EIT Digital Doctoral School
EIT Digital Doctoral School is a collaboration between top European technical universities and EIT Digital partner companies offering Industrial Doctorate Programmes. The goal of EIT Digital Doctoral School is to develop the ICT Innovation concept where doctoral candidates are offered the opportunity to acquire a mindset for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) to transform ideas into new products and services driving sustainable growth and competitiveness in Europe.
The EIT Digital Industrial Doctorate is an innovative applied-research PhD programme and it focuses on product and market-driven technology research to boost Innovation and Entrepreneurship in digital technologies. Candidates have the opportunity from the very beginning of their PhD studies to explore innovation and business opportunities in relation with their research and technological domain, supported by partner universities, companies, and EIT Digital Doctoral Training Centres (DTCs) all around Europe.
Our mission is to educate tomorrow’s leaders and innovators in digital technologies, by combining excellent technical programmes with deeply embedded Innovation and Entrepreneurship education.
After graduation, these research-innovator doctors will be commercially-savvy digital leaders who understand current and future challenges, as well as the opportunities that these present to industry.
EIT-label Doctorate key features
International geo-mobility: 3 to 6 months abroad supported by an extra living allowance of € 1.500/month in addition to the PhD scholarship. This experience aims to significantly enrich the knowledge of our doctoral students helping in the shaping of their research activity.
Business Development Experience (BDExp): an entrepreneurial ‘research to innovation’ exploration embedded within the Industrial Doctorate with the aim to foster the development of business and innovation skills in industrial environments and to develop a vision of the impact of digital technologies on industries and society.
Advanced training in Innovation & Entrepreneurship through a cycle of seminars organised across Europe within the network of Doctoral Training Centres. The I&E seminars support the BDExp by providing students with the necessary skills and competences, including soft skills, to explore innovation and business opportunities beyond their PhD research.
