Traditional corporate R&D often lacks the agility, methods, and tools to navigate this uncertainty, causing many promising innovations to stall before they reach maturity.
Academia faces a similar challenge. When companies approach researches with open-ended ideas, the response is often either to impose their expertise as solution or to reject the idea altogether.
What’s needed is a bridge—a way to efficiently test ideas and lower the barriers to early-stage collaboration between industry and academia.
We are leveraging the capacity of project-based education, to explore different approaches to industry challenges, take out the risk and find the best match among ETH experts.
In our project-based formats, our students are the "know-how carriers and networkers" exploring innovation opportunities for industry, while learning “how to innovate” & launching their career.
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We have developed the Exploration Program find and validate innovation opportunities at the intersection of academia and industry.
Students are the key contributors. They drive forward and test disruptive ideas with industry partners through rapid, structured exploration—gaining hands-on experience in real-world, high-risk innovation projects, innovation management and tech commercialization.
Key Facts
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Master the art of Lean De-Risking Learn how to identify the critical aspects on an idea and how to rapidly test solutions with prototypes to turn turn uncertain ideas into validated decision basis.
Make a strategic move for your future A participation gives you unmatched insight into several companies and countless industry contacts to launch you career.
Become a cross-disciplinary team player Get exposure to projects and people from other disciplines and work together to solve problems fast.