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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:

  • FAU Digital Tech Fellows Program

  • Entrepreneurial Innovation Hub

  • 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 on an innovation project or start-up idea which comes from the other participants.

Check out the latest DTA Image Movie

Please find more information here.

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

Christoph Heynen

Head of FAU Spin-Off Service

Lisa Drescher

Business Design Coach

Klaus Konrad

Business Design Coach

Heike Nowak-Schwerdtfeger

Business Design Coach

 

 


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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


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    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