Entrepreneurial Skills for Early Career Researchers
The action plan, which was approved by swissuniversities (Teilprogramm 1 «Aktionspläne zur Postdoc-Phase»), supports entrepreneurial early career researchers at the University of Zurich. In collaboration with the UZH Innovation Hub, Graduate Campus has developed a workshop series entitled “Entrepreneurial Skills”, and has integrated this series into the Graduate Campus Transferable Skills course program for the Fall Semester 2026.
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22 September 13:30 – 16:30 |
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| From invention to intellectual property (patent, copyright, and more) |
6 October 09:30 – 12:30 |
| From research to social value |
6 October 13:30 – 16:30 |
| From researcher to sciencepreneur |
8 October 09:00 – 12:00 |
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26 October 09:00 – 12:00 |
Registration and certificates
Participants can register directly on the respective workshop website (click on title). Registration will open on 18 June for postdocs and on 9 July for PhDs.
A certificate of participation will be issued for each workshop. When four or more certificates are achieved, participants may request a certificate for «Entrepreneurial skills» issued by the Graduate Campus and Innovation Hub.
1 ECTS Credit will be awarded (on request) to PhD candidates who have completed four or more workshops of the «Entrepreneurial skills» series.