhD
INSPIRE (page 22)
SUMMER SCHOOL
PhD
DEVELOP (pages 24-25)
BACH. DISCIPLINED E’SHIP
MAST. MASTERCLASS POSTPONED TO WINTER
PhD (page 20)
BACH.
LECTURE SERIES
MAST. ORGANISED THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTE
(page 21)
PhD
BACH.
FALLING WALLS
MAST. POSTPONED TO WINTER
VENTURE (page 27)
PhD
BACH. VENTURE MENTORING
MAST. SERVICE STARTUP MENTORI
VENTURE
PhD (page 26)
14MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST
over 12 weeks
3
ECTS
amme Fast track programme
from Study Director 10 ECTS
workshops [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] Prerequisite: mandatory to complete workshops
amme [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] prior to this programme
n approval from Study Director
p Start or Ideation Camp programme
2 ECTS
3
ECTS
R SEMESTER 2021-22 (due to COVID)
ER. STAY TUNED TO INCUBATOR.UNI.LU !!!
R SEMESTER 2021-22 (due to COVID)
ING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Many other workshops are available throughout the
year so stay tuned and keep checking:
www.incubator.uni.lu
15For Bachelor’s and Master’s students
JumpStart
Description
Learn about innovation and creativity, build solid foundation for a
new business venture, learn how to be an intra-/entrepreneur with 8
self-paced workshops that can be taken over the semester or
academic year including short video clips interspersed with text,
questions, quiz and reflection which allow you to actively engage
within the workshop:
Workshop 1: Welcome to entrepreneurship
Workshop 2: Imagination, Creativity and Madness
Workshop 3: Spot opportunities and assess your idea
Workshop 4: Your customers
Workshop 5: The business model canvas
Workshop 6: How to pitch?
Workshop 7: Build your financial model
Workshop 8: Create your company in Luxembourg in 10
steps
Prerequisite: none
Evaluation / assessment
1 ECTS: workshops [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] assignments:
Workshop # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Weight 10% 10% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 5%
1 ECTS: develop a holistic view of your business by building
your own business model canvas (BMC), financial model and
pitch deck
Assignments BMC Financial Pitch deck
model
Weight 30% 30% 40%
1 ECTS: self-reflection related to your field of studies (in
collaboration with study directors with whom you are
respectively enrolled). Criterion for assessing the self-
reflection are based on the following rubrics: clarity,
relevance, analysis, interconnections, self-criticism.
3 ECTS max
From 01/03/2021
To 28/05/2021
ONLINE TEAMWORK
16 SELF-PACED17
For all students (Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral
candidates)
Ideation Camp
Description
The Ideation Camp is an experiential and interactive challenge in
which you work in cross-disciplinary teams to tackle challenges,
come up with solutions, assess your ideas, launch your ventures,
and to pitch your work in front of investors at the end of the event.
In this context, the productivity of the different teams is highly
dependent on their level of leadership, and on their capability to
take decisions within a short period of time.
This methodological approach gives you the understanding of what
it means to work in a startup, a multidisciplinary team or an
innovative environment.
Prerequisite: none
Evaluation / assessment
2 ECTS:
JumpStart workshops [2,3,4,5,6] assignments (to be
done before actual Ideation Camp)
Full attendance and active participation to the
programme + pitch deck + final presentation
Assignment Workshops Attendance Pitch deck +
2,3,4,5,6 Presentation
Weight 35% 35% 30%
1 ECTS: self-reflection – this is an opportunity to write about
your experience, thoughts and feelings. Criterion for
assessing the self-reflection are based on the following
rubrics: clarity, relevance, analysis, interconnections, self-
criticism.
Check out our videos!
IC3 IC3 IC5
Teaser Testimonials What the hell is it?
IC6 IC6
Meet the students Meet the mentors
3 ECTS max
7th ed: 16 to 20 Feb.
8th ed: 27 April to 01
May
ONLINE TEAMWORK
18 SELF-PACED“The Ideation Camp was a unique
opportunity to dive into the world of
entrepreneurship. Although it is
constructed as a competition, winning
is not necessarily the end goal.
