Deeptech and Innovation minor
²ÝÁñÂÛ̳ is offering its students a teaching minor dedicated to Deeptech entrepreneurship. Accessible to Master's and PhD students from all of the University's establishments, this certifying minor is operated by Mines Paris - PSL. It reflects the expertise and place of research, innovation and entrepreneurship within the university.
²ÝÁñÂÛ̳ minors
²ÝÁñÂÛ̳ is developing a range of minors on attractive themes that are as close as possible to contemporary scientific and socio-economic issues.
These minors offer unprecedented opportunities to master's and doctoral students from all our institutions, alongside their main course of study:
- Openness and awareness,
- Specialisation and professionalisation,
- Enrichment of research projects.
Each minor is equivalent to around thirty ECTS credits (the equivalent of one semester of a Master's degree) and can be taken over several years (varying in length depending on the minor).
Validation of a minor (see specific terms and conditions for each minor) leads to the award of a certificate created by the Education Vice-Presidents' Committee and the Board of Directors of ²ÝÁñÂÛ̳.
Turning to deeptech entrepreneurship
Deeptech entrepreneurship is the creation of innovative companies based on the latest advances in scientific research. The aim of these start-ups is to develop breakthrough innovations to meet the major challenges of our time: energy transition, climate change, sustainable development, health, education, mobility, digital technology, cybersecurity, agriculture, food, etc.
Content and objectives of the minor
From an interdisciplinary perspective, the aim of this course is to train PSL University students (Masters and/or PhD) in :
- entrepreneurship
- management of technology and innovation,
- the financing of innovation,
- intellectual property and
- the design of innovative products.
Expected outcomes
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Design and develop a highly innovative entrepreneurial project (economic model, business plan, intellectual property and innovation financing strategies),
- Develop, deploy and manage technological innovation strategies,
- Manage the design and development of complex products.
Target groups
This course is aimed in particular at students (masters and/or doctorate) enrolled in a PSL University institution who wish to create a deeptech startup, join a fast-growing deeptech startup or join the deeptech ecosystem (incubators, investment funds, open innovation structures, etc.).
Programme of the Deeptech Entrepreneurship programme
The Deeptech Entrepreneurship minor at PSL University has been designed with the shared expertise of , , and PSL i-Teams.
Location: Mines Paris - PSL I Teacher: Pascal Le Masson I Date: November I Duration: 35h
This course provides an introduction to the management of uncertainty through design theory. The current challenges linked to transitions (climate, energy, mobility, digital) and crises (pandemics, inflation, war) require the ability to organise collective action in the face of the unknown. This skill is expected of all managers, especially scientists, engineers and designers. Thanks to the C-K theory, which combines creativity and knowledge, it is now easier to develop appropriate methods for exploring the unknown in a collective and constructive way.
and contact
Location: ENS - PSL I Teacher: Nicolas Castoldi I Date: October/December I Duration: 12 hours
This course will introduce students to the reasons why public authorities are concerned with supporting the deeptech innovation ecosystem, particularly through universities and research bodies.
Location: ²ÝÁñÂÛ̳ I Teacher: Karla Balaa I Date: November/March I Duration: 40h
During this course, students will be grouped into multidisciplinary teams with the aim of developing a strategy for promoting their project ideas. They will be supported by professionals from the world of business and technology transfer, as well as workshops and training modules. The programme lasts 6 months, from November to March. The workshops take place every Tuesday evening from 6pm to 8pm (excluding school holidays).
Location: Mines Paris - PSL I Teacher: Benjamin Cabanes I Date: March I Duration: 35h
Using a variety of teaching methods (lectures, tutorials, case studies, masterclasses, etc.), this training module will address the main issues involved in deeptech entrepreneurship and innovation management: drawing up a product development strategy, strategic steering of R&D, estimating financing requirements and assessing a project's profitability, identifying the company's growth levers, business model, designing a development and financing strategy, etc.
Location: Bibliothèque de l'incubateur Agoranov (96BIS Boulevard Raspail 76006 PARIS)I Teacher: Jean-Michel Dalle I Date: February/April I Length: 18 hours
How do you go from publication in Nature to listing on Nasdaq? Is there really a straight line from one to the other? And, if there is no straight line, what are the possible paths? How do we go about it?
Through real-life technology transfer case studies, the course will enable students to understand and differentiate the interlocutors, set-ups and key players in technology transfer processes, including from the point of view of identifying potential markets and building a value proposition.
Venue: ENS - PSL I Min 10 conferences
Meetings and testimonies with players in the deeptech ecosystem (entrepreneurs, investors, etc.)
Location: Dauphine - PSL I Min 8 conferences
The House of Entrepreneurship at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL offers a series of conferences and events, in collaboration with the incubator and its many partners, to raise awareness of entrepreneurship.
Minimum 2-month internship
Personal deeptech project, research project, internship, etc.)
Depending on the student and his or her background, the professional experience may take the form of an internship with a deeptech startup or a player in the ecosystem (incubators, investment funds, open innovation structures, etc.), or an individual project.
This internship or project can be carried out as part of a PSL course (Masters internship, for example).
9 October 2024
The day before the BIG event organised by Bpifrance, students take part in a Hackathon on Deeptech technologies, with students from all over France.
Inscription, course attendance, validation
- To register for this course, PSL students (Masters and/or PhD) should send an email, CV and covering letter to the following address: mineure.deeptech.innov@psl.eu
- The Deeptech Entrepreneurship minor is selective and limited to 15 places.
- Students may register for this course at any time during the academic year.
- Without the written agreement of a course director, the courses taken (and ECTS awarded) as part of the minor cannot replace courses (and ECTS) from another PSL course.
- The minor may be validated over the entire period of study at a PSL institution (e.g. 2 years for a master's degree, 3 years for a doctorate, 5 years for a student doing a master's degree and doctorate consecutively at a PSL institution).
- Following a meeting of a jury, validation of the minor results in the award of a certificate which certifies a volume of learning amounting to around thirty ECTS credits (equivalent to one semester of a Master's degree).