The study "Supporting the entrepreneurial potential of higher education" was based on a contract between the European Commission, Directorate General Education and Culture (DG EAC), and empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und Technologieforschung mbH (co-ordinator – Bonn, Germany) as well as the University of Wuppertal, UNESCO Chair of...
The Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI, German: Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH), is the Information Technology Faculty of the University of Potsdam. 1 It is located in the City of Potsdam Southwest of Berlin. Research and teaching at HPI focus on information technology (IT) systems engineering. Currently, approximately 550...
The Irish National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education has developed a Digital Badge in Entrepreneurship Education (Figure 1). The Badge’s main purpose is the professional development of higher education teachers towards teaching entrepreneurship. This badge is based on the 2016 EntreComp competence framework that...
The Junior Enterprise concept A Junior Enterprise is a non-profit organisation formed and managed exclusively by university students. Junior Enterprises operate at the local level and mainly in the business and engineering fields, 1 providing services for businesses, institutions and individuals. The Junior Enterprise concept started in Paris in...
Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) is a public university with 19 faculties, one college, and campuses in Warsaw and Plock. Mazovia region, which surrounds both cities, makes the greatest contribution to Polish GDP, and is home to 20% of Polish enterprises in high and medium-high technology sectors and 28% of companies operating in the "high...
The SGH - Internationalised institution case study is about the effort to develop the international relationships of the HEI as an integral part of the development strategy, integrating this dimension toward different aspects of the HEI’s activities. Internationalisation could be considered both as a strategy for attracting staff, students and...
The University of Kassel is a public higher education institution located in the city of Kassel in the state of Hesse in the centre of Germany. It was founded in 1971 with the ambition to drive innovative concepts for practice-oriented teaching and learning as well as interdisciplinary work. As of the winter semester 2016/17, the University has 25...
The Gdansk University of Technology2 (GUT) was established in 1945 in Gdansk; it succeeded the technical university founded in 1904.3 Gdansk is a port city in northern Poland on the Baltic Sea coast and one of the largest business, economic, cultural and scientific centres in Poland. Named in honour of the 17th and 18th century scientists who lived...
The ‘Entrepreneurial Teaching and Learning’ case study is about the co-operation between the University, business entities, state authorities and local self-government for developing learning activities that are aimed at developing an entrepreneurial mindset and skills. Co-operation can take the form of different partnership models, and can cover...
Internationalisation of a higher education institution covers a very broad range of activities. Internationalisation can influence all aspects of a HEI, from the design and delivery of education, to research activities and relationships with the external environment, to knowledge exchange. Internationalisation should be understood as a catalyst and...
This case study provide insights on how two of the oldest universities in Hungary have put entrepreneurship and innovation at the core of their strategy and how they prepare and support their future entrepreneurs. The case study starts with a brief overview on the University of Debrecen followed by a short introduction on Semmelweis University and...
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) can act as gatekeepers to the knowledge and technology emerging from ongoing research, and have a significant role in its diffusion. To effectively disseminate such research requires enterprising individuals and ad-hoc mechanisms that enable transfer, application and exchange of knowledge and technology with the...
The University of Utrecht, founded in 1636, has taken concrete actions to change internal systems, and research approach and increase its societal impact. These actions have changed and rationalised the University’s approach to research in four broad themes - Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences, Sustainability - that...
The Hague University of Applied Sciences with approximately 24 000 students from more than 146 nationalities is a using a hands-on research centre to drive education practice. The team delivering entrepreneurship at The Hague University of Applied Sciences is diverse with breadth and depth of experience that extends significantly beyond...
The core mission of the Technical University of Delft is to develop scientists and engineers, who have a genuine commitment to society, who can translate knowledge into technological innovations with both economic and social value. The City of Delft wants professionals, and new companies, to come and make their home in and around Delft. As the...
