Summer school

Young researcher entrepreneurship bootcamp

Join the Young Researcher Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (YREB) PhD summer school (2.5 ECTS) to grow your entrepreneurial mindset and learn how that can benefit both your current research and future career.

  • CBS
    Solberg Plads
    2000 Frederiksberg
  • 26 – 29 May 2026
  • Participation is free
  • Language: English
  • Organizers: DTU, CBS, Pioneer Centre for AI and DIREC
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Did you know that only 12-13% of PhDs end up in a tenure track academic career? The good news is that there are other exciting, fulfilling, flexible career paths, which you can shape yourself.

The course specifically leverages AI, data science, and computer science in the service of societal and environmental challenges in for instance health-tech, green-tech, manufacturing, and business. The aim is to build entrepreneurial capacity and to increase the establishment of university-based startups.

The programme

The themes for each of the five days are as follows:

  • May 26th: Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • May 27th: Design Thinking & Ideation
  • May 28th: ML Ops & Venture Building
  • May 29th: Pitch Training & Culminating Pitches


Target Group

We welcome PhD students and Post-doctoral researchers from computer/data related disciplines with little to no business experience from any university.

What you will learn

By developing your entrepreneurial mindset you will be better able to:

  • Generate research ideas that meet an actual need and validate whether they have the potential to become a viable business.
  • Grasp the fundamentals of creating a novel startup.
  • Understand the basics of ML Ops as a prerequisite for building an AI startup.
  • Take the steering wheel in your current research and future career.
  • Cultivate innovative thinking and presentation skills.
  • Navigate how to collaborate with tech transfer and innovation officers (e.g. Investores and intellectual property (IP)).

What is in it for you

  • 2.5 ECTS
  • Insights into ideation, ML Ops, entrepreneurial mindset, testing business ideas etc.
  • Engaging, active learning approaches.
  • Meet inspiring, like-minded individuals, entrepreneurs, and educators.
  • Being invited to pitching event at Digital Tech Summit 4.-5. November 2026 in Øksnehallen, Copenhagen.
  • This course is free of charg, but please note that there can be a no-show fee.