Embrace Technology, Entrepreneurship & Creativity

Time to reset. These first five weeks are all about detoxing from traditional education—no lectures, no grades, no waiting for permission. Instead, you’ll dive into new tools and tech, get hands-on with creative challenges, and explore what you want from this minor. You’ll work solo and in teams, and start shaping your personal direction and purpose. It’s raw, experimental, and sometimes a little messy—and that’s exactly the point.

You’ll take creative risks. And most importantly—you’ll figure out what you want from this minor. Not what’s expected, not what’s safe—what’s meaningful. This phase sets the tone for the rest of the programme and helps you find your spark.

Once you've found your direction, it's time to get to work. Together with the full Embrace group, you’ll take on a larger challenge under the umbrella of Pulsed for Good—a real-world project focused on making a positive impact.

For example, one group worked on Pulsed for Dementia, designing tools and experiences to help people with dementia feel more connected, supported, and seen. From sensory kits to memory aids, students created prototypes that aimed to improve everyday quality of life—for both patients and caregivers.

Want more inspiration? Check out Pulsed for Good to see what students have already done—from sustainable solutions to social interventions, and everything in between.

At the same time, you’ll work on your Track Project—your personal mission. That could mean building a business, launching a product, exploring a passion, or diving into something deeply personal. You decide. You own the process. We coach you along the way.

We bring in young entrepreneurs, makers, and creatives who are out there doing the work. Some started their journey during Embrace TEC, others are building their own businesses right now. They’ll join as guest speakers or collaborators—sharing honest stories, personal fuck-ups, real advice, and the lessons they learned the hard way.

INSPIRING TEC EXPERTS

Who is more up-to-date than an expert who helps organisations all over the world in their field of expertise? Indeed, our TEC fellows! These experts are nationally or internationally acclaimed experts who will give you in-depth workshops in our programme.

At home feeling

We believe it is important to create a dynamic and open learning environment in which students from different cultures, nationalities and disciplines come together. A place where everyone feels at home. In order to achieve this, we (re)shape and (re)create this unique and modular/flexible environment together with our students.

Students are taking a break in between the hard work at our chill area.

Fail forward

Failing forward requires support, guidance, and most importantly, the time and space to reflect on you fantastic fails. This subtle shift from failure to failing can reduce the fear of failure that discourage students from exploring.

 “We want you to revise and iterate based on what you learned from failing – all on a path to real success.”

Laure explains design-based working and teaches students how this method helps to fail forward.

Spark your fascination

We believe that good ideas start with your own fascination. This creative spark can start from empathy, but sometimes It is also the problem or the process that is close to you that gets you started.

A modular pedal board for guitarists, which is the result of a project that started from someones fascination with guitar playing and the struggles with existing pedal boards.

Throughout the programme, you’ll be matched with your own personal coach.
We believe that the better you understand yourself, the more you’ll grow—both personally and professionally. Your coach is there to support you, challenge you, and help you explore and shape your personal identity as you move through the programme.