Students and graduates of all universities as well as professionals or prospective founders without a degree with an innovative and scalable start-up idea (all sectors) in the pre-start-up or early start-up phase.

Multi-month incubation program (on-site participation in Munich; event language mainly English) to get started with your own start-up incl. official certificate graduation at HM after two semesters

Application at any time; program starts semi-annually in March and October (selection process approx. 1-2 months before)

Successful completion of the SCE selection process (a higher education entrance qualification is required to obtain the certificate). Online application (German/English) via an application form incl. file upload of a meaningful presentation (read deck) and CVs of the applicants.

The program is primarily intended for founders who can work on their idea for at least 15-25 hours per week over the next 6+ months. This is when this intensive program is most effective. For founders in the initial phase, we offer further options for flexible support (see Startup Consulting).

None for program participation; the semester fees for enrollment at HM (for two semesters) can be compensated with the SCE budget