The “Bridging V4 Universities and Business through Design Thinking”
Project has received funding from the International Visegrad Fund
Four universities from Poland (Wrocław University of Economics and Business), Czechia (Palacký University Olomouc), Slovakia (Comenius University Bratislava), and Hungary (Edutus University) will jointly conduct Design Thinking workshops aimed at identifying skills gaps and strengthening cooperation between universities and the business sector. The project will run from October 2026 to December 2027.
Link to the project website: https://badania.uew.pl/en/bridging-v4-universities-and-business-through-design-thinking/
As part of the project, there will be four events - workshops at each of the partner universities. The first event will take place October 21-23, 2026, at the Wrocław University of Economics and Business.
The event will provide students from the V4 countries with an opportunity to take on a challenge proposed by QIAGEN related to preparing for entry into the job market and developing the skills needed to effectively showcase the competencies they have acquired during their studies.
Students will also be supported by staff from partner universities, who will document the strengths and areas for improvement identified during the workshops. The results will later be included in the toolkit, which is one of the project’s outputs.
Link to the website of the first event: https://badania.uew.pl/events/v4bridgewroclaw/
More information about Project: https://www.fm.uniba.sk/en/research/research-projects-and-cooperation/international-projects/40284/
The next events will take place in Bratislava (March 2027), Olomouc (April 2027), and Budapest (May 2027).
The project is co-financed by the governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.