Who is the course for?

• For those who teach or would like to teach in higher education across all disciplines

What will you learn in this course?

• Think and act more like an entrepreneur
• Inspire your students to develop entrepreneurial competence
• Challenge your students to work in interaction with individuals and organizations outside the university

Courses 2026

Online course in English:

June 9th, 10th and 11th 09:00 – 15:00 all three days. Sign up here.

Ordinary fee: NOK 8.000,-. Invoice will be sent.
For NTNU/Nord University-employees: Free.

Physical course in Norwegian:

May, 12th and 13th 2025. 09.00-16.00 both days. NTNU Campus Gløshaugen, Norway.

For NTNU/Nord University-employees: Free. Ordinary fee: NOK 8.000,-. Invoice will be sent.*

Lunch/coffee will be served both days.

For NTNU-employees, sign up here through the Uniped-program. For others, sign up here.

How can we make more inclusive local communities? How can we make people change their habits to contribute to a greener society? How can we use artificial intelligence to make more efficient health care services, without losing human warmth and care? To resolve the grand challenges of our time, we need people from different disciplines to think and work together, both in the form of starting new ventures and by creating changes in organizations and communities.

An entrepreneur is a person who can spot opportunities, create solutions and gather the necessary resources to bring ideas to life, and thus, create value for others. In this course you will learn to think and act more like an entrepreneur – together with people from different disciplines – and you will learn how you can inspire your students to develop entrepreneurial competence so that they can become change agents in their respective contexts during and after their studies.

The course is offered both in Norwegian and English, both physically and online.

Entrepreneurship will be taught in a dynamic interplay between theoretical input, individual reflection, problem-solving and discussions in groups. In a friendly and supportive environment, you will train “pitching”-skills and give and receive feedback to other participant’s ideas and presentations. You will learn how to challenge your students to work in interaction with individuals and organizations outside the university. Upon completion of the course, you will have created a plan for how to integrate entrepreneurial aspects into your teaching.

We anchor our teaching in the I-CARE framework, revolving around the five pillars interact, challenge, act, reflect, and embrace (uncertainty). This educational framework, developed by Engage, leans on experiential learning pedagogy. In the online version of the course, we are extra aware of ensuring variation and give frequent breaks, to maximize engagement and learning.

Pre-requirements for all versions of the course:
The participants are involved in teaching in higher education, and have submitted a preparatory work.

Questions? Gunhild Marie Roald via e-mail:gunhild.m.roald@ntnu.no

Pictures and video from the physical version of the course “Entrepreneurship education for better learning”: