Project duraiton: 1 January 2018 – 31 March 2021

Objective

This proposal aims to create an international minor in functional material design for scientists (30 ECTS). A series of digital learning modules and SME-industry challenge projects will development students’ technical and I&E skills and enable students to work in virtual international teams as well as face-to-face. A novel digital portal will also be designed to enable university experts to gain I&E pedagogic skills for technical education.

The solution (technology)

An innovative digital tool, DiENT Portal, which enables implementation of an entrepreneurial approach to MSc level courses in materials science, will be developed and tested.

Three universities provide a set of three complementary master courses which apply this entrepreneurial portal to provide materials science education with an entrepreneurial approach. Students participating in these courses where the portal is used will develop an entrepreneurial mindset which will help them in all future business endeavours they will encounter in their professional life. Close contact with industry is provided by two industrial partners.

Partnership