Entrepreneurship in the Bachelor's program
New Bachelor module:
From WS 2025/26, EnTechnon will be offering a new Bachelor's module in the compulsory elective area:
"Entrepreneurial Thinking and Action: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship"
ATTENTION:
Our seminars Entrepreneurship Basics and Student2Startup can no longer be credited in the seminar module !
All our courses for Bachelor are currently only creditable in the module M-WIWI-107451 - Entrepreneurial Thinking and Acting: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship can be credited.
The following seminars/partial courses are components of the module:
T-WIWI-114637 Entrepreneurship Basics 4.5 ECTS (WS, SS) LV 2545010, 2545011
T-WIWI-114636 Student2Startup 4.5 ECTS (WS) LV 2500165
T-WIWI-114635 SIL-LaunchLab 9.0 ECTS (SS) LV 2545022
Short descriptions of the seminars can be found below, further information in our courses of WS 2025/26.
Contents:
The module teaches entrepreneurial ways of thinking and acting in a project-based and practical way. Students work on real challenges in interdisciplinary teams and go through key phases of the start-up process:
In Entrepreneurship Basics, participants independently develop a business idea, validate customer needs and test solutions using modern innovation methods (e.g. value proposition canvas, business model canvas, rapid prototyping).
In Student2Startup, they work together with real pre-seed start-ups and solve current strategic challenges as a team. They are accompanied by experts from the field.
In the SIL LaunchLab, students develop solutions for real technical or entrepreneurial "challenges" that come directly from students in the Student Innovation Lab (SIL). The aim is to promote the implementation and potential spin-off of these projects through innovative contributions.
Qualification goals:
The students:
- experience action-based learning by independently developing solutions to entrepreneurial tasks, reflecting on them and learning the underlying theoretical concepts,
- acquire knowledge about the development and implementation of business ideas,
- apply methods such as Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas and prototyping,
- analyze real problems of customers, users or start-ups,
- develop innovative solutions in a team,
- put entrepreneurial thinking into practice,
- improve their skills in teamwork, communication and project work.
The content promotes both analytical and creative thinking, cooperative work and entrepreneurial action in a real-life environment.
If you have any questions, please write to us at seminare∂entechnon.kit.edu
Bachelor courses:
Entrepreneurship Basics (WS/SS):
This seminar teaches what is important for entrepreneurs and guides you through a structured process from the initial business idea to the pitch of the final business model. In teams, participants create, develop, validate and present their business model. In particular, they gain practical experience:
- Identifying and validating relevant customer problems,
- designing and testing solutions to these problems,
- finding target groups and
- their accessibility and
- their willingness to pay.
Methods such as the business model canvas, the value proposition canvas, rapid prototyping and target group interviews are introduced and applied. In addition, communication strategies are used to teach students how to work efficiently in a team.
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SIL Launch Lab (SS):
In this seminar SIL - LaunchLab a challenge, a real challenge of the Student Innovation Lab teams is worked on. This means that each SIL-LaunchLab team receives a challenge from a SIL team, supports this team by working on the challenge and thus perhaps makes a spin-off of the SIL teams more likely, more successful or faster. The specific challenges are assigned at the kick-off. The challenges can be of a technical or entrepreneurial nature
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Student2Startup (WS):
In this seminar, students will work in teams on solutions to various strategic challenges defined by pre-seed startups. Mentors from industry will support the teams. In addition to a kick-off and closing event, methods and background information will be taught in regular seminar sessions and the student teams will be supported in their tasks.
Participants learn in the seminar:
- Understand and apply basic entrepreneurship concepts, including business modeling, lean startup approaches and market analysis
- Understand the specific challenges of startup projects
- Interact with industry experts and potential users to develop answers/solutions to a specific challenge
- Present the results to startups and industry experts
The "Student2Startup" seminar takes place in cooperation with the Wissensfabrik.
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Current and past courses can be found here.
Registration for the seminars takes place via the WIWI portal.