In this presentation the Ghent (University) Model on student-entrepreneurship is explained.

2. Multitasking:
Build your Start-Up while earning your Degree

3. How to support and recognize
student-entrepreneurs in higher education.
The GHENT model

4. Steve Stevens
steve.stevens@ugent.be
@SteveStevensUG
Manager & Business coach
Student Entrepreneurship Centre
Ghent University

5. Student-entrepreneurship @ Ghent University

6. 11 faculties
41K students
100+ research groups
230+ degrees
9K staff
Since 1817
71st Shangai
ARWU ranking
Traditional
University

7. +29 student clubs
+4150 foreign students
+3650 PhD students
12% foreign employees
Korea Campus
University
traditions

8. Traditional
City Centre

9. Traditional
Industry

10. Traditional
Culture &
City live

18. Biggest student city of Belgium
72 000 students
250 000 inhabitants
156,18 km²

21. Extracurricular activities
www.studentghentrepreneur.be

25. Mission
• Stimulate entrepreneurial awareness and -behavior among students and staff members
• Promote and facilitate student entrepreneurship
• Search, find and help student entrepreneurs in becoming more professional
• Link (alumni) student entrepreneurs with each other and academics/researchers
• Create an entrepreneurial ecosytem within the region of Flanders, starting in Ghent,
with an open international orientation

27. Our team
Steve Stevens
Jolien
Coenraets
Prof. dr. ir.
Koen De Bosschere

28. Approach
Ghent University
Become an
entrepreneur
Think about
being an
entrepreneur
Start the
entrepreneurial
fire
Technopreneurial
courses
Elective courses
Status student-
entrepreneur
Intensive coaching
Business
Management
Certificate
Coaching
Dissertation subject
Extracurricular
activities
Business plan
courses
Starterswallet
Hunchup.be

30. # student-entrepreneurs
Ghent University
37
51
55
68 70
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

31. Starterswallet
Bitcoins
to buy
Advize, services
and products
of regional experts
at market prizes

32. Partners

33. Small actions
Big Results

34. DUCOSICKINGHE (FORTINO) INVESTS 4,5 MILLION
EUROS INTEAMLEADER

35. Internal impact
• Elective courses offered in many faculties and degrees
• 1000+ students in one of the elective courses
• Collaboration to create new courses
• Entrepreneurship included in the competence model
• University buying from student-entrepreneurs

36. Societal impact
• Role models in press
• Promoting student entrepreneurship in general
• Influence in politics
• Law changes

39. Entrepreneurial students supported by politics

40. Business management
certificate

41. Fiscal status for
student- entrepreneurs

48. PhD - entrepreneur
Doctoral-
student
Selfemployment
Start-up
Secundary
occupation
Spinoff
Student-
entrepreneur
Entrepreneurial
student
Entrepreneurship
idea

54. Questions?
steve.stevens@ugent.be
@SteveStevensUG