For European entrepreneurship faculty
Lisbon · Rome · London · Summer 2027
Your students build a startup. You keep your summer.
Three weeks in Lisbon, Rome or London, worth 6 ECTS. EIA runs the days. You lead the academics from wherever you are.
- Priced by city: London, Rome, Lisbon
- Lead from home or on site
- 6 ECTS, the usual mapping
- Students from 65+ countries
- Erasmus+ covers about €700 per student
- €10,000 Future Skills Grant when you bring 20 students
Locations
Three cities, one course
Same course, ECTS and price. Pick the dates, format and travel time that suit your students.
PortugalLisbon
July 19 – August 6, 2027
3 weeks on site
- On site
- On site: July 19 – August 6, 2027
- Online pre-week July 12–16, 2027
- 300 students · Co-organized with University of Lisbon
- Italy
Rome
July 19 – August 6, 2027
2 weeks on site, 1 online
- On site
- On site: July 19–30, 2027
- Online
- Online: August 2–6, 2027
- Online pre-week July 12–16, 2027
- 200 students · Co-organized with Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
- United Kingdom
London
July 12–30, 2027
1 week on site, 2 online
- On site
- On site: July 12–16, 2027
- Online
- Online: July 19–30, 2027
- Online pre-week July 5–9, 2027
- 200 students · Co-organized with Bayes Business School
Already in Europe
European universities already work with EIA.
Each city's course is co-organized with a local university, and partner schools send students every summer.
University of LisbonCo-organizes the Lisbon course
Università Campus Bio-Medico di RomaCo-organizes the Rome course
Bayes Business SchoolCo-organizes the London course
Sapienza University of RomeStudents join EIA teams
City St George's, University of LondonStudents join EIA teams
Nova School of Business and EconomicsPartner school
EPFL LausanneResearch partner- Your universitySummer 2027
Your students work in mixed teams with students from 65+ countries, many of them from the US, where faculty have brought cohorts since 2013.
Transatlantic network
Meet US faculty at EIA
Professors from Berkeley, Alabama and Carnegie Mellon bring their students every summer. Your cohort works next to theirs, and you can meet them for joint research, co-teaching or a student exchange.
It mimics the exact process an actual entrepreneur would go through.
Ken SingerUC BerkeleyMy students came home able to defend every decision they made. You can't manufacture that in a classroom.
Dr. Harold WrightUniversity of AlabamaReal customers and a real deadline taught them judgment no case study can reach.
Dr. Maher HakimCarnegie Mellon University
€10K
Future Skills Grant
€10K to research the skills AI can't replace. Bring 20 students, publish the study and become a Future Skills Fellow.
Your summer
Choose how much of your summer you give
EIA staff run every day on site. You decide where you are while it happens.
- No travel
Lead from home
0 days abroad
Join a weekly online check-in, see your students' work in the shared workspace and grade at the end. Your holiday stays yours.
- Short trip
Fly in for pitch night
2 to 3 days
Watch your teams pitch to investors, meet the mentors and fly home.
- Full summer
Teach on site
Up to 3 weeks
Run a workshop, mentor teams and take a teaching slot in front of the whole cohort.
Research
Publish on your cohort
EIA runs a research programme on how students learn to found companies. Your cohort can be part of it, and the papers count at your home university.
The science of AI entrepreneurship, 2026–2030
- 5
- studies under way
- 350
- randomised teams a year
- 4
- cities in the sample
Five studies with 350 randomised teams a year across Lisbon, London, Rome and Lausanne. Verified revenue is the outcome measure.
Research partners
- EPFL Lausanne
- UC Berkeley
- University of Lisbon
- Bayes Business School
- Carnegie Mellon University
What you get
- Add your own questions to the pre and post surveys
- Anonymised cohort data, handled under GDPR
- Co-authorship with the EIA research team
- Help with your ethics application
Published so far
Founding intent rose from 0% to 58% among students with no prior startup experience.
Taggar, Domurath & Coviello, Academy of Management, 2019
Peer-driven learning raised entrepreneurial passion by 1.3 points on a 5-point scale.
Taggar, Domurath & Coviello, 2024
Self-efficacy rose by 1.8 and resilience by 1.6 on a −3…+3 scale.
Brandt, 2023
The course
Students learn by building a startup
Each team takes one idea to a tested product and pitches it to investors. No idea or business background is needed.
- Build
One venture per team
Teams form in the online pre-week, so nobody needs to arrive with an idea.
- Learn
Daily mentoring
From people who have shipped at NVIDIA, Google, Amazon and Visa.
- Assess
Graded, with ECTS
Dated syllabus, workload hours and rubrics. You grade your students.
Students from 65+ countries, working in one room.
Every table is a founding team. 
Students question speakers from the floor. 
The whole cohort celebrates milestones together.
