University of Vaasa Summer School Specifically: International Entrepreneurship course (Blended Intensive Programme))

Multidisciplinary Summer School by domain experts

The Summer School on Entrepreneuship and Venturing combines lectures, discussion sessions and workshops with practical activities lead by domain experts. The guest speakers of the programme include renowned academics as well as company representatives. Our instructors are experts in their fields and teach with enthusiasm and contemporary relevance. As it is a multidisciplinary course that invites students from different universities, you will get to work together with students from different fields and backgrounds.

The Summer School takes place in Vaasa, also known as the energy hub of the Nordic countries. Vaasa is the educational, cultural and tourist centre of Western Finland, located by the sea near the Kvarken Archipelago World Heritage area. Our unique maritime campus is a short walk away from Vaasa city centre. Each week of the Summer School, we will organise extra-curricular activities in the beautiful seaside city and its surroundings.

Who is the Summer School for?

The Summer School is for students in higher education institutions who are interested to build a global start-up or seeking to work at an established company with intrapreneurial competences sparking innovations that have the potential to address global market needs. We welcome students from different academic disciplines and levels. The programme is in English, so you need to have fluent English language skills to participate.

The Summer School is free of charge for degree students from the University of Vaasa, other higher education units located in Vaasa, degree students at partner universities of the University of Vaasa and of network partners in HERMES and GBSN. The first week of the Summer School is organised as an Erasmus+ blended intensive programme and is thus available only for a selected number of institutions. Weeks two and three are broader in scope and open for students from all partner institutions. Only partner institutions of the University of Vaasa are able to nominate students for the International Summer School on Entrepreneurship and Venturing.

Please note that only the first week is organised as a blended intensive programme (BIP) with Erasmus+ support.

Participants must be of the age of 18 or older. Please note that the University of Vaasa is not able to support with travel arrangements or visas, so make sure that you have sufficient time for these arrangements. Kindly note that the University of Vaasa doesn’t provide you with housing during the Summer School. If you come from a partner university abroad, please contact your local institution about the possibility to receive financial support to organise your stay at Vaasa.