Minor Entrepreneurship
Minor Entrepreneurship
Are you thinking about starting your own business? Or would you like to be able to show an entrepreneurial attitude within an existing company? Perhaps you are simply curious about what life as an entrepreneur looks like? Then choose the minor in entrepreneurship at the Fontys Centre for Entrepreneurship!
What will I learn in the minor?
During this minor, taking initiative and active collaboration is important. Our location in Eindhoven offers you as a Fontys entrepreneurship student a workplace where you can arrange matters for your company, approach potential clients, but also network and visit other entrepreneurs. We offer you lectures, training courses and workshops to build the necessary basic knowledge and skills in the field of entrepreneurship. These include (online) marketing, legal knowledge, finance, sales, pitching and project management.
The minor uses the European EntreComp framework and the Lean Startup methodology. This way, we work on your personal development as an entrepreneur and ensure that you can take big steps with your own company. We expect you to immediately put the knowledge you have gained into practice.
Naturally, you will be assisted during this process by experienced entrepreneurial trainers, coaches and external practical experts who will coach you intensively in the field of entrepreneurship and personal skill development. We help you to continuously reflect on your growth as an entrepreneur and the steps you have taken in your business.
If you are willing to step out of your comfort zone, reflect on your actions and are open to feedback, then we are sure that you have a chance of successfully completing the minor and further developing as a student entrepreneur. The entrepreneurship competences you develop during the minor can also be put to excellent use in another company as a manager or "intrapreneur" (entrepreneurial employee). This way, you will always get added value out of the minor!
You will have a lot of freedom to organise your work (attendance at training courses and lectures is compulsory), but this also means that we expect you to take the initiative and to 'get out of the building'. This way, you can actually test and improve your idea or business in the field. In other words, learning by doing!
Who is this minor for?
You will work in teams to set up a business. You will do this based on an idea chosen by your team. During the minor, you will go through the various phases of a business in order to market a successful product or service. Although you will work together in a group, you will receive individual assignments and coaching in addition to the joint assignments. A team consists of about 5 students, from different fields of study and nationalities.
When you successfully complete this minor, it is possible to do an internship within your own company or to graduate through the Fontys Student Entrepreneurship Program.
The Entrepreneurship Minor is part of the Fontys Centre for Entrepreneurship.
Practical Information
- Semester 1: 1 september 2025 t/m 8 februari 2026
- Semester 2: 9 februari 2026 t/m 26 juli 2026
Variant 1 & 2
- Locatie: Eindhoven
- Voertaal: Nederlands
- Belangrijk: De minor is voltijd; je dient 5 dagen per week beschikbaar te zijn.
Variant 3
- Location: Eindhoven
- Language: English
- Important: This is a full-time minor; you must be available 5 days a week.
Toetsing
Minor Regulations
You can download the minor regulations here. The purpose of the minor regulations is to inform you about what you will learn during the minor, how the assessment process works, and when you have successfully completed the minor. Students can derive rights from the minor regulations.
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Contact
Do you have questions about the minor? Send an email to minorondernemerschap@fontys.nl.
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