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Joint Entrepreneurship School

  • Organizer: KIT EnTechnon, KIT nova
  • Audience: Students, founders
  • Language: English
  • Cost: Free of charge

Empowering the next generation of global innovators

The Joint Entrepreneurship School (JES) is an international program designed for students, researchers, and early-stage founders looking to bridge the gap between academic innovation and real-world business creation. Co-hosted by KIT FORGE and global partner universities, the program provides an intensive, hands-on environment to develop venture ideas, test business models, and connect with cross-border startup ecosystems.

What we offer 

  • Interdisciplinary venture creation: Work in international, multi-disciplinary teams to transform cutting-edge technology and research into viable business models. 
  • Expert coaching & mentoring: Receive direct guidance from experienced entrepreneurs, industry experts, and venture capitalists across participating partner ecosystems. 
  • Global market validation: Test your hypotheses with target customers and pitch your solutions to an international panel of investors and jury members. 
  • Ecosystem access: Gain entry into the network of KIT FORGE and international partner accelerators, paving the way for further incubation, funding, and international expansion. 

Program Highlights

  • Ideation & teaming: Match with complementary co-founders and identify high-impact market opportunities.

  • Bootcamp & masterclasses: Deep dives into Design Thinking, Lean Startup methodology, Pitching, and Intellectual Property

  • Pitch & demo day: Present your venture in front of international investors, industry representatives, and regional innovation hubs.
Our experts support you

Have questions or interested? Get in touch!

Schadi Neumann

Your contact person

Schadi Neumann
Coach, Senior Researchers
schadi.neumann@kit.edu LinkedIn

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what’s next?

Whether you have a vague idea, a breakthrough research paper, or an active startup – let’s talk.

Consulting inquiry

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I agree that my personal data submitted via the contact form may be processed by KIT FORGE for the following purposes: contacting me and providing startup consulting services. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based solely on my consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). The information I provide in the contact form, including my contact details, will be stored by KIT FORGE for the purpose of processing my inquiry. KIT FORGE will not share this data with third parties without my consent. The data I enter in the contact form will remain with KIT FORGE until I request its deletion, withdraw my consent to its storage (which I may do informally by email to info@kit-forge.de), or the purpose for which the data was collected no longer applies (e.g. once my inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected. For information on data protection relating to startup consulting, including applications for public funding programmes for spin-offs, please refer to https://www.kit-forge.de/en/privacy/.

Contact form

For consulting inquiries, please use our separate consulting inquiry form.

* Required field

I agree that my personal data submitted via the contact form may be processed by KIT FORGE for the following purposes: contacting me and providing startup consulting services. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based solely on my consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). The information I provide in the contact form, including my contact details, will be stored by KIT FORGE for the purpose of processing my inquiry. KIT FORGE will not share this data with third parties without my consent. The data I enter in the contact form will remain with KIT FORGE until I request its deletion, withdraw my consent to its storage (which I may do informally by email to info@kit-forge.de), or the purpose for which the data was collected no longer applies (e.g. once my inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected. For information on data protection relating to startup consulting, including applications for public funding programmes for spin-offs, please refer to https://www.kit-forge.de/en/privacy/.