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Unleash your startup potential!

The three-month program offers you hands-on challenges, skill-building workshops, community-oriented learning and awakens your entrepreneurial spirit.

Join a select group of future founders and turn your innovative ideas into reality. With support and mentoring from professors, startup founders, investors and industry experts, you will get the chance to immerse yourself in the Hamburg startup scene and build something real.

The current round runs from October 2025 to January 2026.

The event will be held in English.

Program structure

  • Weekly sessions: Knowledge sharing, training and motivation
  • Accompanying mentoring: Deepen your topics with professors and founders.
  • Pitch events: Present your project to a jury of experts.

Why should you take part?

Interdisciplinary collaboration
Work together with students from different departments.

Real challenges
Solve problems with practical applications.

Mentoring by experts
Profits Insights from experienced entrepreneurs and coaches.

Networking opportunities
Make contacts with industry leaders and like-minded people.

Further information & registration

Deadline for the application: 20.10.25

Contact

Sebastian Henley

Program Development Manager

Academic leadership of the program:

Prof. Dr. Jutta Abulawi (HAW Hamburg)

Prof. Dr. Michel Clement (University of Hamburg)

Prof. Dr. Paul Drews (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)

Prof. Dr. Jan-Paul Lüdtke (University of Applied Sciences Wedel)

Prof. Dr. Christian Lüthje (Hamburg University of Technology)

Prof. Dr. Jana Timm (University of Hamburg)

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