What alumni do next
- 40%
- of alumni become founders
- 64%
- of ventures started at EIA survive
- 44%
- credit EIA with a job or promotion
- €2B
- raised by alumni ventures
EIA alumni outcomes since 2012.
Students who never planned to found anything
Most EIA students have never started a company. Among students with no startup experience, founding intent went from 0% to 58% (Taggar, Domurath and Coviello, 2019).
Who teaches alongside you
EIA Faculty
Operators, founders and investors mentor the teams every day. You keep the grading.
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Want mentors matched to your syllabus?
Tell us your course focus and we'll introduce the right mentors on the first call.
Current EIA mentor pool. Each city's 2027 line-up is confirmed on a rolling basis.
Startups from EIA
Several of them European, all of them started by students.
WiseEIA 2013 · 2015 · 2016$12B valuation
BoltEIA 2012$7.6B valuation
The Farmer's Dog$3B valuation
GrabCADEIA 2014 · NiceAcquired
Scoro$30M raised
HydroSolidEIA 2025
HighstokeEIA 2020
BS-AIEIA 2018- Your students' startupSummer 2027
Ready to talk?
A 30-minute call about your students, your funding and your approval timeline.
Early bird pricing holds until December 31, 2026.
Funding
How students pay for it
Most European students have never paid tuition, and few will pay for a summer course themselves. Cohorts that work combine two or three of these.
Erasmus+ mobility
about €700
Short-term mobility support per student, toward travel and stay. Your international office applies.
Faculty and university budgets
you decide
Internationalisation, innovation and employability budgets often cover tuition for a credit-bearing course.
Company sponsors
per seat or per team
Local companies sponsor seats in exchange for a first look at the ventures. EIA gives you a sponsor pack to send.
EEA and Norway Grants, foundations
from 20 students
For cohorts of 20 or more, EIA's grants team helps you find the call and write the application.
One student, three sources
An example. Every cohort's mix is different, and EIA plans it with you on the first call.
Students who don't see themselves as founders
- No startup idea needed. Teams form online before the course.
- London is one week on site, which keeps travel and stay costs low.
- Employers read it as teamwork, sales and product experience, not only as a startup.
Europe
Built for European approval
What your faculty board and international office will ask about.
6 ECTS
Syllabus, rubrics and 8 to 10 contact hours a day, with outcomes mapped to the EU's EntreComp framework. Your faculty confirms the credit.
Fits Erasmus+ mobility
An online pre-week, then on-site weeks. Your international office can fund travel and stay.
No visa inside the EU
Portugal and Italy need nothing for EU citizens. The UK asks for an ETA, which we confirm per cohort.
Invoiced in euros
One EUR invoice to the university, GDPR-compliant data handling, contract in English.
You lead. We run the course.
EIA brings
- Curriculum, venue and daily delivery in each city
- 50+ mentors and investors
- Pitch night: $100K investment prizes across 3 programs
- A funding plan and a sponsor pack for your cohort
Conditions applyFinish EIA Ventures, incorporate, get a 1:1 co-investor.
You keep
- Academic authority and grading
- How the ECTS appear on transcripts
- Your summer, at home or with us
- The research you publish
Facts and fees
Course facts
Summer 2027, all three cities
- Cities
- Lisbon, Rome or London
- Dates
- July 12 – August 6, 2027, by city
- Length
- 3 weeks, plus an online pre-week
- Hours
- 8 to 10 a day on site
- Credit
- 6 ECTS (usual mapping)
- Cohort
- 300 in Lisbon, 200 in Rome, 200 in London
- Open to
- Students of any degree, no startup idea needed
- Travel
- No visa inside the EU. UK needs an ETA
- Your travel
- Optional. Lead from home if you like
- Billing
- EUR invoice to the university
- €10,000 to the faculty researcher at 20+ students
Conditions applyFinish EIA Ventures, incorporate, get a 1:1 co-investor.
Program fee per student
Rate per student if your cohort is confirmed by December 31, 2026.
EIA Lisbon
3 weeks in Lisbon
July 19 – August 6, 2027
- Wk 1 · Lisbon
- Wk 2 · Lisbon
- Wk 3 · Lisbon
Early bird until December 31, 2026
€2,499€1,988program fee
You save €511
Accommodation
- Shared room€1,195
- Single room, cluster€1,395
- Studio€1,545
Total per student from€3,183Program fee plus the lowest-priced room.
EIA Rome
2 weeks in Rome
July 19 – August 6, 2027
- Wk 1 · Rome
- Wk 2 · Rome
- Wk 3 · Online
Early bird until December 31, 2026
€1,999€1,498program fee
You save €501
Accommodation
- Triple room€1,145
- Double room€1,395
- Single room€2,150
Total per student from€2,643Program fee plus the lowest-priced room.
EIA London
1 week in London
July 12 – 30, 2027
- Wk 1 · London
- Wk 2 · Online
- Wk 3 · Online
Early bird until December 31, 2026
€1,499€998program fee
You save €501
Accommodation
- Cluster single room€950
Total per student from€1,948Program fee plus the lowest-priced room.
