Course
Student Project Incubator Summer Programme 2025
Event information
Date & location
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
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Student Project Incubator Summer Programme organising team
spisp@uj.edu.plParticipation
Interested? Complete the application form by 4 May.
An Una Europa initiative organised in collaboration with Uniwersytet Jagielloński's Academic Business Incubator.
Have you ever wondered how business and science work together to move from idea to action?
Have you ever looked around your university and wondered how solutions developed by scientists are implemented in business processes?
Have you ever thought that as a student you could bring new knowledge and insight to the problems we face?
If so, join the Student Project Incubator Summer Programme!
This third edition of the Una Europa Student Project Incubator, organised in collaboration with Uniwersytet Jagielloński's Academic Business Incubator, invites you to act on real business cases. Put the research skills and knowledge you've gained from your studies into practice in international, interdisciplinary teams.
Who are we looking for? You!
Why apply to the Student Project Incubator Summer Programme?
The Student Project Incubator Summer Programme gives you the opportunity to:
- Collaborate in international and interdisciplinary teams.
- Put your skills into practice by developing proposed solutions to real-world issues.
- Learn how to collaborate with business to identify new insights to pressing challenges.
- Collaborate with students, staff and researchers from across the alliance and business community.
The Student Project Incubator Summer Programme focuses on research, giving students the opportunity to participate in developing solutions for corporations. As part of the programme, teams are formed to address industry challenges.
Is the Student Project Incubator for me?
We are looking for students and researchers who are interested in what it might be like to participate in and conduct research and development projects and would like to work in international and interdisciplinary teams.
The Incubator invites you to join an enriching experience where we can learn, collaborate, meet new people, and develop impactful research proposals together. You'll gain new skills, connect with others, and explore how research can be applied to real-world business challenges!
The Student Project Incubator Summer Programme welcomes applications from:
- Undergraduate and master's students and doctoral researchers currently enrolled at an Una Europa partner university.
- Preference is given to doctoral researchers.
- English language proficiency of B2 level or higher is required for effective participation in the programme.
How does the Student Project Incubator Summer Programme work?
To participate in the Incubator, you need to register via a form and answer a few questions, between 16 April–4 May.
Register here for more information.
Please note: AI tools may be used during the preparation process; however, your final answers must be your own work and not fully generated by AI.
You will be notified whether you have been accepted into the programme by 19 May. All applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application, whether they are accepted or not.
The Incubator will run from 13–20 July 2025 in Kraków, Poland. The programme will include workshops, meetings and lectures to help develop business cases, interdisciplinary group work, presentation skills and more.
At the end of the programme, participants will present their final proposals and plans to the wider Una Europa community and representatives of the business and corporate community.
What can I expect from the programme?
The course includes:
- An introductory online session (3 hours in early June).
- An intensive in-person program (5 days in Krakow, 13–20 July).
In addition, the Student Project Incubator Summer Programme offers a rich social and cultural programme, including visits to the Salt Mine and various facilities at Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie and a stay in the historic centre of the city.
Upon successful completion, participants will receive a certificate.
What is the cost of the programme?
Participants are not required to pay tuition.
Accommodation and meals will be provided for the duration of the programme (13–20 July 2025) at Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie. Additionally, Una Europa offers transportation grants for participants.
For questions regarding travel costs, please contact Stinne Vognaes (stinne.vognas@helsinki.fi), Una Europa Project Coordinator, Helsingin yliopisto.
For inquiries about onsite cost coverage, please reach out to the Student Project Incubator Summer Programme organisers (spisp@uj.edu.pl).
This initiative is part of our work to empower students across our alliances, initiated under the Una.Futura project.