Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- innovate new business ideas
- evaluate the international market environment
- work in multi-cultural teams

Teaching methods

This is a project study implemented together with our international partner university of applied sciences UCLL in Leuven Belgium. You can get 3 ects from this project.

Seven students from Laurea have an opportunity to participate UCLL Innovation Lab study unit's kickoff week together with students from different UAS from other countries.

International Innovation Lab intensive week will take place in UCLL Leuven, Belgium during 24.2.-28.2.2025
The program consists of different lectures, project work & ideation in teams, presentations and interesting company visits. You will work in international teams during the project.

Project content and tasks in brief:
-paper work for going abroad with the international office /online
-pre-tasks for the innovation lab (personal & team) / online
-Innovation Lab intensive week in Leuven Belgium (UCLL) 24.2.-28.2.2025 (full agenda to be presented later)
-small project tasks given by the UCLL teachers /online
-learning reflection, e.g. a blog
+time for travelling

Learning materials and recommended literature

To be updated later.
The project is mainly based on collaboration and co-work, learning by doing and participating.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

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Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

Several companies will attend the InnovationLab, and you will do some innovation research for them.

Important dates

Enrollment with a separate motivation letter (in case there are more applicants than 7 we need to see your motivation)

*enroll during week 48 (as normally for the courses)
*additionally send a short ( one page) motivation letter to paivi.williams@laurea.fi by 2.12.2024

The project dates:
Online meetings with Laurea teachers and international team to do the paper work etc. in January. NOTE. these time slots will be added to calendars later.
Pre-tasks / online week 7/8
Innovation Lab intensive week in Leuven Belgium 24.2.-28.2.2025
Project tasks and learning reflection during w 10-12 (dates to be updated with the dates later)

Forms of internationality

UCLL university of applied sciences. Laurea's parner UAS.
BA Riga university of applied sciences from Latvia.

Erasmus BIP programme: from this programme the outgoing students will receive a grant to compensate travel and accommodation costs. The pre-requisite for this is that the student completes the project with "accepted".

Students workload

The project is 3 ects which means approximately 80 hours of studying.
The intensive week equal 2ects, pre-tasks 0,5 and finalizing work 0,5 ects.

Content and scheduling

Enrollment with a separate motivation letter (in case there are more applicants than 7 we need to see your motivation)

*enroll during week 48 (as normally for the courses)
*additionally send a short ( one page) motivation letter to paivi.williams@laurea.fi by 2.12.2024

The project dates:
Online meetings with Laurea teachers and international team to do the paper work etc. in January.
Pretasks / online week 7/8
Innovation Lab intensive week in Leuven Belgium 24.2.-28.2.2025
Project tasks and learning reflection during w 10-12 (dates to be updated with the dates later)

The innovation week schedule will be published later but the project includes working from Monday until Friday.
Students attend lectures, workshops, business case briefings by the companies, and do some research. The most of this will be done with a team.
Topics like innovation, international trends, creativity.

Further information for students

This is a great chance for making international contacts and learn about the student life elsewhere.
City of Leuven is an old university city full of student life!
https://www.visitleuven.be/en
Brussels airport is just 15 minutes away.

Quite inexpensive accommodation is usually available.
In previous years the cost of flight and accommodation (6 nights) per student has been about 400-500€.
The Erasmus BIP grant will be paid when all the conditions are fullfilled.

Students are responsible for booking the flights and accomodation for themselves. The grant is available from the Erasmus BIP fund.

Grading scale

Approved/Failed

Evaluation methods and criteria

All the tasks completed.
The innovation lab participation as in the programme.