Processes and Products Innovation Master: M2PI

Programme(s): Erasmus+ Programme (ERASMUS)-undefined

Topic(s): ERASMUS-EDU-2021-EMJM-DESIGN

Type of action: ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants

Project ID: 101050585

Objective

The Processes and Products Innovation Master (M2PI) project aims to design the joint international Product and Process Innovation master (MI2P), among three european HEIs: Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB), Hanze University of Applied Sciences (Hanze) and Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT). The Product and Process innovation master programme is targeted at an interdisciplinary group of professionals with technical, scientific and artistic backgrounds. The participants will be trained to generate opportunities in process and product development and will be enabled to turn them into innovative solutions. The focus will be on sustainability and regional impact within local and global ecosystems. The master aims to facilitate startup leaders and intrapreneurs to create new business and cultural solutions in collaboration with partners in Higher Education and other external stakeholders. The M2PI project aims to bring together a team of professors and researchers from the three partners HEIs, together with the associated partners and work towards the course structure and content, the policy, rules and procedures definition for mobility, student recruitment and support services, the creation of the M2PI teacher community and the M2PI ecosystem, bringing together professors, facilitators/ mentors, researchers and stakeholders. By the end of the project the three partner HEI’s intend to submit to national accreditation agencies the new master for accreditation. The project is led by IPB who will be responsible for coordinating the joint administrative and financial management by the consortium.