Abstract
One of the goals of the MSc Energy for Smart Cities has evolved to the creation of start-ups after educating innovative engineers in the 4 European Universities that participate. The results of the Challenge Based Education applied to 1st year Master students during the Innovation Journey (IJ) using this methodology has increased the motivation of a part of the students for being entrepreneurs and also to create their own startup. The first edition of the Entrepreneurship Journey (EJ) for 2nd year students started in the course 2016-17 with 10 students and 3 start-up initiatives, and the success story of the FlexiDao start-up created. In this paper, the main characteristics of the Challenge Based Education in the IJ that fosters the creation of start-ups in the EJ are detailed for each of the key stakeholders involved: students, challenge owners, teachers and start-up ecosystem. Two of those elements, students and ecosystems, are further analysed in this paper using different research methodologies. The student perspective has been analysed via a survey to the participants in the last three editions with a self-evaluation of their progression using the EntreComp Framework. The ecosystem perspective has been analysed with a literature review and experts’ opinions. Main results provide insights on how entrepreneurship is a natural consequence of Challenge Based learning.
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