Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship

The Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship (SSES) is a collaboration between five schools in Stockholm, Sweden: Karolinska Institutet (KI), the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and Stockholm University. It was established to provide member schools students with education and training in applied entrepreneurship.

SSES offers academically credited courses in entrepreneurship as well as a large selection of non curriculum lectures, seminars and events such as Good Morning. This annual conference focuses on future trends, entrepreneurship and innovation, and brings together academics, business leaders and students.

History

The school's origin can be traced back to several courses taught at the Royal Institute of Technology and the Stockholm School of Economics in the 1990s.

SSES was founded by the Royal Institute of Technology, the Stockholm School of Economics and Karolinska Institutet to develop an integrated teaching syllabus.

A donation from the Erling-Persson Family Foundation allowed the school to establish itself as an independent organisation in August 1999. This was followed by another donation from the foundation in 2002, which made it possible for the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design to become the fourth member institution. And in 2009, the year that Stockholm University joined SSES, a further donation was received from the Erling-Persson Family Foundation.

Organisation

SSES is structured as a membership-based, non-profit organisation with the acting rectors of the member universities acting as eligible members of the association.

The board of SSES represents the member institutions and industry representatives. SSES also employs a team of some 20 faculty and staff members. More than 160 guest speakers, mentors and coaches from around the globe take part in the group's education programme every year.

Partner schools

SSES operates on a global basis with a number of partners in academia. These include Design London (Imperial College London & Royal College of Art), the Institute of Design at Stanford, National Institute of Design, India, London Business School (LBS), SDA Bocconi, EM Lyon, ALBA Graduate Business School, San Diego State University, University of Texas, Aalto Centre for Entrepreneurship, IESE Business School at the University of Navarra.

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