For international students who wish to spend one or two semesters in Barcelona, the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia offers elective courses in the fields of business, design, and innovation. On completion, students receive a UVic-UCC certificate with academic credits that their home university may recognize.

In DS Inno - Data Science Driven Innovation in Business and Society Seasonal School aims to examine the relationship between innovation management and data science through a multi-level approach. First, this relationship will be explored at the company level through not only theoretical knowledge but especially through firsthand testimonials and site visits to large and small enterprises.

In an era where disruptive products and processes define market success, harnessing the power of innovation has become a prerequisite for business triumph. The Master Course in Design Thinking and Innovation offers a transformative educational journey that not only challenges the conventional adage of “if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it,” but shatters it entirely.

In CHINA FOCUS - Issues on China: Innovation, Society and Culture the Seasonal School "Issues on China: Innovation, Society and Culture" is an intensive program held from May 5 to May 9, 2025, in Pisa, organized by the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. It critically analyses the economic, social, political, and legal aspects of modern China through cutting-edge research.

Design Thinking and Innovation will teach you how to leverage fundamental design thinking principles and innovative problem-solving tools to address business challenges and build products, strategies, teams, and environments for optimal use and performance.

Design and implement innovation strategies for the future.

Build the skill set and strategic acumen to compete in the digital world through a combination of forward-looking coursework, unique team activities with a diverse global network, and a capstone project that applies the program’s learnings.

Design thinking is core to many of the most successful businesses, and combines critical thinking and creativity to solve problems. Design thinking for innovation teaches you how to apply the best creative and analytical tools to develop real solutions for real needs, including personas, empathy mapping, prototyping, and iteration models.

In IACH - InnovACtion in Health Care: Strategy, Performance and Data Management the Seasonal School beckons to passionate students eager to delve into the intricate realm of healthcare systems from a unique three-dimensional perspective: organization, stakeholders, and innovative managerial strategies.

In INSIDER - Innovations in the Representation System The seasonal school offers a selective study program open to motivated undergraduate and PhD students, giving them the opportunity to obtain specific training on the main current issues concerning political representation, electoral and parliamentary law in a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective that includes law, political science, political philosophy, the economy as well as the contribution of other fields (e.g., ICTs).

This concentration focuses on the innovation of industry and the production management, which has the objective to cultivate student basic knowledge and skills of production and performance management and technological innovation. The curriculum covers the development of technology industry, the innovation of knowledge management and R & D management, quality management, enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, operations research entrepreneurship, and venture investment.

The Master's Degree Course in Design for Digital Innovation prepares and trains graduates with an intellectual and professional profile characterized by an in-depth ability to manage the innovation project of technologically advanced products as well as the use of tools digital for the design of spaces and objects characterized by complex geometries (parametric and generative design) and by ubiquitous and invasive computing (ubiquitous computing).

Learn the key concepts and best practices in the field of social innovation, focusing on social entrepreneurs in South Korea.

Innovation is the ingredient vitally necessary for successful, sustainable and profitable growth in a company. However to be innovative is not sufficient or guaranteed to lead to success. More than the bright idea is necessary and often the imitator rather than the innovator is the one who carries out the profits in the end. Learners will find themselves immersed in a highly practical and interactive environment over the 5-days discussing what makes an effective innovative company and team. Participants will also learn about decision-making, creativity and problem-solving, vital subjects for anyone concerned with bringing about innovative change in a company. At the end of this course, learners

A unique program related to entrepreneurship, innovation and technology management for industrial change and development located in one of Norway/Scandinavia’s most vibrant innovative communities. This programme focuses on practical study methods, with a problem-based approach that should help you to prepare for real-life situations. You will develop strong multidimensional analytical skills. You will study how technological solutions can increase value creation and value capturing and welfare by embracing change, through new ventures, as well as contributing to effective implementation and efficient organizations.