Education

This  programme offers you the opportunity to gain unique work experience through innovative projects. It also allows you to focus on your own interests and the skills you want to develop. You will develop your entrepreneurial, management and innovation skills, and further specialise in a particular area. This programme will enhance your profile and career opportunities.

What can you find on this webpage?

Our (future) students can find information about the programme, admission requirements, objectives and evaluation. 

All other information with regard to the study programme can be found at the website of the Postgraduate Programme in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering - Foundations.

 

Objectives

For the postgraduate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in engineering - Foundations track (and corresponding innovation project), four categories of learning outcomes have been defined. These four main learning outcomes can be filled in by a number of sub-learning outcomes, of which the choice depends on the innovation project. The possible sub-learning outcomes can be found below.


ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS  

• Spotting opportunities  
• Showing motivation & perseverance  
• Taking the initiative   
• Valuing ideas   
• Following up on planning & management  
• Basic financial & economic literacy insights  
• Holistic vision of the project in the company

INNOVATION ACHIEVEMENT  

• Ethical & sustainable thinking  
• Showing creativity  
• Strategic thinking (vision for the future)  
• Managing resources  
• Innovation  
• Systems thinking  

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT  

• Showing self-awareness & self-efficacy  
• Coping with ambiguity, uncertainty & risk  
• Learning through experience  
• Lifelong learning

COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION  

• Working with others  
• Enthusing others  
• Communicating adequately  
• Meeting and negotiating adequately

Educational quality of the study programme

Here you can find an overview of the results of the COBRA internal quality assurance method.

Educational quality at study programme level

Blueprint

Educational quality at university level

• Consult the documents on educational quality available at university level.

More information?

• More information on the educational quality at KU Leuven
• More information on the available documents