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APE International Bootcamp

Brief description

The SCE's APE International Bootcamp is an intensive, English-language innovation camp where participants from all over the world spend a week working in interdisciplinary teams on exciting challenges and developing hands-on innovative solutions that have real potential for impact.

Key data
  • Date: March 2-7, 2026 (Monday to Saturday)
  • Time: All-day program(daily approx. 9:00-17:00), closing event on Saturday morning
  • Location: Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship(SCE), Heßstraße 89, 80797 Munich, Germany
  • Language: The bootcamp will be held entirely in English .
Participation & certificate
  • Participation is free of charge!
  • You will receive a certificate of participation from Munich University of Applied Sciences & the SCE
  • Optional: credit for extracurricular activities possible (depending on faculty)

Apply now until January 19, 2026!

Places are limited - we allocate them according to motivation and fit with the format. If you have any questions, please contact: ape@sce.de

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What is the APE International Bootcamp?

 

The APE International Bootcamp is an intensive, English-language innovation camp that takes place once a year at the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) in Munich. For one week, you will work in teams with international students on exciting challenges and develop innovative solutions with real impact potential.

 

 

What awaits the participants?

 

🛠 Hands-on experience: Learning by doing. You will be immersed directly in creative work processes.

🌐 Intercultural collaboration: work in a team with students from a wide range of disciplines and cultures.

💡 Design Thinking & Lean Startup: Learn proven innovation methods with which you can develop and test new ideas.

🎤 Pitch & Feedback: Present your solution to a jury at the end of the week - with real feedback from entrepreneurs and experts.

💬 Networking & Community: Become part of an international network and make contacts with young innovators worldwide.

 

 

Who is the bootcamp for?

 

The bootcamp is aimed at committed students from all disciplines at Munich University of Applied Sciences and other german universities who:

  • want to think outside the box of their studies
  • enjoy teamwork, creativity and international exchange
  • are interested in innovation, entrepreneurship or social impact
  • are willing to work intensively for 6 days in a motivated team

👉 Previous knowledge is not required! Only your motivation counts.

 

 

Apply now!

 

Apply via our form by January 19, 2026 at the latest to become part of a unique, international innovation project in Munich from March 2 to 7, 2026! Places are limited - we allocate them according to motivation and fit with the format. If you have any questions, please contact us at: ape@sce.de
 

Click here for the application

Contact

Morten Edzards Education
International Projects
Entrepreneurship Education

T: 089 1265 3244

Linkedin morten.edzards@sce.de

Morten Edzards joined the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship in spring 2015. He is a fulltime member of the SCE qualification team and the program manager of the Bavaria Israel Partnership Accelerator (BIPA). In this and other educational formats and workshops, he uses co-creation, innovation methods such as design thinking and real time innovation, and brings together national and international stakeholders. For several years, he accompanied Start-Up League teams as a member of the start-up support team at SCE, supervised EXIST applications and was responsible for the management of the incubator at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. Morten holds a Master's degree in Political Science and History from the University of Heidelberg and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The focus of his studies was Israel and the Middle East. During his studies and afterwards, he worked in a management consulting firm with a focus on change management.

Prof. Dr. Bettina Maisch Education
Head of Digital Teaching

T: 089 1265 3246

Linkedin bettina.maisch@sce.de

Bettina Maisch is Professor for Entrepreneurship at the Hm Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences and Head of Digital Teaching at the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE).

Bettina got two diplomas from the University of the Arts Berlin – in public and business communication as well as in electronic business. After a position as a marketing manager for the eGovernment Lab at the Fraunhofer Institute of Open Communication Systems she started her PhD at the University St. Gallen and worked at the Media and Communication Management Institute at the University. During her PhD she spent time at the Center for Design Research at Stanford University, Chair Prof. Larry Leifer, supported with a scholarship by the Swiss National Science Foundation as well as the Hasso Plattner Design Thinking Research Program. Before joining the current position, Bettina was Senior Key Expert Industrial Design Thinking at Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) in Beijing and Munich from 2012-2020, responsible for promoting customer-oriented development within the company. From January to April 2019 she went on a sabbatical at the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation, Chair Prof. Henry Chesbrough, at the University of California in Berkeley.

Publications: www.researchgate.net/profile/Bettina_Maisch