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About the Program
The Journey offers a unique combination of academic study & real-world experience. You join more than 400 participants in a 4-week residential learning programme hosted by top global universities. The Journey has a global outreach with participants from more than 50 different nationalities.
Our world renowned experts in climate change, innovation, and business will support you through the Journey.
Join our community and gain access to internships, start ups, innovation, research and entrepreneurship careers today.
Journey Programme
Week 1: Explore your host location in the context of climate change and discover how the system operates
Week 2: Work with experts to identify the most impactful trajectories for systems change. Form excellent teams to prototype, discuss, and research
Week 3: Work with your team and stakeholders to apply transferable entrepreneurship principals to your project and define a clear plan of action
Week 4: Meet the Climate Knowledge Innovation community, present your project for feedback, engage in a conference including a pitch competition, inspirational talks, and project showcases, and seek future opportunities within the community. End the Journey with time for project finalisation, self-reflection, and goal setting.
Experiences from 2018
Climate-KIC: Journey 3, 2018: sustainable dinner challenge
Journeyers in the Netherlands getting to know each other during a sustainable cooking challenge.
EIT Climate-KIC Journey Summer School 2018 Final Pitch Day Gozo Malta
Journeyers in Malta on their final pitch day!
What to expect & take aways
A deeper understanding of entrepreneurship, innovation, and climate change challenges
An ability to communicate about climate change challenges and solutions
An ability to develop and deliver ideas, projects, products and services in response to climate challenges
An ability to work in international and multidisciplinary groups
An understanding of how businesses and systems can react to climate change
Practical support by mentoring to explore and realise your own vision for a sustainable world
The tools to take positive action on climate change
Membership of an active and influential network of entrepreneurs, innovators, businesses, regional governments and academic institutions
Testimonials
Studying Sustainable Development can get a bit depressing but seeing everyone’s ideas in the final week really fires you up to take action.
Laura
Journey participant 2018
The way I think about what I can do has changed tremendously. Especially the idea of who I can work with. I know that there are all these people out there that I can reach out to, share my ideas with and collaborate with. I have a lot of trust in the individuals and the community.
Raphaël
Journey participant 2018
It was the Journey experience that jump started my current pursuits into entrepreneurship, including working with the global entrepreneurship network, being a founding member of Noor medical and a finalist at the 2018 Hult prize, the world’s largest social impact business accelerator.
Andrew
Journey participant 2017
The Journey was a door opener, by connecting me to such a great community as well as mentally, showing me that there is not just academia or industry to choose from.
Florence
Journey participant 2014
The most important Journey takeaway I try to follow, is to strive for ‘audacious’ ideas, in order to really make a big, meaningful impact.
Rabia
Journey participant 2016
Working on a start-up idea with people you’ve never met before teaches you as much about yourself as it does about the nuts and bolts of becoming an entrepreneur. Even if you do not plan to launch a start-up straight after the Journey, you’ll discover entrepreneurship as a way of thinking about any challenge you’re faced with.
Remo
Journey participant 2014
Submit Your Application
JANUARY 16th - FEBRUARY 18th 2019
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Online Interview
MARCH 2019
The Climate-KIC Education team will review all applications. Successful candidates will be invited to conduct a video interview online. More details will be sent to all successful candidates.
Begin your Journey
JUNE – AUGUST 2019
For EU applicants (holders of an EU/EEA/ Swiss passport or students full time enrolled at a European institution during the 2018/19 academic year) there is no fee to take part in the Journey. For all other participants a fee of 5000 Euro will apply.
NOTE: Because of ongoing Brexit negotiations, we cannot yet guarantee sponsorship for UK based applicants. We encourage you to apply and we will clarify funding as soon as possible. If funding can not be provided, UK will be permitted to retract their interest in the Journey programme without penalty. Citizens of other EU countries living in the UK are still eligible for funding.
Journey 2018 Gallery
Botanical gardens pitching tour
Innovative educational experience
J11 brainstorm with J8
Journey at Rimini Innovation Square to discuss sustainable tourism
Journey group
Group shot
Hearing from experts
For more information, please see our FAQs, and if you can't find an answer to your question, please do not hesitate to reach out to us: education@climate-kic.org
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