EIT Campus, a new initiative for education on innovation and entrepreneurship
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) has launched the EIT Campus, a new initiative to education and training. The main objective is blending innovation with entrepreneurship.
"The training offers and opportunities provided by EIT Campus will widen their horizon in domains that are crucial for our future. We want both students and professionals to be best equipped because they belong to the driving forces that will support Europe in its digital and green transitions", said the European Commissioner for Innovation, Mariya Gabriel in presenting the initiative.
The 60 first courses will be launched in January and will cover the following areas:
- Climate
- Food
- Health
- Raw materials
Further courses will be added to cover other topics such as energy, digital, agriculture, manufacturing, urban mobility, culture and creativity.
Additionally, education activities under the EIT Campus will offer services addressed to:
- Secondary school students through the EIT Girls Go Circular project, which helps young girls aged 14 to 19 develop technological and entrepreneurship skills related to the green and digital transition. Over 26 thousand have completed the project by the end of 2022.
- University students through the EIT Label, a certificate of quality awarded to outstanding educational programmes focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and leadership. Under this label, the EIT, with its network of 200 universities, has developed 65 master and doctoral programmes, which already count over 4.500 graduates.
- Professional learners through the EIT's non-degree courses and workshops. Over 100.000 learners have so far participated in these EIT online educational activities. Professional learners will also benefit from the targeted skills development programmes including the new EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative, set to skill one million talents in deep tech fields, and the European Battery Alliance Academy, working with EU Member States and industry partners to train and upskill 800.000 workers by 2025 across the entire battery supply chain.
- Higher Education Institutions (HEI) through the EIT HEI Initiative to support faculties in teaching innovation and entrepreneurship. 50 projects are involving over 290 Higher Education Institutions and 300 non-academic organisations are part of the EIT HEI Initiative. In 2021 projects have trained over 9.900 students, academic and non-academic staff and have supported over 310 start-ups.
Most of the school programmes will be accessible free of charge, whereas more professional courses and programmes will carry a fee. Here is the full list of the courses.