The SoI extracurricular program will provide you with knowledge and skills necessary to turn your ideas into innovative products within an existing company or your own start-up. Trentino region has many small and medium-sized firms which have been growing in size and the level of internationalization.
Upon completion of our program and getting the Innovation certificate, your chances to be hired by these companies will grow exponentially, as you will know how to come up with a novel idea, protect your patents, develop a sustainable action plan and find ways of financing it. Moreover, you will be able to support the development of new products and new business strategies in large local, national or international corporations, which are increasingly pressured by competition to grow and develop.
Research centres, innovation consultancies, business incubators and local business development agencies would like to have within their teams young people with interdisciplinary knowledge of the innovation process and strong entrepreneurial skills. Finally, you will be provided the tools necessary for becoming an entrepreneur yourself and for starting your own innovative, independent business. Moreover, those SoI students who have affinities for society-oriented professions will be prepared to take positions in social enterprises, NGOs, or international organisations, since these sectors are increasingly getting innovation-driven.