The University of Passau set out to become a start-up university with the EXIST-funded project PATEC (Passau the Entrepreneurial Campus). The PATEC project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection as part of the EXIST Potentials funding programme, running from September 2020 to December 2024.
Even after the funding ends, the University of Passau continues the PATEC project.
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The existing start-up potential is large. We are already supporting many students who are enthusiastic about founding their own company from the initial idea to their own start-up. For example, they receive advice on funding programmes, take part in competitions and networking events or acquire start-up-relevant know-how in entrepreneurship certificate programmes or work on their own business idea.
In order to develop towards such a genuine entrepreneurial university, the support services will continue to be expanded with the help of PATEC. Students and doctoral candidates will be inspired and supported along the entire entrepreneurial journey, from ideation to the founding of a start-up. In particular, the start-up potential among students of the humanities, social and cultural sciences as well as computer science is to be activated even more strongly and the proportion of women in - increasingly interdisciplinary - start-up teams is to be improved.
Participating in the cross-faculty and cross-university start-up support project are:
Chair of Organisation, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (Prof. Dr. Carolin Häussler)
Chair of Strategic Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (Prof. Dr. Andreas König)
Our partners:
Since 2024, the University of Passau has been a partner in the Gründungs-Hub Ostbayern.
Joint events:
The INN.Kubator is a strategic partner for the development of start-ups and completes the on-site support for founders. PATEC's programmes are complemented by numerous offers from the INN.Kubator.
HOCHSPRUNG is the entrepreneurship network of Bavarian universities. Through information, exchange and qualification, HOCHSPRUNG promotes the university-related entrepreneurship culture and is an important part of the Bavarian start-up ecosystem.
The Social Entrepreneurship Akademie offers various programmes and supports social and ecological start-up projects.
