PSL-Pépite

Institute of Technology and Innovation (PSL-ITI)

The Institute of Technology and Innovation (PSL-ITI) aims to introduce engineers, researchers and innovative entrepreneurs to industry needs and to make research a growth engine. PSL-ITI's objective is to train scientists and start-ups of tomorrow to transform scientific production into a real force for industrial innovation.

The PSL-ITI pre-doctoral year (60 ECTS) is:

• multidisciplinary learning (innovative technologies for health, quantum engineering, energy, cognitive sciences, etc.) and training in innovation and entrepreneurship;
• a 5-month internship in an academic laboratory or in a company (start-up or large industrial group: Air Liquide, Saint-Gobain, Total, Schlumberger, Chanel, Sanofi, etc.) or in a laboratory (MIT, Caltech, Technion, Collège de France, ESPCI Paris, Institut Curie, ENS, etc.);
• a simulation project for the creation of a start-up.

The training offered by PSL-ITI is open to all students, French and foreign at the BAC+5 level, from an engineering school, the ENS and/or holders of a Master of Science Research (MSc).

PSL-Pépite

PSL-Pépite serves all PSL students or young alumni with a business creation project, or an interest in becoming an entrepreneur. It aims to give these students the skills, services and support they need to carry out their business project.

If you have graduated less than 3 years ago or are on a gap year, two PSL-Pépite courses are available, with the possibility of obtaining the PSL student-entrepreneur diploma, the D2E:

• PSL-Starter offers you the opportunity to accelerate your project in 5 months with a program taking place at PSL's coworking space, the PSL-Lab. You will be supported in all aspects of the development of your project: competitive positioning, adaptation of your offer to your market, customer acquisition, optimization of purchasing and logistics processes, etc. ;
• PSL-Pépite offers to train and support you in your media development and press relations: support in your crowdfunding and press campaigns; Highlighting events related to your themes and targets (VIVA Tech, University-Business Meetings, etc.).

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PSL-Lab

PSL's coworking space welcomes and supports student-entrepreneurs pursuing start-up projects. Designed for student-entrepreneurs identified by PSL-Pépite, the PSL-Lab is a place of exchange, synergies and a reservoir of resources and tools dedicated to their success.

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