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Rome · July 19 – August 6, 2027

Host: Università Campus Bio-Medico

Take the green pill.

Two weeks in Rome, one online, with 200 students from 50+ countries. You build a startup, pitch for $100K investment prizes across 3 programs, and the best teams get invited to EIA Ventures.

Wake up in Rome

Is it worth it? Do the math

Photos: EIA. Trevi Fountain: RoyFokker, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
  • 200students
  • 50+countries
  • $100Kinvestment prizes across 3 programs
  • 6ECTS

Conditions applyFinish EIA Ventures, incorporate, get a 1:1 co-investor.

The experience

Plant an idea. Wake up with a startup.

Three levels, 3 weeks, one team. Two weeks in Rome, the last one online.

A student films himself grinning in a packed hallPre-week

Jul 12–16 · online

Find your co-founders

  • Pitch an idea or join one
  • Match with a team from 4+ countries
  • Meet your mentors

Unlocked: 1 / 4

Final night

  • $100Kinvestment prizes across 3 programs
  • EIA Venturesinvitations for the best teams
  • 50+mentors from NVIDIA, Google, Amazon, Uber and Meta

Conditions applyFinish EIA Ventures, incorporate, get a 1:1 co-investor.

I want in

Your mentors

Coached by people who ship at NVIDIA, Google and Amazon.

Founders, engineers and investors sit with your team every day, and you build on a tech stack from partners like NVIDIA. Filter by what you want to learn.

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Current EIA mentor pool. The Rome 2027 line-up is confirmed on a rolling basis.

Next stop: Rome.

Strangers in. Co-founders out.

Apply nowOpens the application form.

Summer in Rome

Rome in July. 200 new friends.

  • 31°C and sunny
  • Two weeks in Rome
  • Sunset around 8:40 pm
  • Students from 50+ countries
  • A crowd of students cheering and clappingPitch night crowd
  • The Colosseum in Rome on a summer afternoonYour city for 2 weeks
  • A student leaps in the air on the stairsDay 1 energy
  • Hundreds of EIA students posing together in front of a green stageCohort 2025
  • “I received several job offers from Silicon Valley and German companies.”
    Bemi AdeosunDublin Institute of Technology
  • “EIA helped me approach people and build friendships.”
    Julia BeyerLund University
  • “A once in a lifetime experience that unleashes the entrepreneur within.”
    Laura LinakerMacEwan University

Your ROI

One ticket. Two futures.

Pick where you study. See what three weeks can be worth.

Where you study
Your stage

60%start a startup during the course

If you go corporate

+€228,000

salary lift over 5 years

152x return

If you chase the startup dream

€4,500,000

potential equity value over 5 years

3,004x return

Projections from 15,000+ EIA alumni since 2012. Alumni ventures have raised $2.2B and created 32,000+ jobs. Your results will vary.

Your price for 2027

Early bird if you apply by December 31, 2026.

Prices in euros, per student

  • EIA RomeThis page

    2 weeks in Rome

    July 19 – August 6, 2027

    The Colosseum in Rome
    • Wk 1 · Rome
    • Wk 2 · Rome
    • Wk 3 · Online

    Early bird until December 31, 2026

    €1,999

    €1,498program fee

    You save €501

    + €69 application fee, paid once when you apply

    Apply for Rome

  • EIA Lisbon

    3 weeks in Lisbon

    July 19 – August 6, 2027

    A yellow tram on a Lisbon street
    • Wk 1 · Lisbon
    • Wk 2 · Lisbon
    • Wk 3 · Lisbon

    Early bird until December 31, 2026

    €2,499

    €1,988program fee

    You save €511

    + €69 application fee, paid once when you apply

    See Lisbon

  • EIA London

    1 week in London

    July 12 – 30, 2027

    Tower Bridge in London
    • Wk 1 · London
    • Wk 2 · Online
    • Wk 3 · Online

    Early bird until December 31, 2026

    €1,499

    €998program fee

    You save €501

    + €69 application fee, paid once when you apply

    See London
Compare the three cities
ItemLisbonRomeLondon
Weeks on site321
Weeks online012
Standard feeFrom January 1, 2027€2,499€1,999€1,499
Early bird feeUntil December 31, 2026€1,988€1,498€998

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

  • Accommodation: you choose your own
  • Flights
  • Meals
  • Visas
  • Insurance

Good to know

  1. Early bird applies to applications submitted by December 31, 2026. From January 1, 2027 the standard fee applies.
  2. The €69 application fee is paid once, when you apply, and is not refundable. It is the same in every city.
  3. You can pay in euros or US dollars. Dollar prices are fixed for 2027 and do not change with the exchange rate.

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Your spot in Rome

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51 days left at €1,498

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Where you'll be

EIA Campus at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma

Two weeks on a modern university campus in the south of Rome.

Campus Bio-Medico, RomeVia Álvaro del Portillo 2100128 Roma, ItalyQF89+QV Rome
Host
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Area
Trigoria, south Rome
Online
Week 3, August 2 to 6
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