About the ISUL program
ISUL (International Startup League), is an international entrepreneurship program initiated by the Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences in Germany with by 14 partner universities in 8 additional countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Finland, Greece, Israel and Switzerland. The program is supported by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Max Stern Yezreel Valley College is one of the founding partners.
The first goal of the program is to prepare students for the working and living environment of tomorrow by promoting international thinking, collaboration and networking. A second goal is to develop entrepreneurship skills.
The following three project objectives are pursued:
Strengthening international cooperation
Expansion of digital, international and practice-oriented study programmers
Promoting networking between teaching, administration and research
On the basis of the objectives outlined, the following project results are sought:
Established network in the context of startup/entrepreneurship
Digital, international and practice-oriented study programs
Networking of employees from teaching, administration and research.
The program includes a joint summer school and lectures offered by professors from partner institutions. Various possibilities exist within the program for student and faculty mobility. Long-term projects now at the planning stage include:
A joint certificate on ‘international entrepreneurship’ that can be obtained by attending online lectures (more info to follow soon)
A joint masters degree (90 ECTS) on ‘international entrepreneurship’ where students live in up to three different locations and attend lectures at the ISUL partner universities (projected to start in fall 2024).
International course
A group of 5 students from different departments participated in a hackathon at the Entrepreneurship Center of Hochschule Neu-Ulm, Germany, alongside 100 students from other countries across Europe. The hackathon, ‘Entrepreneurship for Twin Transformation’, held within the framework of International Startup League (ISUL), that designed to strengthen international collaborations, expand digital and practical study programs, and encourage business networking between academic and research bodies.
