Summer School at Atrevelde University College

2019. October 17. 14:12

The Hidden Business Champions Summer School is a two-week European adventure for students interested in innovative business and sales models.

who want to witness how innovative European business can be, for students who want to meet people from all over the world and work together on interesting cases, and who want to discover two beautiful cities in Europe! This Summer School is a collaboration between Artevelde University College Ghent (Belgium) and University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (Austria).

Date: June 27, 2020 - July 11, 2020

FIRST WEEK - PROGRAM (GHENT)

The first week of this summer school will be held at Artevelde University College in Ghent and will focus on cooperative and design thinking, which will unleash your creativity in order to bring you from an idea to a prototype.
The methodology we use is based on Human Centered Design, offered by certified people in this domain.
The majority of the summer school will be built around the principles of learning by doing. You will experience a creative process and learn to use new skills that stimulate your ability to solve problems. Some of you will work on their own ideas. Others will work on someone else’s idea.
We reinforce the idea of applied learning through inspiring company visits.
Of course, there is also room for leisure. You will get to know the beautiful city of Ghent through many social activities.

SECOND WEEK - PROGRAM (STEYR)

The second week starts with a city trip to Vienna, continuing with a mixture of interesting lectures in Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences (Steyr) at the Faculty of Management.
Small and medium-sized Austrian companies, which have a truly global outreach will be focused on in the program. Not only will we show you which marketing strategies make them successful, we will also introduce you to innovative models of financing, make you familiar with specialities you need to know about European businesses. Additionally we will visit some successful companies.
A vivid mix of interactive lectures with experienced professors and top managers, company visits, case studies and challenging assignments will bring you days full of experience, entertainment and various fascinating impressions.

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