On December 17, 2014, the IMDEA Software Institute organized an outreach event at the IMDEA Software Institute Madrid CLC to present the EIT ICT Labs Master School in ICT Innovation and its offer of post-graduate programs.
The Master School provides the highest level of international academic education in ICT with additional Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) modules that enable the students to develop their own innovative ideas into new, marketable products and services. The overall goal is to boost EU entrepreneurship, and thus strengthen the basis of the innovation and technology-based economy.
Manuel Hermenegildo (Director of the IMDEA Software Institute and of the EIT ICT Labs Madrid Associate Node), and Juan José Moreno Navarro (UPM Vice-Rector for Graduate Studies and Deputy Director of the EIT ICT Labs Madrid Associate Node), hosted the event and explained the general guidelines of the Master programmes. UPM participates in the program as an affiliate university in Spain, together with another 19 top-level European technical universities.
The two-year Master programme is organized in eight technical majors, each executed by two distinct European universities. The programs are:
In addition to a full scholarship, summer school attendance, real professional experience in top IT companies, and mentoring for development of personal and team business projects and start-up creation, the graduates will receive a double degree from the implementing universities, and an official certificate in innovation and entrepreneurship from ICT Labs.
