Academic Spinoff: From the Lab to the Market

Code:

SALM01

Acronym:

SALM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Engineering and related techniques

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S (of 07-10-2024 to 22-11-2024)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Academic Spinoff: From the Lab to the Market

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M.BIO	4	Syllabus	1	-	1,5	12	40,5
MEB	0	Syllabus	1	-	1,5	12	40,5
M.EIC	6	Syllabus	2	-	1,5	12	40,5
M.EM	8	Syllabus	1	-	1,5	12	40,5
M.IA	0	Syllabus	1	-	1,5	12	40,5
			2
SALM	0	Syllabus	1	-	1,5	12	40,5

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

- explain the concept of start-up and academic spin-off

- identify and discuss opportunities for valorising ideas

- demonstrate the market potential of a technology or research result

- select the appropriate profiles for setting up a technological start-up

- design a plan for setting up an academic spin-off

Learning outcomes and competences

COMPETENCIES (EntreComp-The European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework. EU, 2018)

- Spotting Opportunities & Valuing ideas

- Mobilising resources

- Planning & management

Working method

Presencial

Program

- Introduction to the concept of start-ups and academic spinoffs

- From student to founder.

- Team, roles and responsibilities.

- Intellectual property.

- How to draw up the roadmap for setting up a start-up.

Mandatory literature

Don Rose, Cam Patterson; Research to Revenue: A Practical Guide to University Start-Ups, The University of North Carolina Press, 2023. ISBN: 978-1-4696-7677-7
Tony Fadell; Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making, HarperCollins Publishers, 2022. ISBN: 978-0-0630-4606-1
Steve Blank, Bob Dorf; The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company, K & S Ranch, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-119-69068-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching-learning method has a lecture component based on guest lectures on specific topics and a work component in which students develop, in groups and collaboratively, the plan for setting up an academic spin-off.

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

- modality: distributed without final exam

- components: intermediate progress reports (2), work report and individual presentation

- formula for calculating the final mark: 50% reports + 30% presentation + 20% participation

- scale: in accordance with UPorto's assessment regulations, the final grade will be expressed on a scale of zero to twenty. To pass, the student must obtain a minimum mark of 8 in the components and a minimum final mark of 10.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	20,00
Estudo autónomo	8,50
Frequência das aulas	12,00
Total:	40,50

Eligibility for exams

Students have to actively participate in the development of projects. Besides they cannot miss more classes than allowed by the rules.

Calculation formula of final grade

- components: intermediate progress reports (2), work report and individual presentation

- formula for calculating the final grade: 50% reports + 30% presentation + 20% participation

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

It is the same as for ordinary students.

Classification improvement

Students can only improve their marks in the following year by doing a new project, since this course unit does not comprise a final exam.