From Classroom to Startup
HSUP aims to introduce Hungarian university students to innovation, entrepreneurship, and startups through a shared educational platform.
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Welcome to the website of the first online university startup program!
What is HSUP?
HSUP is a two-semester e-learning course. The first semester focuses on innovative thinking and familiarizing the students with the startup world, while the second semester provides them with practical knowledge on how to build a business
Don't worry, even if you've never had the chance before to immerse yourself in the world of markets, money and innovation.
In the Hungarian Startup University Program, you can learn at your own pace with engaging learning materials and personalized content, with our support every step of the way. The startup ecosystem is constantly evolving, and we are counting on you to do the same. We are confident that together we can go even further.
More details about the program:
You can learn through the HSUP app as well.
For easy access to the course material at any time, download the HSUP app via the App Store or Google Play Store and enable notifications to stay up to date with the latest information.
What else can you get?
Credit
We know that one of your most important goals right now is to succeed at university. The Program can help you achieve this, by being a university course. This means you can receive credits for successfully completing the Program, thanks to the innovative approach of your educational institution.
Scholarship
After successfully completing the first semester, if you continue the course in the second semester and work on a business idea as part of a team, you will receive an HSUP scholarship. With a monthly grant of HUF 65,000, we aim to support you in preparing your idea for the real market environment, allowing you to focus solely on realizing your dreams. The 15 most promising teams in the second (spring) semester will receive an excellence-based scholarship of HUF 1 million per team member.
Mentoring
You'll receive all the necessary support to develop your business idea. To make the program truly valuable and unique, we've enlisted entrepreneurs from the startup ecosystem, alongside university academic professionals, to assist you with your project. Sounds a bit scary? Don't panic, doesn't it? As a startup founder, sometimes things work out, and sometimes they don't go as planned. At HSUP, it's all about the progress!
Partner challenges
In a partner challenge, HSUP corporate partners can identify challenges or problems they face in their daily operations. In the first semester, you can choose to submit a one-pager presenting your own idea or develop a solution to a partner challenge. The partners will review and evaluate the submitted one-pagers and then select the ones they would like to support with mentoring during the second semester. The team (of 2-3 people) working on the idea selected by the partner will also receive a scholarship, as will other teams working on their own project ideas. Partner challenges will be open continuously throughout the first semester on the HSUP platform, where you can find more details and apply for the challenges
Be inspired by the community and from classroom to Startup!
Petya Balogh
Chief Executive Officer, STRT
"Innovation is about trying something that hasn't been tried before and not knowing for sure what it will be. Most of the time, of course, it's no good. But if you get used to it, if you get to love it, if you learn to survive failure, sooner or later you will succeed. With HSUP you can start experimenting! Go for it!"
Dániel Furiák
Unibite
"In the HSUP program, I had the opportunity to learn the basics of an innovative mindset, and we also formed a great team with whom we are working together on our idea. With the help of mentors and the practical curriculum, we have already achieved significant results. This program is a perfect opportunity for those who want to gain real experience in the startup world and taste the excitement of entrepreneurship."
Dénes Csiszár
Interim Head of Acceleration and Growth, EIT Digital
"HSUP is an initiative where students can safely experience what the challenging life of a startup founder is like. This is a significant advantage for those aspiring to start their own business, as they can encounter many of the challenges that arise in the early stages firsthand and develop the necessary toolkit to address them."
Why HSUP?
We are confident that creativity and the ability to innovate exist within everyone, regardless of their field of interest. Whether you are an engineer, economist, philosopher, doctor, or lawyer, you are constantly renewing and advancing ideas, even if it is not always done consciously. The key is to learn how to transform these ideas into reality.
Where can you register for the Program?
At the most innovative Hungarian universities:
News
The New Semester Starts Soon
The next academic year of the Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) will begin in September with a new look, updated curriculum, and courses offered in English. Nearly 15,000 students have participated in the program so far, which aims to energize the startup ecosystem and strengthen entrepreneurial attitudes among young people.
HSUP Success Stories
Over the past four years of the Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP), numerous projects have launched that have since developed into successful startups. In our video series, we showcase some of these (HoloSapiens, PetWiseCare, Refilamer) to inspire future HSUP students.
The most promising HSUP startup projects
The HSUP's most promising projects received an excellence-based scholarship of 1 million forints per team member. The two-semester course ended with the Demo Day on July 3 at the Bosch Budapest Innovation Campus, where 15 teams pitched to a jury of experts.
For partners
Would you like to support the work of young talents? Join us!
For institutions
Would you provide new opportunities for your students to learn more about the innovation ecosystem? Start the Hungarian Startup University Program at your institution.
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