Student innovation

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Here you will find an overview of what studies are available, extracurricular innovation possibilities, available support schemes, and who you can contact if you want more information. UiB aims for all interested students to be able to learn more about innovation and entrepreneurship, either through the study you follow or through other activities.

Apply for support

UiB offers support to students who want to apply for funding to test new ideas or business concepts:

Up to 1,000,000 for student ideas through Stud-Ent: UiB provides assistance to students who wish to apply for up to NOK 1,000,000 from the Stud-Ent scheme with the Research Council of Norway. Students who want to apply and who have a project that is considered mature enough, are offered advice from business developers at VIS. An initial conversation with an innovation advisor is required before you contact VIS. Read more about Stud-Ent here.

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Up to NOK 100,000 for student ideas through UiB idé: Students with good ideas can apply for up to NOK 100,000 from UiB idé. The funds are allocated to ideas with societal value that need to be tested before deciding whether to proceed with the innovation process. Contact person for UiB idé is Yves Aubert. Read more about funding guidelines and assessment criteria at uib.no/ide.

Study offers

UiB has a wide range of study options, and in the list below you will find examples of courses that either have innovation and entrepreneurship as part of the learning objectives, that provide an academic benefit that is relevant to pursuing innovation and entrepreneurship or that give you the opportunity to get work experience.

The Faculty of Law	Subject code
Privacy and Data Protection - GDPR	JUS294-2-A
Copyright law	JUS260-2-B
Design and patent law	JUS260-2-A
Legal Technology: Artificial Intelligence and Law (in collaboration with UiO)	JUS295-2-A
The Faculty of Medicine
Innovation and entrepreneurship	ELMED223
The Faculty of Social Sciences
Sustainable innovation	CET201
Introduction to innovation and entrepreneurship in Media City Bergen	MCB201
Design for media use	MIX202
Media technology: theory and development	MIX301
Research topics in human-machine interaction (HCI)	INFO361
Research Topics in Artificial Intelligence	INFO381
Data Journalism	JOU204
Investment and financing I	ECON261
Business Administration for Social Economists	ECON263
Business Economics and Competition Policy	ECON260
Strategic business behavior and market power	ECON360
Corporate Finance	ECON364
Practice-based project work	ECON381
Internship in information technology and economics	ITØK281
Experts in team	ITØK381
Internship in comparative politics	SAMPOL290
Internship in comparative politics - out of town	SAMPOL291
Design for media production	MIX203
Working life practice for media students	MEVI390
The Faculty of Psychology
Creativity, diversity and innovation	PED649 (planned)
The Faculty of Humanities
Internship in working life	AHKR201
Practical information work	PRAKTINF
Language students in internship	SAP100
The Faculty of Humanities
Internship in working life	AHKR201
Practical information work	PRAKTINF
Language students in internship	SAP100
The Faculty of Humanities
Basic Measurement Science and Experimental Physics	PHYS114
Signal and System Analysis	PHYS116
Project in Physics	PHYS117
Experimental Methods in Nuclear and Particle Physics	PHYS232
Experimental Methods in Space Physics	PHYS252
Design of Complex Electronical Systems	PHYS321
Internship in working life	AHKR201
Practical information work	PRAKTINF
Language students in internship	SAP100
Internship in working life	AHKR201
Practical information work	PRAKTINF
Language students in internship	SAP100

Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet

Datasystem for eksperimentalfysikkPHYS391

Informatikkprosjekt IINF219

Innføring i systemutviklingINF112

Innovasjon i industriell bioteknologiMOL232

Strøyming i porøse mediaMAT254

Tools and methodology

Some selected and widely used innovation methodologies and tools (external sources). UiB offers several courses where students can acquire knowledge and skills based on some of the methods below. Examples are CET201 Sustainable Innovation, an interdisciplinary innovation course that is open to all students, and MCB201 Introduction to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Media City Bergen.