Welcome to the FAU – Digital Tech Academy
The Digital Tech Academy is the overarching HUB for digitization and entrepreneurship at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Our goal is to scale and professionalize all entrepreneurship endeavours across all faculties at FAU and by that offer a platform for all innovation and entrepreneurship enthusiasts at our university.
The Digital Tech Academy consists of three main pillars:
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FAU Digital Tech Fellows Program
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Entrepreneurial Innovation Hub
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Starting Business Ideas @ FAU Workshop series
The FAU Digital Tech Fellows Program
The Digital Tech Fellows Program is FAU’s Elite Entrepreneurship Program. Every summer semester it offers a 12 weeks on-site program for innovative talents from all degrees and PhD programs at FAU, educating future changemakers. You can work on your own innovation project or start-up idea or join other participants and their ideas.
Application for DTF B#11 is open now until 09.02.2025
Breaking News: FAU Digital Tech Fellows Program wins MöglichMacher Award 2024
We are highly honored to have won 2. place at the MöglichMacher Award 2024. This is the Bavarian University Award for Entrepreneurship, which honors outstanding start-up support at Bavarian universities.
More Info here & here
FAU Digital Tech Fellows Program ist „MöglichMacher 2024“. (Bild: Axel Konig-StMWK)
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The Entrepreneurial Innovation Hub
This program is our two-semester joint excellence program across all faculties and seven universities of Nuremberg, Ansbach and Erlangen. It is open to outstanding innovative talents from all degrees and PhD programs as well as to research assistants who do not yet have a business idea. Applications are accepted in summer semester and the program starts in the winter semester.
Please find more information here.
The Starting Business Ideas @ FAU Program
This program provides you a series of Zoom workshops which help you to get started with your idea. Join all workshops or pick any workshop of your choice.
Please find more information here.
The TEAM
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The FAU Digital Tech Academy is at the core of FAU‘s strategy. It connects students, entrepreneurs, and innovators across all our faculties and contributes to FAU as the No. 1 Innovator in Germany.
Prof. Dr. Katrin Möslein,
Vice President Outreach FAU -
Not only the run through the Business Design Process with my own startup was a unique experience during my studies, but especially the network in the founder scene around the region of Nuremberg, which was created by the Digital Tech Fellows Program bear fruits until today!
Johannes Schilling
Bechtle, IT Business Architect
DTF Batch #5
Being part of DTA gave me the skills and courage to start my own business and learn what it really means to be an entrepreneur. Since then, I benefit from the spirit and experience I gained as a Digital Tech Fellow. This helped me a lot in running my own business and in many other situations.Dr.-Ing. Niklas Duda
Diehl Metering, Solution Architect
Dulog, Founder
DTF Batch #3
I got to know great people and learned how to develop a business idea. I recommend anyone to participate in the DTF program to improve their digital competencies, learn how to build up their business, and expand their network. The program supported not only my professional, but also my personal development.
Vivien-Lisa Bermel
Deutsche Bahn, Consultant
DTF Batch #4