Global Innovation & Robotics Study Tour (INFO SESSION)

Description

For The Past 3 Years We Have Taken Dozens Of Undergraduate Students On International Study Tours To The Mystical And Magical Land Where East Meets West, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

DESCRIPTION

The School of Engineering and Mathematical Science and La Trobe Learning and Teaching are organising a unique interdisciplinary project-based elective subject (15 credit points) open to all Trobe University undergraduate students in their 2nd, 3rd and 4th year of studies as well as postgraduate students (masters + PhD). We have partnered up with the Bosnia & Herzegovina Futures Foundation who will be our local organising partner.

Who and What?

Part 1 - Innovation Challenge as part of IEEE Innovation Nation

Up to 20 students from various disciplines – including Engineering, Business, Marketing, Humanities, Social Sciences and Media – will collaborate in teams to generate an innovative idea, develop a detailed design of a product/service and pitch their work at a pre-departure forum. The innovation will be contextualised for the Bosnia & Herzegovina market, meaning that students will have to engage with citizens of that country prior, during and after the international travel.

Part 2 - Industrial Robotics Training with German Robotics Centre (DKR)

Get ahead in your career by gaining the knowledge and a certificate in robotics and from DKR – German Centre for Robotics Tuzla in the heart of Bosnia & Herzegovina. All of the benefits of world leading German industrial robotics & automation expertise for a fraction of the price.We offer you a unique program where you can learn industrial robotics & automationprogramming & operation while in parallel, developing crucial enterprise skills, making you highly employable.

Travel (22 Nov - 12 Dec)

About us

This subject – led by Dr. Eddie Custovic (Director of the La Trobe Innovation and Entrepreneurship Foundry) and Dr Damir Mitric (Senior Lecturer, La Trobe Learning and Teaching) – provides you with an exclusive opportunity to experience firsthand the power of innovation and entrepreneurship. We are looking for participants who are keen to immerse themselves in an idea that they believe in and who are eager to explore what it means to take a risk (in a supportive environment). The subject is designed to simulate the realities of modern working life. All skills you will acquire are transferable. We will teach you how to use the experiences you made in the course of this subject to develop your own professional brand.

Placed are limited. 

Credit towards your degree

Students can enroll into a 15 CP subject towards their degree and will receive a letter of completion after the program.