EVENT

Online RUN InnoBootCamp – Hands-On Innovation & Entrepreneurship Training for Students and Educators Across Europe


25 August 2025

The RUN InnoBootCamp series offers a unique, practice-based learning experience for students and educators who want to apply entrepreneurial thinking to real-world challenges.

It consists of an online bootcamp followed by three in-person bootcamps hosted by RUN-EU institutions. You can participate in the online bootcamp only or complete the entire series by applying to the in-person bootcamps after the online bootcamp.

Applying to the in-person bootcamp requires completing the online bootcamp.

Date
15 September – 3 October 2025

Mode
Online

Target group
Beneficial to students preparing for career readiness or further studies and educators advancing innovative pedagogy. This is your chance to work across disciplines, borders, and institutions, and make a real impact.

Learning Outcomes
Students: Build practical innovation and business skills, join teams solving real challenges, network internationally and prepare for the workforce.

Educators: Learn and apply innovation pedagogy in action, collaborate across institutions, engage in co-design of real-world educational experiences, receive certificates and integrate materials into your teaching.

Online RUN InnoBootCamp – 2 ECTS

15 September – 3 October 2025

3-week series:

  • Week 38 – Sept 15: Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Week 39 – Sept 22: Design Thinking & Innovation
  • Week 40 – Sept 29: Commercialisation
  • 10 hours of live sessions + 9 hours of individual work/week
  • Case studies, applied tasks, real-world tools
  • Required for applying to the in-person bootcamp

In-Person RUN InnoBootCamps – 1 ECTS

October–November 2025 · Hosted at HAMK, NHL Stenden and TUS

Registration will open later.

  • Hackathons, mentoring, transdisciplinary teamwork
  • Real-world challenge solving
  • Meet educators, founders, VCs, mentors
  • Travel funded via Erasmus+ institutional support
  • Please note that the in-person bootcamps have limited capacity

Contact

For questions regarding the content of the bootcamps, please contact: jukka.raitanen@hamk.fi
For questions regarding practical arrangements, please contact: henna.keranen@hamk.fi


The RUN InnoBootCamp series is part of the RUN InnoBoost project, an initiative of the RUN-EU European University and the EIT HEI Initiative, designed to foster innovation capacity, start-up creation, and transdisciplinary collaboration across Europe.

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