StarTech Summer School (Luxembourg)
At a glance
Key facts
- 3 ECTS credits upon successful completion
- Language of instruction: English (B2 level recommended)
- Travel and accommodation costs largely covered, subject to home university approval (Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme — 2024-1-LU01-KA131-HED-000220536-1)
- Limited to 50 places across 7 UNIVERSEH partner universities
Objectives
- Apply core entrepreneurship tools – business model canvas, customer discovery, value proposition design – to a real space-sector challenge
- Work effectively in international, interdisciplinary teams under real time and resource constraints
- Understand the landscape of the European space ecosystem: its players, regulatory frameworks, funding mechanisms, and market dynamics
- Develop and deliver a structured venture pitch to a professional expert jury
- Build a cross-European network of peers, mentors, and industry professionals in the space sector
How to register
Course details:
StarTech Summer School 2026 is an intensive UNIVERSEH blended programme that equips students with the entrepreneurial mindset, practical tools, and cross-border network to conceive and develop a space start-up from the first spark of an idea to a compelling venture pitch.
The programme unfolds in three connected phases.
- Online foundation lectures (15-30 April 2026), where you and your interdisciplinary team build shared knowledge across space systems & technology, space economy & entrepreneurship, and space law, regulation & IP.
- An immersive onsite week (4-8 May 2026) at the SKIP Pavilion, University of Luxembourg, Belval Campus. Five days of team ideation, mentoring loops and expert-led sessions culminating in a final pitch to an international jury.
- A debrief session (2 hours) in late May 2026, where you reflect on the journey and consolidate your learning.
