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18 Sep 2015
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Denmark

Aalborg University (AAU) was founded in 1974 from a merger of several well-established higher education institutions with roots going back to the late 18th century. From initially 3 000 students, AAU grew to approximately 16 000 students, who can choose from more than hundred study programmes, at bachelor, master and doctorate levels, and three...

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18 Sep 2015
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Denmark

1. Introduction Aalborg University (AAU) was founded in 1974 from a merger of several well-established higher education institutions with roots going back to the late 18th century. With just 3,000 students enrolled initially, AAU grew to approximately 20,000 students. Students can choose from more than 100 study programmes, at bachelor, master and...

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18 Sep 2015
Country:
Denmark

Aalborg University (AAU) was founded in 1974 from a merger of several well-established higher education institutions with roots going back to the late 18th century. From initially 3 000 students, AAU grew to approximately 16 000 students, who can choose from more than hundred study programmes, at bachelor, master and doctorate levels, and three...

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18 Sep 2015
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Spain

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.The location of the university in the heart of Catalonia is a significant advantage as it is one of Spain’s most dynamic and entrepreneurial regions. In 2012...

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18 Sep 2015
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France

This case provides insight into how one university has embedded real business experience into the heart of both their degree programme and the local community, through the creation of a separate trading identity run by students. The Allier University-Institute of Technology (I.U.T. d'Allier), was established in 1968. It has three campuses in the...

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18 Sep 2015
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Spain

The Rovira i Virgili University (URV) was founded in 1992. It is a public university serving southern Catalonia, a region with 800,000 inhabitants. The university was founded by the Catalan Parliament to unite existing higher education faculties and schools in the Tarragona area under a joint institutional umbrella. In 2015, URV had an annual...

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18 Sep 2015
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United Kingdom

Entrepreneurship education (EE) at the University of Huddersfield (UoH) combines strong profiles in curricula offers, extra-curricular activities and organisational setup. The UoH is one of a few UK universities to offer new venture creation degrees: the UoH’s Business School offers bachelor, masters, and doctoral degrees involving to start an...

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18 Sep 2015
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Denmark

The University of Southern Denmark (SDU) uses a centralised approach to spread and integrate entrepreneurship education (EE) across its six campuses and its five faculties. SDU’s EE is primarily based on a comprehensive and broad understanding of entrepreneurship in the sense of innovation and value creation. The SDU-annexed IDEA Entrepreneurship...

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18 Sep 2015
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Germany

This case shows how the creation of a new centre can be used as a focus for knowledge exchange, innovation and enterprise and be successfully integrated into the working of an established University. The Munich University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) was founded in 1971. It hosts 18 000 students, 475 professors, 750 contracted lecturers and 745...

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18 Sep 2015
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Spain

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...

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18 Sep 2015
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Germany

The Leuphana, University of Lüneburg, is a medium-sized university without the classical faculties that have a certain affinity with entrepreneurship. The principal approach “Humboldt and Schumpeter” was developed with the objective of creating links between the field of entrepreneurship (as part of the Faculty of Business and Economics) and, in...

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18 Sep 2015
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Croatia

The objective of entrepreneurship education (EE) at the J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek (SUO), Croatia, is to develop entrepreneurial mindsets and related skills. The curriculum consists of an undergraduate, graduate, a postgraduate and a doctoral programme in entrepreneurship. Key to programme development were the commitment and the personal...

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18 Sep 2015
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Slovenia

The Faculty of Economics of the University of Ljubljana (FELU) offers courses on undergraduate, graduate and MBA level in entrepreneurship education (EE), including specialisations in entrepreneurship. In 2006, FELU introduced the Design Thinking (DT) approach to EE. DT is a human-centred, action-oriented and iterative problemsolving and idea...

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18 Sep 2015
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United Kingdom

The main focus in the case study of the University of Cambridge (UC) is set on its Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL). CfEL’s mission is to spread the spirit of enterprise and this mission is deeply embedded in its approach to entrepreneurship education. CfEL offers a broad variety of innovative educational programmes, such as the...

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18 Sep 2015
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Slovakia

The Technical University of Kosice (TUKE), Slovakia, is located in Kosice, the main city in Eastern Slovakia and the European Capital of Culture 2013. TUKE is a fully-fledged university with a strong technical tradition. It offers curricular entrepreneurship education mainly through its Faculty of Economics, in particular courses in entrepreneurial...