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Prerequisites
Identical coursesInnovation Project - Advanced (B-KUL-T5ZIP2)
English
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Van Petegem Wim (coordinator) | Van Petegem Wim Aims
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Entrepreneurial skills
- Innovation achievement
- Personal development
- Communication and co-operation
You can find more information on the website.
Previous knowledge
No specific prior knowledge is required.
Identical courses
This course is identical to the following courses:
T5ZIP1 : Innovatieproject - advanced
Is included in these courses of study
- Postgraduate Programme in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering - Advanced (Leuven et al) 60 ects.
- Postgraduate Programme in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering - Advanced (Ghent et al) 60 ects.
- Postgraduate Programme in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering - Advanced (Bruges et al) 60 ects.
- Postgraduate Programme in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering - Advanced (Geel et al) 60 ects.
- Postgraduate Programme in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering - Advanced (Sint-Katelijne-Waver et al) 60 ects.
Activities
20 ects. Innovation Project - Advanced (B-KUL-T5tIP2)
Content
As an engineer, you bring innovation into a technological business context through an innovative business internship.
The engineer is given a specific assignment with the aim of introducing an innovation for the company.
The engineer deals with incremental or radical innovation in the company, which may include:
- Developing new products, services and processes ('product design and development')
- Exploring the potential of a technology new to the company
- Developing a technology new to the company in a 'case study'
- Devising new applications for an existing product
- Prototyping and/or testing a technology new to the company
In addition, there is a focus on business-related skills such as project management or preparing and validating a complete business plan/case (including business form, market and feasibility study, risk management, cost-benefit analysis, ...).
It also focuses on following personal professional skills and attitudes such as:
- Entrepreneurial spirit (intra- and/or entrepreneurship)
- Ideation & creativity
- Lifelong learning & self-reflection
- Communicating within the company and with external stakeholders
- Developing and managing external relationships (e.g. with suppliers, customers, etc.)
The innovation internships take place not only in large companies, but also in SMEs and start-ups.
. Visit www.innovationentrepreneurship.be for more information.
Course material
The study material is available on Toledo.
Format: more information
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Evaluation
Evaluation: Innovation Project - Advanced (B-KUL-T72356)
Explanation
Students receive an integral mark. All students are assessed on four categories of learning outcomes, namely:
1. Entrepreneurial skills
2. Innovation achievement
3. Personal development
4. Communication and co-operation
The evaluation weights of the categories depend on the content of the innovation project. This is determined before the start of the project in consultation with coach, mentor and student. It is the student's responsibility to find a suitable internship position, taking into account the criteria of an innovation project, and the opinion of the coach and the coordinator of the programme.
At the end of the project, an evaluation by a jury (of which the coach and mentor are members) takes place. During the final evaluation, the student is evaluated on the basis of a portfolio of (self-selected) objectives and a presentation.
Information about retaking exams
A re-examination of (certain parts of) the innovation project is only possible after written permission of the coach, the mentor and the head of the programme.