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Join the academy of entrepreneurship!
Learn and develop by including entrepreneurship to your field of studies
Ask and our help desk services will support with entrepreneurial themes
Use the student entrepreneurship support fund to develop your business idea
Network and grow in events, projects and community activities
Which student entrepreneur are you?
you may not yet have enough entrepreneurial knowledge or awareness of your own abilities and you are looking for courage. You need more information, support and experience related to entrepreneurship. You may not be at the point of becoming an entrepreneur yet. You want to learn entrepreneurial skills, but you don’t rule out the possibility of becoming an entrepreneur.
You have a business idea in mind and you know you want to be an entrepreneur. You may also already have your own business. You aim towards development and especially growth (startup style). You yearn opportunities to take your business forward during your studies. You may have already accumulated knowledge and experience. Now you need networks and services the most.
You have a business idea in mind and you know you want to be an entrepreneur. You may also already have your own business. You want to develop as an entrepreneur patiently and at your own pace. You yearn the opportunities to test your own business during studies. You have already accumulated knowledge and experience. You want more opportunities to improve your business and establish your position as an entrepreneur.
Learn and experience entrepreneurship!
Including entrepreneurship into your field of studies?
You can freely choose entrepreneurship studies – the offer includes online study courses that can be studied independently as well as study courses aimed at learning together.
At the same time, you can create an entrepreneurship-oriented PSP (personal study plan) together with your study supervisor and student entrepreneurship services (*ship Academy).
Depending on your education, you may be able to connect entrepreneurship also for internships and thesis.
Support fund for students own business ideas
Xamk Startup Fund distributes funding in the form of one-time grants of 250 to 1000 euros for the development of students promising business ideas.
The applicant can be an individual student or a team. Grants are awarded based on applications.
Help desk support regarding entrepreneurial themes
“Helpdesk” service for students interested in entrepreneurship. We offer tips on current events and studies that promote entrepreneurship. You will also hear how student entrepreneurship is supported at Xamk.
You can contact us using the attached contact form. We are happy to help with anything related to entrepreneurship!
Students can receive a reward for their inventions and ideas at Xamk!
By inventions we mean new devices, solutions, process or modes of operation that can be protected by a patent. For an invention to patented, it must be new, inventional and industrially utilizable.
If you have this kind of an invention in mind, you can make a notice for Xamk’s innovation group. The group will confidentially process your notice. Also, please remember not to reveal your invention publicly so that its novelty and likability to gain a patent will remain. Inventions that could gain a right for a protective patent in Finland will be rewarded with 300€ / inventor. The rights for the invention will not move under Xamk and will remain with the inventor/ inventors.
And with ideas we mean the kinds of explosive thoughts, that cannot be protected by a patent but can be otherwise utilized. These can be new business ideas, business concepts and social innovations. You can inform your idea with the same INVENTION NOTICE mentioned above. Each idea can receive a 100 € reward.
You can get the invention notice template and additional information from:
For more information:
Minna Pasila, Intellectual Property Specialist
minna.pasila@xamk.fi.
Videos and podcasts
Events
*ship Startup Festival 2025
*ship Startup Festival is an international platform for early-stage startups and those interested in entrepreneurship. The event also serves as a learning environment for entrepreneurship.
