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Global Entrepreneurship Summer School (GESS)

The Global Entrepreneurship Summer School (GESS) is an international education program supporting entrepreneurially-minded students who are strongly committed to improving our society.

In international and interdisciplinary teams you will work on large-scale problems hands-on and develop your own sustainable, innovative, and profitable business model. Your team will be partnered with a coach and a series of interactive input sessions will provide you with the complementary practical and theoretical knowledge. At the end of the program, you and your team will pitch your idea to a public audience and you will become part of a global community of change agents.

It will take place in two locations in 2026:

  • Shanghai, China: 12 to 18 July, 2026 (11 and 19 July: arrival and departure days)
  • Munich, Germany: 27 August to 2 September, 2026 (26 August and 3 September: arrival and departure days)

Applications are now open until 4 May, 2026, 9 AM CET.