European Innovation Academy

The European Innovation Academy (EIA) opportunity is a program with a real-world experience in an international multidisciplinary community. Students will be immersed in an intense and fun international working environment while creating a startup with other students from around the world. Five hundred participants from 80 universities attended the program in Summer 2023.

The program is a three-week experience in Porto, Portugal. The first week focuses on forming multidisciplinary international teams and validating the next $10 billion idea. During the second week, teams will design and launch the product, as well as map go-to-market strategy with the help of partners from global markets. The third week is all about acquiring the first 1,000 users and pitching to a panel of VCs. 

European Innovation Academy is a non-profit educational institution with a mission to educate future entrepreneurs and accelerate companies’ digital growth, from an idea to a startup with mentors and speakers from the industry. The EIA program is developed in cooperation with world class universities and companies from Silicon Valley.

All majors welcome.

Courses Offered

Students can earn credit for one of these courses for the European Innovation Academcy:

• BA 4300 – Independent Study in Global Business
• CIS 4395 – Independent Study in Computer Information Systems
• CS 4395 – Independent Study in Computer Science
• MGT 4399 – Independent Study in Management
• MKT 4395 – Independent Study in Marketing

Tentative Dates

• July 14 – August 2, 2024
• 1 pre-week online and 3 weeks on-site

Expected Cost

$2099
^{if enrolledy by March 2024 deadline}
$2,599
^{if enrolled by May 2024 deadline}
$995 Dorm Cost

• Program capacity is 600 people, so submit your application early.
• Dorm capacity is 370 individual rooms.
• Apply through TXST Education Abroad office: Affiliated Providers
• In addition to the EIA program, Texas State students are required to pay $100 application fee (non-refundable) and the cost of international health and travel assistance insurance ($1.93 per day). No tuition cost to be paid to Texas State apply to affiliated programs, as students receive transfer credits.

McCoy College of Business 
Global Education Contact

Emily Wiley
Coordinator, Minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Lecturer, Department of Management 
emily.wiley@txstate.edu