TECHucate

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Attention Masters students and academics - TECHucate is starting! This program offers you the unique opportunity to work together on projects in a cross-cultural environment. You will exchange ideas with students and PhD students from Egypt and get to know each other's startup ecosystem.

Over a period of two weeks - one week in Egypt, one week at KIT - you will work together in binational project teams to develop business models for technologies and patents developed at KIT, learn the basics of entrepreneurship and network with your Egyptian fellow students.

Making first contacts between young entrepreneurs from different countries makes this event especially valuable.

Goals
  • Master‘s students learn about Entrepreneurship,
  • Get acquainted with Egyptian (business) culture,
  • Get to know Egyptian nascent entrepreneurs and master‘s and PhD students, overcome language and cultural barriers.

Dates
  • Briefing: April / May
  • Karlsruhe: Presumably: 29/7 to 2/8 - 2024
  • Cairo: Presumably: 1/9 -5/9 - 2024
  • Deliverables: October 2024

Participants
Master‘s students and nascent entrepreneurs (7 Egypt and 7 KIT) 6 ECTS credit points

Costs and funding:

Good News: Fortunately, we can provide a funding for the travel expenses including the flight tickets to Egypt, hotel and etc.

Requirements
  • Interest in Egypt
  • Participation at both weeks (in Egypt and Germany)
  • Access to Egyptian Visa (if needed)

Application (application period: 04.04.2024 – 25.04.2024)

  • CV (English or German)
  • Motivation letter (max. 600 words in English)
  • Transcript of records

For questions and Application: Feel free to contact Allen Mohammadi. allen.mohammadi∂kit.edu

About TECHucate  

Entrepreneurship as career path & way of empowerment 

As part of the JES Camp (Joint Entrepreneurship Camp), students and start-ups have the opportunity to work together on projects in an intercultural environment. The TECHucate module allows binational project teams to realise business models of technologies and patents developed at KIT over a period of two weeks. Finally, the business model is presented in a public pitch in front of an external audience. 

Target group: Early-stage students, researchers, start-ups and people from the academic environment who are interested in founding a company.