The mission of EIT Digital is to foster digital technology innovation and entrepreneurial talent for economic growth and quality of life in Europe. EIT Digital brings together entrepreneurs from a partnership of over 170 top European corporations, SMEs, start-ups, universities and research institutes

1. Federico Guerrini
Communications Lead Italy & Digital Industry
Speck&Tech 20
14 March 2018
EIT Digital

2. Driving Europe’s Digital Transformation
Pillars of our Strategy
Entrepreneurial
Education
•3 pan-European
schools with over 1500
students
•Europe’s next-
generation tech
entrepreneurs
•pan-European Accelerator
supporting Scaleups
•Innovation Activities deliver
80 new products & services
& a dozen spinoffs /year
Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
Pan European
Ecosystem
•over 160 partners at 15
locations in 10 countries
•top European corporations,
universities & research centresVery strong local startups & scaleups
…but European growth is hard
Global leaders in education in tech & business
…but lack of digital talents
Among the best DeepTech researchers
…but difficulties to go from labs to market

3. • 10 European countries
• 15 co-location centers
• serve whole of Europe
• 1 hub in Silicon Valley
A pan-European presence
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A pan-European ecosystem of 170 partners
26 Italian partners

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Focusing on Europe’s competitive advantage
5 Action Lines
Digital Industry
Digitised factory,
blended retail,
personalised products,
integrated data-driven
process
Digital Cities
Autonomous
transportation, open
data and city analytics,
real/virtual city
exploration, safety of the
citizens
Digital Wellbeing
Preventing and coping
with physical and
cognitive impairments
Digital
Infrastructure
The infrastructure itself,
convergence of
computing and
networking, integrated
cybersecurity and
privacy, built-in
intelligence
Digital Finance
Exploration area focus
on blockchain, data/AI,
banking environment,
technologies for
investment banks/asset
management,
insurances

6. 6
8th worldwide
accelerator
gust

7. Entrepreneurial Education

8. EIT DIGITAL MASTER SCHOOL
Tomorrow’s Digital Innovators and Entrepreneurs
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9. Tomorrow’s Digital Innovators and Entrepreneurs
• 17 leading universities in 8 European countries
• Two years, each in a different university
• Two Masters degrees – one from each
university and the EIT certificate
• 600 students in Computer Science and
Information Technology
• 8 programmes focused on disruptive digital
technologies
• An education in innovation and
entrepreneurship
• A European mobility experience (up to 6
different countries)
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WHAT IS THE MASTER SCHOOL?

10. Tomorrow’s Digital Innovators and Entrepreneurs
• Classic university track • EIT Digital Master School
A UNIQUE EUROPEAN EDUCATION SCHEME
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Year 1
Year 2
One university
One country
One diploma
Two universities
Three diplomas
Up to six countries
Business challenge kick-off
2-week Summer School
Graduation Ceremony
(upon graduation)
Internship
Year 1
Country 1
Year 2
Country 2

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8 PROGRAMMES AT THE FOREFRONT OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
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CLOUD COMPUTING AND SERVICES
DATA SCIENCE
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION AND DESIGN
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
VISUAL COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION
INTERNET TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE
CYBER SECURITY
AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

12. Tomorrow’s Digital Innovators and Entrepreneurs
• Work closely with entrepreneurs and
industry to learn how to turn ideas
into products
• Training delivered in class, online and
in industry (blended learning)
• A two-week Summer School to work
on real business cases and an
industry-based internship, associated
with a Masters thesis
INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Students learn how to create, develop,
communicate and lead

13. Tomorrow’s Digital Innovators and Entrepreneurs
100% employment*:
• 76% have jobs
• 12% start their own business
• 24% enter PhD programmes
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A TICKET TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER
89% of the programme's graduates work
in Europe 38% state that they plan to
start their own company within two
years of graduation.
*2016 Alumni survey

14. Tomorrow’s Digital Innovators and Entrepreneurs
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SOME OF OUR ALUMNI FROM TRENTINO
Federico Scrinzi, Google Leonardo Lanzinger, Zalando

15. Tomorrow’s Digital Innovators and Entrepreneurs
EU/EEA
citizens
(based on merit)
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TUITION FEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
No Tuition fees
Scholarship possibilities:
a) Monthly allowance of €500
or €750
or
b) Travel and installation
grants of up to €1.500 per year
EIT Digital Master School covers
the costs related to events
integrated in the curriculum,
eg. Kick-off and Summer
Schools
EIT Digital Master School
covers the costs related
to events integrated in
the curriculum,
eg. Kick-off and Summer
Schools

16. Tomorrow’s Digital Innovators and Entrepreneurs
Go to the Master School website
masterschool.eitdigital.eu
Learn more about the application
guidelines and apply on the online
application portal.
To start in Autumn 2018:
• Deadline: 15 April 2018
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NEAR!
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