Linköping University (LiU), a young higher education institution in southern Sweden, has systematically built capacity for entrepreneurship and innovation. The University’s organisation as such is deliberately interdisciplinary in order to foster innovation: twelve Departments offer research and education to all of the University’s four Faculties...

This case study provides an update on the approach to entrepreneurship and innovation taken by the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU)1, representing the status at the end of 2024. The original case study, was written in 2015. Since then, KTU has developed its entrepreneurial profile and approach further. It developed its curricular teaching of...

Entrepreneurship is part of the mission of the University of Bologna (UNIBO), and the University also seeks to develop entrepreneurship education. Until March 2024, UNIBO coordinated the project Educators for Impact, funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ programme. The project aimed to empower educators and students to solve societal...

This comparative case study examines how Delft University of Technology (Netherlands), Czech Technical University (Czechia), and the University of Tartu (Estonia) are integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into teaching, learning, and research. Each institution has developed AI-specific programmes, research centres, and staff training to build...

The Biotechnical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana (UL) promotes entrepreneurial thinking among students and staff through both curricular and extra-curricular activities. Key courses include Entrepreneurship for master’s students and Bioeconomy, which covers commercialization and business modelling. Extra-curricular activities include a...

The Smart Education at Schools (SEATS) programme, part of the Smart Education Research Programme led by imec and the KU Leuven itec group, helps Flemish teachers develop tech-based solutions to educational challenges. Teachers submit project proposals, and selected ideas receive €75,000 to be co-developed with schools, researchers, and industry...

The European Bioeconomy University (EBU) is an alliance of eight higher education institutions (HEIs) with a dedicated focus on the bioeconomy. The institutions are from different European countries: Austria, France, Germany, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden. The bioeconomy is that part of the economy that is concerned with the...

Business incubators have long been integral to higher education, fostering strong connections between universities and regional business sectors. This comparative case study, part of the HEInnovate initiative, explores the establishment and operation of incubators to support entrepreneurs and innovators in collaboration with higher education...

The University of Antwerp (UAntwerp) has entrepreneurship as an explicit educational priority. It is a member of the Young Universities for the Future of Europe European University Alliance (YUFE). The University sees an urgent need to reform doctoral education to deliver more entrepreneurial graduates equipped with open science competences and to...

Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences (HHN) is a relatively young higher education institution in one of Germany's economically most dynamic regions. Entrepreneurship, responsible entrepreneurship, in particular, is one of HHN’s strategic objectives. In 2017, HHN founded Startklar, a central coordination unit with the mission to strengthen...

Lund University (LU) is located close to a science park in a region with numerous incubators and start-ups in a rather densely populated area. The University uses its strategic location as a source of competitive advantage by strongly collaborating with local established companies, start-ups, student organisations, support services and incubators...

This comparative case study focuses on interventions undertaken by two HEIs – Grenoble Institute of Technology and Luleå University of Technology – to address the goal of connecting with the ecosystem and creating effective collaborations with the regional business sector. To connect themselves with their external ecosystem and the regional...

Head, hands and heart (HHH) is a recent approach that entrepreneurship educators can use as a framework to design, run and evaluate their courses in a holistic manner. HHH offers the opportunity to evaluate students’ cognitive, practical and emotional capabilities, extending traditional approaches that consider mainly cognitive aspects – knowledge...

The Autonomous University of Barcelona (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB), founded in 1968, is one of seven higher education institutions located in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. It is centred in the heart of Catalonia, one of Spain’s most dynamic and entrepreneurial regions. UAB is one of the top three universities in Spain. Within the...

At Comenius University Bratislava (CU), the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship offers the course “Development of Entrepreneurial Skills in Cross Generation Teams”. It is a semester-long course where seniors and undergraduate students work together in teams on real-life businesses. The idea is not only to provide instructions but to...