Explore HUBS’s offerings
HUBS offers free-choice courses to all students at Tampere Universities regardless of their field of study and the year they are in.
Guide your students towards interdisciplinary learning and sustainable entrepreneurship
HUBS opportunities in a nutshell:
- Sustainable entrepreneurship course offerings: 60 credits, including 17 credits of independent online studies.
- Entrepreneurship Portfolio: Students can convert their entrepreneurial skills into credits (1-20 credits). Explore the Entrepreneurship Portfolio.
- Sprint Innovation Festival: Annual event where interdisciplinary student teams create new, sustainable ideas supported by coaches and industry partners. Learn more about the Sprint.
- Sparring Clinic to help with entrepreneurship: We provide support and guidance for students on their entrepreneurial journey.
- Events: Throughout the year, we organize engaging events related to work and entrepreneurship. Check out our event calendar.
- Presentations and workshops: We are happy to conduct presentations and workshops on HUBS and entrepreneurship for your student group.
On this page, you will find more information about HUBS’s core mission, our study programs for academic years 2024-2027, and instructions for course registration.
Multidisciplinary learning and sustainable entrepreneurship
At HUBS, we assist students from the Tampere Universities community in evolving into socially responsible changemakers and sustainable entrepreneurs. We offer interdisciplinary studies, tools, mentoring for sustainable entrepreneurship, and career success.
Our courses are suitable for all students interested in entrepreneurship or developing entrepreneurial skills. We support students in entrepreneurship by providing sparring and tools for entrepreneurial activities. Our goal is to help students create a positive impact on themselves, their surroundings, and the planet.
Our goal is to help students develop into socially responsible changemakers and sustainable entrepreneurs by:
- Becoming skilled team players and leaders (responsibility for social well-being)
- Understanding business and becoming developers (responsibility for the economy)
- Becoming empathetic innovators (responsibility for the environment and humanity)
In the HUBS Code of Conduct video (3:25), you will learn about the foundational elements of HUBS studies, including dialogue and teamwork, various tools used to support learning in our courses, connections to the working world through our courses, and HUBS values.
Guide your students to us. Let’s do good and well together!
The HUBS study module
Each course is somehow connected to the working life, businesses, or organizations. You can best understand our studies through the study pyramid above.
The entrepreneurship module is linked to the common learning outcome of Innovation at Tampere Universities. A special emphasis is placed on fostering a culture of experimentation and supporting both coaching-based and team-based learning. The module is suitable for students of all disciplines.
Read more about challenge-based learning on the website of Tampere Universities.
Courses in 2024-2027
Online studies
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship, renamed “Foundations of Entrepreneurship” in fall 2024, 5 credits
- 24H Online Library
- 12 x 1 credit study modules and more to come during 2024 and 2025!
- Themes include sustainable entrepreneurship, futures research, sales and marketing, articulating skills, self-leadership, and entrepreneurial finances.
Interdisciplinary team learning
- Sprint Innovation Festival, 3 credits,
- Future Board Practices, 5 credits
- NEW! Future Entrepreneurship, 5 credits
Acting as a Entrepreneur
- Building an Entrepreneurial Portfolio, 1-20 credits
- HUBS Pre-incubator, 5 credits
Registration for HUBS courses
Building an Entrepreneurial Portfolio and HUBS Pre-Incubator are in Tampere University’s Sisu system.
- Students from Tampere University (TAU) enroll in these courses through Sisu.
- Students from Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) enroll in these courses through the Service for Cross-Institutional Studies.
Online courses, Sprint Innovation Festival, and other HUBS team-based studies are managed in Tampere University of Applied Sciences’ Pakki system.
- TAMK students enroll in these courses through Pakki.
- TAU students enroll in these courses through the Service for Cross-Institutional Studies.
For any issues, contact hubs@tuni.
For technical issues or system malfunctions with the registration systems, please consult the respective support services for assistance.
Questions?
If you have questions or want to know more about our courses, please book an appointment with Marika who is responsible for the HUBS study module.
We are happy to visit your class to introduce our activities to your students. If you are interested, drop us an email hubs@tuni.fi and we’ll be in touch!
