Co-Create Oslo
Co-Create is a collaboration where UiO, BI, OsloMet, and Kristiania combine our resources and networks to create a more unified offering for entrepreneurial students. Our programmes give you the tools you need to begin your entrepreneurial journey. Whether you come alone, with friends, with a hundred ideas or none at all, you’re welcome!
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Apply Now! Co-Create Oslo Summer Programme 2026
Are you a student at BI, UiO, OsloMet, or Kristiania with an idea you want to bring to life, or simply the drive to build something meaningful? Co-Create Oslo is looking for individuals who want to solve real societal challenges, thrive in cross-disciplinary teams, and never thought they'd call themselves entrepreneurs. Join our 6-week summer program and go from zero to solution.?
What is the summer programme?
Starting 15 June, you'll spend the first week in an intensive entrepreneurship bootcamp where you learn design thinking and how to research real user needs, define problems worth solving, build prototypes, and develop a business foundation. From there, you'll form a team, pick a project, and spend the remaining weeks building it out with support from mentors and the broader Co-Create Oslo network.
You'll be working out of iHUB at 篮球即时比分_nba比分直播-彩客网重点推荐sparken which is a vibrant startup environment surrounded by researchers, founders, and other ambitious students.
We are very proud to say that 4 of the 5 teams in Oslo who received the STUD-ENT and a million NOK to their startup this year have been through the Co-Create summer program (compared to 1 in 5 on a national basis)! Grab this opportunity, and you are on the right path to be a recipient next year.
What you'll work on: Projects focus on problems with real societal impact, including Calm Technologies where you rethink tech to reduce it's invasion into daily life, and Save The Free press where you find solutions to shift medias negative impact into something that builds thriving, connected communities
What you get: This programme is a fast track to creating a viable solution validated by user feedack and market research. This is a special opportunity to access the entrepreneurial offerings accross the Oslo Universities, and take advantage of mentoring through all the 6 weeks.
You also get:
- A desk at iHUB, 篮球即时比分_nba比分直播-彩客网重点推荐sparken
- Mentorship from experts in design, business, and technology
- A tailored pathway to the way forward after the summer programme to bring your idea into the world.
- Help to find and apply for available funding possibilities.
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The programme is completely free for all Oslo Students.
How to apply
Fill out the application on nettskjema. You'll answer questions about your background, availability, and motivation. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a interview round from 21th may where we select the most motivated applicants.
To apply you need to be a student connected to a Oslo University (We accept those who graduate this year).
Application deadline: 20 May 2026
Co-Create Connects Entrepreneurial Students Across Oslo Universities
Backed by Innovation Norway, we create a space where students can explore their entrepreneurial potential and form cross-disciplinary teams. We welcome all students from BI, Kristiania, OsloMet and UiO.
Our programme is targeted towards those of you that would like to explore entrepreneurship, and would like to meet other like minded people. We start off with design thinking, giving you the framework to test out your ideas. Then we hold a variety of lectures and social events where you can dig deeper into topics spanning from effectuation, team composition, and funding.
We post our upcoming events at Instagram and LinkedIn so that you can stay updated on our activities.
Co-Create Activities
Hackathon Weekend 2026
This march we gathered 80 students across the Oslo Universities at The Village at BI. The students worked intensively from Friday to Sunday, where they found their teams and created solutions in just 48 hours.
In this hackathon we focused heavily on team merging and design thinking. The students were given the framework to start with a problem, and had to shift their minds to focus on the problem before building a solution. We saw a clear learning curve where the students understood the value in truly understanding the user needs over building the most impressive technical solution.
Big congratulations to the Calm Tech winners Clear Minds, we are very excited to see how you evolve your solution further!
Co-Create STUD-ENT 2026
Every year Innovation Norway grants 1 million NOK to student companies through the STUD-ENT grant.
This year 7 startups got the grant in Oslo, and we are very proud to say that 4 of these companies have been in the Co-Create programme. Meaning that more than half of Oslo's recipients this year have been part of Co-Create at some point!
This is what Co-Create is all about, giving early-stage student founders the tools, network, and confidence to turn their ideas into real ventures. Seeing them go on to earn this kind of recognition means everything to us.
A huge congratulations to Co-Creators Outrun, NiU Sleep, Staaltro and Juridex, and to all other Oslo recipients. Oslo's student startup scene has never been stronger!
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