Meeting and working with skilled and
highly motivated people as a team on
a common project made this event a
full success. Being able to talk to
highly influential and experienced
mentors was incredibly valuable and
rewarding.”
“Before participating to the Ideation Camp, I MIKE PEREIRA GONÇALVES (FSTM)
had no idea what entrepreneurship was about. I Participant Ideation Camp 1
was doing my Bachelor degree in Psychology at
the University. During the 3 days, a combination
of motivation and ambition developed, that was
amazing and had a lasting effect on me. Today
we are still working on our start up, developing
a prototype, interviewing customers and
“I really loved the Ideation Camp, one of the best
meeting with mentors. I would never have
experiences so far, I had at the University! Thank
expected that this programme would change
you very much for this opportunity, keep on
my life in such a meaningful way.”
doing such great things for the students of the
MARA KROTH (FHSE)
University of Luxembourg.”
Participant Ideation Camp 3
YASEN BUHLEV (FDEF)
Participant Ideation Camp 1
“I participated 3 times and still don't feel like I had enough. A
fantastic journey that you wish it never ends”
MOHAMMED BAZIGHIFAN (FSTM)
Participant Ideation Camps 4, 5 & 6
“Ideation Camp helped me to be more confident,
especially more confident to pitch. It takes you
“The Ideation Camp 6 was overall a great
out of your comfort zone and challenges you. But
experience! It was so much more challenging than I
after all the work, you will feel proud and
expected but at the same time I learned a lot more
accomplished”
than I thought. […] It is tough but combined with a
CINDY MACHADO (FDEF)
lot of fun, I made connections to people I would
Participant Ideation Camp 6
have never met without participating. It is
definitely one of the best programmes the
University if offering. The experiences I made will
follow me after my graduation into the real life and
I will look back to the Ideation Camp with a big
smile and grateful heart that the Entrepreneurship
Programme gave me the opportunity of
experiencing that.”
XENIA SAUER (FHSE)
“After attending various Ideation Camps, I can say Participant Ideation Camp 6
that each time it is an unforgettable experience.
Coming out as winners or not, the lessons you learn
and the people you meet are fantastic. You are
surrounded by amazing staff and professionals that
are truly at their ultimate disposal to help you with
anything and everything. Ideation Camp is an
incredible time if you like entrepreneurship or not
and gives you an idea of how the real professional
world really is.”
MIKAEL DASILVA (FDEF)
Participant Ideation Camps 5 and 6
"Guys, this event might be the most important one for
you as a student, your first step in the entrepreneurial
world. The networking you will get is just priceless... Feel
free to join the movement. "
ASTOU NDIAYE (FDEF)
Participant Ideation Camp 5
TESTIMONIALS 19For all students (Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral
candidates)
Disciplined Entrepreneurship
Masterclass
Description
Do you have an idea that gives wings to your mind? You want to
see this idea put into practice to bring new solutions to the world’s
problems and make our lives a little better? You feel ready to start
the adventure of becoming an entrepreneur and want to learn how
to do this right from the beginning?
This 2-day Disciplined Entrepreneurship Masterclass is animated by
the renowned entrepreneurship lecturer and best-seller Author
Prof. Bill Aulet and offers a deep dive into the MIT entrepreneurship
methodology: a systemic and rigorous 24 steps to build your own
innovation-based venture. This methodology is very practical while
also being easily accessible and fun.
Join for a sustainable learning experience with a host who calls
himself “a crazy entrepreneur” and remains very accessible and
supportive despite his fame. Learn the proven basics of
entrepreneurship from the best and take the chance to get
valuable feedback on your personal business case.
Prerequisite: none
Evaluation / assessment
1 ECTS: Full attendance and active participation into the
masterclass (50%) + self-reflection on your own learning
experience (50%). Criterion for assessing the self-reflection
are based on the following rubrics: clarity, relevance,
analysis, interconnections, self-criticism.
1 ECTS max
1x per academic year
(next session to be
planned)
ONLINE TEAMWORK
20Lecture series / workshops
Description
This programme enables you to enhance your transversal,
entrepreneurial and soft skills, inviting innovators and entrepreneurs
across all organizations to share their know-how, valuable lessons
from their successes, failures and their thoughts on several topics:
sales & marketing, hiring and culture, building products, strategy etc.