Compare the three citiesPrices in euros, per student
| Item | Lisbon | Rome | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks on site | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Weeks online | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Standard feeFrom January 1, 2027 | €2,499 | €1,999 | €1,499 |
| Early bird feeUntil December 31, 2026 | €1,988 | €1,498 | €998 |
| Accommodation from | €1,195 | €1,145 | €950 |
| Total with the lowest room | €3,183 | €2,643 | €1,948 |
Included in the program fee
- 160h+academic hours over 15 teaching days
- 6 ECTSequivalent to 3 US course credits
- 50+mentors, speakers and investors
- Pitch nightstartup expo with investors
- Certificatetranscript and certification
- Materialsall materials and tools
Not included
- Flights
- Meals
- Visas
- Insurance
Good to know
- Early bird applies to cohorts confirmed by December 31, 2026. From January 1, 2027 the standard fee applies.
- Accommodation is booked per student, at the prices shown, per person.
- Prices in US dollars are fixed for 2027 and do not change with the exchange rate. We confirm every cohort quote in writing.
ROI calculator
What a cohort returns
Move the slider to your cohort size. Each extra student raises the return per euro.
Current Lisbon fee. Rome and London cost less. Change it if you have a quote.
10.8x
5-year return
20 students
Includes the €10,000 Future Skills Grant
20 students at €1,988 cost €39,760 and return €427,480 over five years.
- Funding and partner value
- €318,080
- over 5 years
- International applications
- +18%
- over 5 years
- Ranking lift
- +10 positions
- employability factor
- Media & brand value
- €99,400
- over 5 years
- Future Skills Grant
- €10,000 to you
- Paid to you for the article and skill entries.
EIA replies within one business day.
How this is calculated
Every coefficient, for your finance office.
- Investment is tuition times the number of students, whoever pays it.
- All figures are set at a 20-student cohort, then scaled by (ln n / ln 20) to the power 1.5 for euro values and 1.2 for applications and ranking.
- At 20 students, funding and partner value is 8 times the investment and media value is 2.5 times. Funding covers Erasmus+, sponsors, grants and company ties the cohort brings in.
- At 20 students, international applications rise 18% and ranking 10 positions.
- The €10,000 Future Skills Grant counts from 20 students.
- The default €1,988 is the current Lisbon fee. Rome and London cost less. Get a written quote before budgeting.
- Based on EIA alumni and partner outcomes since 2012. Results vary.
Modeled projections, not a guarantee.
Next steps
From first call to confirmed cohort
- 1
You get in touch
A partnerships lead replies within one business day.
- 2
First call
30 minutes on your students, budget and summer.
- 3
Plan and quote
Syllabus, funding plan, grant terms and a written quote.
- 4
Internal review
We answer your faculty board and international office directly.
- 5
Agreement
Contract signed, seats held.
European academic calendar
Plan around the deadlines
- Prices rise on December 31, 2026.
- Erasmus+ mobility budgets are usually set in spring, so start in autumn 2026 for summer 2027.
European faculty inquiries
Discuss a cohort
Discussing a 20-student cohortFuture Skills Grant unlocked
Leave your name and email. We reply within one business day.
- No obligation.
- Calls in European business hours.
- Funding plan included from the first call.
Faculty questions
How many ECTS do students earn?
Usually 6 ECTS. Your faculty decides, and we send the syllabus, workload hours and rubrics it needs.
Do I have to spend my summer abroad?
No. EIA staff run the days on site. You can lead and grade from home, fly in for pitch night only, or teach on site. London needs only one week on site.
Our students have never paid tuition. Who pays?
Most cohorts mix sources. Erasmus+ short-term mobility usually gives about €700 per student toward travel and stay. The rest comes from faculty or internationalisation budgets, a company sponsor or a grant. From 20 students EIA helps you apply for EEA and Norway Grants and foundation funding.
How does the Future Skills Grant work?
Lead a cohort of 20+ students and send a 1–2 page proposal on one future skill. We pay you €10,000: half when data collection is done, half when you submit your article and Atlas entries.
Can I publish research on my cohort?
Yes. You can add questions to EIA's pre and post surveys, use anonymised data under GDPR and co-author with the EIA research team.
My students are not very entrepreneurial. Is that a problem?
No. Most EIA students have never started anything. No idea is needed, teams form in the online pre-week, and in one study founding intent went from 0% to 58% among students with no startup experience.
Which city should we choose?
Lisbon is fully on site. Rome is two weeks on site, then one online. London is one week on site, then two online, so it costs students the least in travel and stay. Credit and price are the same.
What does it cost?
€998 to €2,499 per student, depending on the city and when your cohort is confirmed. Invoiced in euros to the university.
I'm a student. Can I attend?
Yes. Ask your professor to contact us, or email info@inacademy.eu.