Programme info
Micro-credential: Transport innovation, digitalisation and entrepreneurship
- Study load: 6 ECTS credits
- Language of instruction: English
- Location: Stadscampus
- Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Course content
This course aims to equip students with comprehensive knowledge of the latest digital trends in transport innovation and to develop their entrepreneurial skills. It begins with an introduction to digital solutions, the current state of digitalization in transportation and logistics, and researchers' expectations for how these trends will evolve over the next 10 to 15 years.
Subsequently, the course delves into each digital trend in detail, focusing on the sector challenges they aim to address. A series of lectures will provide insights into different solutions linked to innovation trends, their impact on supply chains and transport operations, the specific sector challenges they solve, and the costs and benefits they generate for stakeholders. Additionally, the course will discuss how entrepreneurial solutions have been developed around specific sector challenges. These lectures will focus on trends such as blockchain, digital twin, AI, IoT, robotics and unmanned (automatic indoor and outdoor) assets, synchromodality, big data, and supply chain control towers. Concrete concepts and applications will be illustrated across various modes of transport or their combinations, including maritime transport, seaports, air transport, road transport, rail freight, and inland navigation.
In parallel, students will be challenged to develop their entrepreneurial skills by selecting a sector-related challenge, documenting it, identifying a digital solution, and pitching it as if seeking investment funds. This exercise will simulate in a work group setting the students' abilities to collaborate, assign tasks, and think practically about bringing a solution to market.
Learning outcomes
This micro-credential focuses on the following learning outcomes.
1. The participant gains analytical insight into transport innovation and entrepreneurship.
2. The participant acquires in-depth knowledge of transport innovation and entrepreneurship at a management level.
3. The participant masters the fundamental principles and research methods in transport innovation and entrepreneurship.
4. The participant can respond to questions on transport innovation and entrepreneurship in a clear and structured manner.
Practical organisation
Contact moments:
- Lectures
- Exercise sessions
- Seminars
- Group assignments
- Guided self-study
- Group project
The planning of the lessons is communicated via the student portal.
Evaluation
The examination is conducted both during the semester and at the end of the course. The examination components are as follows:
- Group Assignment with Oral Presentation (40%): At the beginning of the semester, students will receive a group assignment. They will need to submit a report and prepare a presentation summarizing their work. The report and presentation will be centered around a case study where students identify a sector challenge, propose a digital solution, and simulate the steps needed to market the solution. This assignment aims to develop students' entrepreneurial skills by challenging them to conceptualize a sector challenge, identify a solution, and outline the market implementation process.
- Written Exam with Open Questions (60%): Students will take a closed-book written exam consisting of open questions. This exam is designed to test the theoretical knowledge they have accumulated throughout the course.