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You Akademia is an innovation training program designed to prepare future leaders and decision-makers to navigate an ever-changing environment by fostering an innovative mindset. It is part of Akademia, the innovation initiative of the Bankinter Innovation Foundation, which leverages insights from Spain’s first science and technology think tank, the Future Trends Forum. The program targets university students and aims to equip them with knowledge about emerging innovation trends that will create value in the near future.
The curriculum employs an innovative teaching methodology supported by expert faculty, covering topics such as social innovation, the future of money, and nanotechnology. Students work in multidisciplinary teams to develop innovative projects, with winning teams given the opportunity to present to a panel of entrepreneurs and investors, enhancing their practical experience. The program is highly regarded, with over 96% of participants recommending it, praising its unique approach to learning and its ability to help them perceive the world from new perspectives. Ultimately, You Akademia seeks to empower students to become change-makers through innovation.
Akademia trains Spanish l@s universitari@s through an innovative methodology and the support of an exceptional faculty, students learn about social innovation, the future of money or nanotechnology
To meet the challenges of an ever-changing environment, the leaders of the future must awaken their innovative attitudeby enhancing innovation training.
You Akademia was born with the aim of influencing the education of future leaders and decision makers so that they can change the world by betting on innovation. You Akademia is the modality for university students of Akademia, the innovation program of the Bankinter Innovation Foundation that transfers theknowledge generated by the Future Trends Forum, the first science and technology think tank in Spain.
The vast majority of innovative ideas are not the result of specific moments, they are the result of analysis and learning from the environment. That is why You Akademia students learn the innovation trends that will generate value in the near future.
Through an innovative methodology and the support of an exceptional faculty, students learn about social innovation, the future of money or nanotechnology. Finally, students develop an innovative project by multidisciplinary teams that, if they are the winner, have the possibility of being presented to a jury of entrepreneurs and investors, completing their training in innovation.
The You Akademia course has a high recommendation rate among students, more than 96%, since according to the students “Akademia helps them to see the world with different eyes” and “is a unique learning opportunity”.
