KU Innovators

KU Innovators is an entrepreneurship programme for students and PhD students with an idea or an existing startup. The programme is open for student innovators at University of Copenhagen.

Over five workshops we will delve into your strengths, your motivation, your individual story, and your ability to ask relevant questions, prioritize tasks, and attract relevant partners and customers. You'll be introduced to and work with tools and methods that can help you take the next steps to make your idea a reality or develop your business. 

Key skills and concepts of KU Innovators:

  • Understanding your target group and (future) customers
  • Building and testing hypothesis 
  • Using a business model as a process tool
  • Sustainable sale and the sales situation
  • Budgets and funding opportunities
  • Communication and pitching

During KU Innovators, you will build a strong network of new and experienced entrepreneurs across UCPH, working with a wide span of subjects and industries. 

With or without ECTS

You can join KU Innovators either as an extracurricular course (without ETCS) or as part of a project with ETCS – either as a bachelor’s project, master’s thesis, project in practice, an internship, or a project outside course scope.

If you’re interested in earning ECTS while working on an idea, read more about your options for doing an innovation project with and book an informal meeting with an innovation consultant from your faculty to explore your options and next steps: Jakub (SCIENCE), Maria (SAMF), Esther (HUM, TEO, JUR), or Benedicte (SUND).

Innovation projects with ECTS – University of Copenhagen

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KU Innovators runs 4 times a year

Choose the programme that fits best in your education plan. There are 40 places on each course, which are allocated on a first come first served basis. KU Innovators is a coherent course, and we expect you to participate in all five workshops.

Since the most crucial development of your idea happens outside the workshops, we also expect you to dedicate time working with your idea between each workshop. If you get ECTS for your project please note that the work hours must match the requirements of the amount of ECTS.

You can participate on your own or as a team (teams must have a least one active student at UCPH).

KU Innovators #1: February-March 2025

Dates: 

  • 12. February 09.00-12.00
  • 19. February 09.00-12.00
  • 26. February 09.00-12.00
  • 5. March 09.00-12.00
  • 12. March 14.00-19.00

Deadline: 7. February 

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Location: Nørre Allé 49, 2200 København N, KUB Nord Lighthouse conference room

KU Innovators #2: April-May 2025

Dates:

  • 24. April 14.00-17.00
  • 1. May 14.00-17.00
  • 8. May 14.00-17.00
  • 15. May 14.00-17.00
  • 22. May 14.00-19.00

Deadline: 19. April

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Location: Nørre Allé 49, 2200 København N, KUB Nord Lighthouse conference room

KU Innovators #3: September-October 2025

Dates: 

  • 10. September
  • 17. September
  • 24. September
  • 1. October
  • 8. October

Deadline: 5. September

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KU Innovators #4: November-December 2025

Dates: 

  • 4. November
  • 11. November
  • 18. November
  • 25. November
  • 2. December

Deadline: 31. October

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