Example of lecture series/workshops:
Personal development:
How to negotiate and convince?
Managing a team
Making right decisions
Business:
Circular economy
Tips for making effective presentations
Inbound marketing
Join us and boost your employability!
Prerequisite: none
“Strangely enough, I enjoyed the first session of the
workshop and thank you for encouraging me to do so, as
I think it is useful for me as well. To be honest, I was
afraid that I wouldn’t understand anything because the
marketing field is a whole new world to me, but I found a
lot of common ground with psychology, so it made sense!
Although we were a lot of people in the session, it went
smoothly.
I loved Ruchi's [instructor] transmissibility, her eagerness
to answer each of our questions and that she tried to
make it as interactive as possible”
MARIA KRITSOTAKI (FHSE)
Participant workshop series “Marketing Ready”
Several events
organized during
academic year
(check our social media
and website regularly)
ON CAMPUS TEAMWORK
ONLINE SELF-PACED
21For Doctoral candidates and researchers
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Description
In collaboration with the Office of Doctoral Studies, we offer to all
PhD students across all Research Centres in Luxembourg (Uni.lu,
LIST, LISER, etc.) a 50 hours’ course to learn the foundation of
entrepreneurship and innovation and how to professionalize a
research project. The course consists of a mix of interactive
workshops, discussions, and problem-solving challenges tackled by
researchers:
Workshop 0: Deconstructing your PhDs: comparative
analysis between a researcher and an entrepreneur & Unlock
your PhD project
Workshop 1: Welcome to entrepreneurship
Workshop 2: Imagination, Creativity and Madness
Workshop 3: Spot opportunities and assess your idea
Workshop 4: Your customers
Workshop 5: Mapping your research project with the
Business model canvas
Workshop 6: How to pitch?
Workshop 7: Build your financial model
Workshop 8: Create your company in Luxembourg in 10
steps
Although all doctoral candidates are very welcome to join, the focus
is on the 1st and 2nd year PhD students (3rd year PhD students and
researchers would find the Summer School more interesting!)
Prerequisite: none
Evaluation / assessment
1 ECTS: workshops [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] assignments:
Workshop # 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Weight 10% 5% 5% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 5%
1 ECTS: develop a holistic view of your business by building
your own business model canvas (BMC), financial model and
pitch deck based on your research project.
Assignments BMC Financial Pitch deck
model
Weight 30% 30% 40%
2 ECTS max
From 10/05/2021
To 21/05/2021
ONLINE SELF-PACED
2223
For Doctoral candidates and Researchers
International Summer School in
knowledge-driven
entrepreneurship and innovation
Description
It all starts with innovative technologies. However, they are worth nothing unless they
become enacted in the market and ideally lead to new business creations. The
Summer School is an advanced one-week programme on entrepreneurship and
innovation in which you experience the full innovation and entrepreneurship cycle
that provides knowledge, skills, tools and support to create their own startups.
In essence, you will answer 6 key questions:
What is the value that you are trying to create using your research or know-
how? [MEANING]
How to design the business model of your venture? [MODEL]
Do you have a good understanding of your customer and have you identified
the beachhead? [MARKET]
How much funding do you need and have you quantified the risk-reward?
[MONEY]
How to resource the execution? [MANAGEMENT]
What are the key make-or-break instances of your venture journey?
[MILESTONE]
Through this 6M model, you will become aware of how to create value in a
competitive landscape and how to create a new business based on original
technological ideas. You will also understand that using innovation to create a new
business is a realistic career choice for those who want to pursue it.
