Student Accelerator - Engineering Innovations

The imes supervises the “Student Accelerator – Engineering Innovations,” where students can gain their first hands-on, real-world experience in spin-offs and start-ups by working in self-selected teams. You will learn the basics of business planning and company presentations and, in close coordination with your supervisor and external entrepreneurship professionals, develop your engineering-based business idea.

If your team successfully convinces an expert jury during the pitch sessions, you may have the opportunity to secure funding in the form of innovation vouchers to develop an initial (software or hardware) prototype. Ideally, this tutorial (2 ECTS) guides you over typically two semesters toward obtaining initial or follow-up funding, such as the EXIST start-up grant funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).

Depending on your degree program, it is also possible to take the Student Accelerator in combination with the course “Entrepreneurial Practice for Technology Start-ups” offered by starting business as an alternative to a study project. In this case, it is a more extensive version of the Student Accelerator worth 5 ECTS. Please refer to the module catalogs of the respective degree programs for details.

For further information, please contact the person listed below.

Recommended semester:
End of Bachelor's / beginning of Master's studies (open to all degree programs within the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)

Registration:
To register, please send an email to the contact person. Registration via Stud.IP is not possible.

Special notes:
This module typically spans two semesters and prepares students to apply for the EXIST start-up grant funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).