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Design & Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Support

Receive personalized support through our mentorship programs. You can be guided through the different stages, from idea conception to project realization. Thanks to our network of companies, industry experts, and concrete opportunities, you can turn your initiative into reality. Check out below for the available initiatives!

Am I an… innovator?

 “Am I an…Innovator?” is a program run by the Career Service that will take students on a special pathway to discover careers in Innovation in all possible forms. Sign up for the Innovator Interview, a one-to-one meeting to analyse your motivation, experiences and goals in relation to careers in innovation. The Career Advisor will take care of your answers and guide you, with the possibility of proposing a customized path: Startup Bootcamp, Company Bootcamp, PhD Shadowing.

 

 

 

 

Link utili:
careerservice.polimi.it
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEF Ignition

TEF Ignition is a 7-week program for students from PoliMi and Bocconi who want to turn their idea into a startup. It offers €2,000, entrepreneurial online training, and mentorship from international and local founders. Open to early ideas or more developed projects, in any sector (not only tech).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sign up:
Click here

Handbook:
Click here
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Up2Stars

Up2Stars aims to provide selected start-ups with a bespoke acceleration programme, as well as networking opportunities and visibility among investors, venture capital firms and entrepreneurs, who are increasingly interested in technological and digital development. Up2Stars is the result of a collaboration between Intesa Sanpaolo and the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Centre, with the support of the Cariplo Factory accelerator.

 

 

 

 

Deadline:
30 April 2026

Link utili:
https://www.intesasanpaolo.com/it/business
 

 

 

 

 

 

Get it! 4 Oltrepò Pavese

Get it! 4 Oltrepò Pavese è il programma dedicato a startup e idee imprenditoriali innovative che vogliono generare impatto sociale, ambientale e culturale in uno dei territori più ricchi di potenziale del Nord Italia.

Get it! 4 Oltrepò Pavese è promosso da Fondazione Social Venture Giordano Dell'Amore (FSVGDA), in collaborazione con Cariplo Factory e Colline e Oltre. Saranno selezionate fino a 15 realtà, con percorsi differenziati in base alla maturità tecnologica (TRL).

 

 

 

 

Deadline:
13 Aprile 2026

Link utili:
https://www.getit.fsvgda.it/4-oltrepo-pavese/

https://www.getit.fsvgda.it/wp-content/uploads/Bando-Get-it-4-Oltrepo-Pavese.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

University Startup Challenge

The University Startup Challenge is an inter-university challenge that brings together students from different backgrounds to work in interdisciplinary teams on real-world, early-stage innovation projects. All students can apply individually or as part of a team. Participants will work in teams of 4–6 to develop an innovative startup idea in response to a challenge proposed by the main partners. This year’s theme is “Europe 2036: Building the Next Decade for the EU”. The University Startup Challenge of Milan is organized by the Entrepreneurship Clubs of Bocconi, Polimi, Statale, LIUC and Bicocca.

 

 

 

 

Deadline:
8 April 2026

Link utili:
https://www.unistartupchallenge.com/

Form per applicare: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWOVHYWUtePGd3yKb-iIKd_FZ-Tvp-Ivvei57DuSEeVdvNdg/viewform )

 

 

 

 

 

Switch to product

Switch2Product is an entrepreneurial empowerment programme designed to promote research projects at the Politecnico di Milano in five Deep Tech verticals, giving you access to cash grants, entrepreneurial training, incubation and a network of corporations and investors to bring your project to market.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deadline:
8 September 2025

Useful link:
https://s2p.it/en/call/

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Startcup

Startcup Lombardia is a competition organised by Lombardy universities and university incubators, promoted by the Lombardy Region and MUSA Scarl, which encourages the creation of new high-potential businesses that are founded, hosted or linked by collaborative relationships with Lombardy universities and university incubators.

 

 

 

Deadline:
5 September 2025

Link utili:
https://startcuplombardia.it