This methodology has been developed by Prof. Ted Zoller, managing director of the
Entrepreneurship Centre at the University of North Carolina, an entrepreneur and
expert in venturing and education. Ted is also the course coordinator of this summer
school and following this learning by doing approach, you will:
acquire artistic and creative methodologies related to the discovery and
development of any idea or business opportunity
get the opportunity to transfer your findings into a successful business idea
with a viable business concept and plan
Prerequisite: preferably one or both of the following programmes:
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Ideation Camp
Evaluation / assessment
2 ECTS: full attendance and active participation to the Summer School
1 ECTS: develop a holistic view of your business by building your own
business model canvas (BMC), financial model and pitch deck based on the
6M model:
Assignments BMC Financial model Pitch deck
3 ECTS max Weight 30% 30% 40%
05/07/2021 to
09/07/2021 Check out our video!
Early bird: 200€(1)
Regular: 450€ (1)
Summer School 2 (1)Fee includes: course materials,
Teaser
coffee breaks, lunches, dinners,
excursions, social activities and
MARIENTHAL TEAMWORK accommodation. Fees do not
24 SELF-PACED include individual travel costs" It was a fantastic experience. I had a
comprehensive learning about the different
stages of business creation. I could see that
many people came motivated for the
course and left even more motivated.
Thanks!"
GABRIEL LEAL (www.list.lu)
Participant Summer School 1
" The Summer School was a memorable
experience. The content of the course was
exactly what I needed in order to understand
the foundation behind the entrepreneurial
mindset, and it encouraged me to look at my
work and my professional career through a new
perspective. I enjoyed the company of such a
diverse group of people, and was very
impressed and uplifted by the experience,
knowledge and kindness that the team so
generously gave away every day. Thanks for
accepting my participation, it was a real "It was a great summer school all around. Ted
pleasure!" was a great speaker, which made it possible
BRENDA RAUD (www.twincore.de) with the tight schedule to still follow the
Participant Summer School 1
classes. I loved the interaction I had with
several people and the learning I could
accumulate”
Joao Afonso (www.list.lu)
Participant Summer School 2
“The knowledge acquired during the summer
school is a source that we can go back to at any
time during our entrepreneurial journey”
GIRA SZAKMÁR (https://edugamitec.com/)
Participant Summer School 1
“Summer school was great; the incubator has awesome
people and Ted [Zoller] is a fantastic teacher. I think it's
a great opportunity to offer this program. I totally
recommend it.”
DR. PEDRO CARDOSO-LEITE (https://www.uni.lu/)
Participant Summer School 2
"One week of intense immersion into the world of
hands-on Entrepreneurship in the middle of woods
with Canoeing, Mountain Biking, Tai-Chi and memories
to cherish for lifetime”
DR. ROY SOMESHWAR (https://myxupo.com/)
Participant Summer School 2
TESTIMONIALS 25For all students, researchers and staff dedicated to create
their own venture (or having one already)
Venture Mentoring Service
Description
Turn your business ideas into reality
Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) of the University of Luxembourg
Incubator is a programme that helps you – the University’s
entrepreneurs (members of staff, students and, alumni) – to turn
your entrepreneurial ideas into a real business. Under the license of
MIT and as an affiliate sister programme, the VMS programme
provides tailored support and industry experts to suit every
venture’s needs regardless of their level of experience and stage.
The programme is proud to have 35 mentors in the VMS pool
which equals to almost 750 years of experience.
VMS programme has an educational focus and our goal is to
provide you as an entrepreneur with the tools, knowledge,
resources, and network to ensure that you have the greatest
chance at success, whether you are a serial entrepreneur working
on your next big thing or if you have no previous experience
starting a business. Our mission is to create the next generation of
entrepreneurs and we are here to guide you on your journey of
entrepreneurship.
Prerequisite: mandatory to attend one or several of the following
courses/workshops:
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Ideation Camp
Summer School
Disciplined Entrepreneurship Masterclass
Check out our videos!
General Testimonials
presentation
ECTS provided
upon the approval of
the Study Director
during the full year
ON CAMPUS TEAMWORK
26ONLINEFalling Walls Lab
Description
Falling Walls Lab to discover the innovators of tomorrow!
The Falling Walls Lab pitch competition aims at promoting
exceptional ideas and at connecting promising scientists and
entrepreneurs from all fields. Labs are organized at academic
institutions across the world each year to identify the region’s most
innovative minds.
The Falling Walls Lab Luxembourg is a platform for academics,
entrepreneurs and professionals from all disciplines, providing them
with an opportunity to present their “wall breaking” idea to a broad
audience and a distinguished jury from academia and business.
The event is part of the international Falling Walls Lab initiative with
the aim of providing a forum for the next generation of outstanding
innovators and creative thinkers. All over the world, participants get
the opportunity to present their research work, business model, or
initiative to peers, a high-caliber jury made up of experts from
academia and business, and the general public - in only 3 minutes
each.
Prerequisite: none
ECTS provided
upon the approval
of the Study Director
1x per academic year
Prizes: up to 2000€
27
ON CAMPUS TEAMWORKEntrepreneurship internship for Bachelor’s and
Master’s students
Build your own internship
Description
This programme is an immersive and interactive 2-months internship
in which you work in multidisciplinary teams to develop innovative
solutions for a problem, interact with potential customers to validate
your solution, create an effective slide deck, pitch your startup idea
and write an executive business plan.
“Build your own Internship” is structured into three distinctive tracks
that introduce the tools necessary to understand and apply
entrepreneurship and innovation in practice. Each track offers you
the possibility to engage with guest speakers from the
entrepreneurship ecosystem in Luxembourg:
TRACK 1: MAKING INNOVATION HAPPEN (week 1)
Reflective writing piece on ideas, pains and opportunities
TRACK 2: START YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL
JOURNEY (weeks 2 to 8)
With confidence and guidance, you practice the
entrepreneurial path and tools to overcome the initial
challenge of building their own ventures with strong
support from our mentors
TRACK 3: THE ULTIMATE ENTREPRENEURIAL
CHALLENGE (week 9)
Build a solid slide deck and pitch your business to the
next level of success
Prerequisite: mandatory to complete the workshops [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8].
Evaluation / assessment
10 ECTS:
30%: active participation to the programme including
mentoring sessions, preparatory work, idea
validation, etc.
15%: reflective writing piece on ideas, pains and
opportunities
15%: self-reflection – an opportunity to write about
your experience, thoughts and feelings
20%: elevator pitch
20%: executive business plan (2 pages max)
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10 ECTS max
Teaser
31/05/2021 to
30/07/2021
(9 weeks)
Variant: this programme
Unpaid internship can be organized from
01/03 to 28/05/2021 with
possibility of extension.
ECTS can be provided
upon the approval of the
ON CAMPUS
28 TEAMWORK
Study Director
ONLINE SELF-PACED" “I’m very grateful for the opportunity to
participate in the “Build your internship”
programme. The intensive two months
programme has prepared me for real life
situations through providing a comprehensive
mix of theoretical and practical know-how. The
positive and supportive atmosphere has helped
me to learn a lot and enhance my skills."
DANIELA IGNATOVA (FHSE)
Participant Build your own Internship 1st ed.
" It was an incredible experience to start with,
following multiple self-paced workshops and
working as a team under the guidance of
different experienced mentors from the
industry.”
NISHTHA SHARMA (FDEF)
Participant Build your own Internship 1st ed.
“I really appreciated this programme! At the
beginning, I had poor knowledge in this field and I
had no idea on how launching a venture. Now, I feel
more confident with working on projects as I know
the process and what I first have to focus on."
THEO GAMBON (FHSE)
Participant Build your own Internship 1st ed.
29Entrepreneurship internship for Bachelor’s and
Master’s students
Startup Internship
Description
This programme gives you the real experience of the working life at
a startup and provides recent UL Incubator startups with the
resource of a talented intern to help them develop their
opportunities.
During the internship, you will:
gain an understanding of how an early-stage startup
functions
be assigned to projects based on your skill set and the
startup’s business strategy
experience true action learning by having an opportunity to
immerse in the startup life
work side-by-side with the founding team and collaborate
with UL Incubator
Prerequisite: mandatory to attend one or several of the following
programmes:
JumpStart
Ideation Camp
ECTS provided
upon the approval
of the Study Director
ECTS provided
upon the approval
of the Study Director
Limited number of paid
internships available
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32Entrepreneurship is a state of mind
Having the eye to see an opportunity,
having the skillset to act upon it,
having the perseverance to materialize it
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