General Information:
The program consists of two weeks (for 4 credit points) with an optional third week (for another 2 credit points). You may however switch to the other program at any time if you wish to do so. The program will be held in English. You won’t need to prepare anything before the beginning of the program on March 17th.
Timetable:
The course will start with four days of self-study on Monday, March 17th – you will receive an e-mail in the morning with a link to an online-academy that will teach you the basics of entrepreneurship and three short teaser articles. You have to finish the online-academy and read the articles by the end of Thursday, March 20th (this should take about 4-6 hours). On Friday, March 21st at 10am, you will come to REACH for the first time. You will receive some basic info, get introduced to two start-ups and then choose the topic you will work on based on the teaser articles. After lunch you will start working in your group on a paper that will provide further information on the topic you chose. The day will end around 5pm.
The second week (March 24th – 28th) will completely be at REACH and each day will start at 9am and end around 5pm. Each day will start with a get-together and information on your task for that day. Most work will be done in smaller groups. The week will end on Friday, March 28th with a presentation of your results. The optional third week will start with one day at REACH (Monday, March 31st), which will start at 9am and end at 5pm, and the remaining four days will be self-study – you will be given reading material to read at home.
Location:
REACH is located at Geiststr. 24-26, 48151 Münster on the first floor. For Directions see https://www.reach-euregio.de/page/directions. For the lunch breaks you may bring your own food (kitchen supplies and a microwave are available), buy lunch at the nearby supermarket or walk 5 minutes to Hammer Str., where different food options are offered. Water, coffee and soft drinks can be brought or purchased for fair prices at REACH.
Credit Points:
At the end of the program you will get a certificate. With this you can contact your Professors (Prof. Hils, Prof. Ohlberger, Prof. Schilling) who will inform the examination office and your credit points will be recorded.
