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Start-up Project - Part 2 (B-KUL-T5ZS22)

22 ECTSEnglishBoth termsCannot be taken as part of an examination contract
Lodewyckx Katleen (coordinator) |  N. |  Van Aken Marc (cooperator)
OC Technovation

Aims

  • The student develops business & management knowledge and skills.
  • The student is able to design and implement a (bio)technological innovation.
  • The student shows an entrepreneurial spirit and is able to determine an active strategy to steer its own learning development.
  • The student is able to collaborate in a multidisciplinary team and with other stakeholders.

Previous knowledge

No specific prior knowledge is required.

Order of Enrolment

Mixed prerequisite:
You may only take this course if you comply with the prerequisites. Prerequisites can be strict or flexible, or can imply simultaneity. A degree level can be also be a prerequisite.
Explanation:
STRICT: You may only take this course if you have passed or applied tolerance for the courses for which this condition is set.
FLEXIBLE: You may only take this course if you have previously taken the courses for which this condition is set.
SIMULTANEOUS: You may only take this course if you also take the courses for which this condition is set (or have taken them previously).
DEGREE: You may only take this course if you have obtained this degree level.


SIMULTANEOUS(T5ZS12)

The codes of the course units mentioned above correspond to the following course descriptions:
T5ZS12 : Start-up Project - Part 1

Is included in these courses of study

Activities

22 ects. Start-up Project - Part 2 (B-KUL-T5tS22)

22 ECTSEnglishFormat: AssignmentBoth terms
N. |  Van Aken Marc (cooperator)
OC Technovation

Content

The student acquires practical experience and insight into the profession of engineer by working in a startup. Go to www.techinvent.be  for more information about the possibilities.

Course material

Students can find the necessary study material on Toledo.

Format: more information

The start-up project is the most important part of the programme. For most students it is their first opportunity to apply their engineering theory and knowledge to solve a 'real' problem and interact with the engineering industry.

Evaluation

Evaluation: Start-up Project - Part 2 (B-KUL-T72221)

Type : Continuous assessment without exam during the examination period
Description of evaluation : Project/Product, Presentation, Self assessment/Peer assessment, Portfolio, Process evaluation

Explanation


All students are evaluated on four categories of learning outcomes:

  • Business & management knowledge and skills
  • (Bio)technological innovation
  • Entrepreneurial spirit & personal development
  • Collaboration & networking

At the start of the innovation project the student decides (together with the coach) what the main focus of the project will be. This will determine the evaluation weights for the learning outcomes.

The evaluation of the project within the postgraduate TechInVenT consists of two components for each part of 22 credits:

  • Product evaluation (based on the outcomes of the project)
  • Process evaluation (based on the work and learning process, and the reflections in the ‘Self Scan’)

More information on the Toledo page of the programme.

Information about retaking exams

A re-examination of (certain parts of) the project is only possible with the written permission of the coach and the head of programme.