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University Collaboration as a source
for innovation and digital transformation
AT A GLANCE
BUSINESS CONTEXT
Research & Development
DURATION
Typically 10-12 weeks collaboration (curricular)
OUTCOMES
(Rapid) Prototypes, Concepts, etc.
EFFORT
< 10 hours (total) over collaboration period
COMMITMENT
Adopt collaboration methodology through challenge coaching & annual agreement
Introduction
Project-based (or challenge-based) collaboration is a proven method of working on projects with students from a variety of faculties and putting their knowledge and skills into practice. Corporate projects are worked on as part of the curriculum and students provide innovative solutions.
During these challenge-based collaboration sessions, students tackle your questions and challenges with the supervision of the professor, while developing transversal skills. This creates a dynamic and fruitful interaction where you as a company benefit from new design proposals, prototypes, concepts etc. while at the same time getting to know a potential future employee.
Reasons to Engage
TELANTO's Academic Business Network supports organisations to tap into the innovation potential of students during their academic enrolment and provides standard and simple processes to quickly and efficiently place pressing questions into teams of students ready to tackle your challenges in many geographies around the globe. The platform helps to organise multiple engagements on multiple challenges to never lose track of new developments and solutions coming to light.
- Quickly design and develop challenges for collaboration in an academic context
- Extend existing university collaborations for a broader reach and quick uptake for pressing challenges
- Broaden your rapid prototyping capabilities by engaging curious minds
- Take advantage of a proven and trusted collaboration methodology
How does it work

What Customers Have to Say

Anonym
Head of Product Development
at an Industrial supply company
TELANTO provides us with an ideal platform to collaborate in an easy and manageable and yet very impactful way with students

Gregor Seidman
R&D Innovation Engineer
at MT Rainin
Between rapid prototyping, market studies, scientific data models and customer data classification we already have established a good number of challenges and many more to come. Very happy with TELANTO.
Collaboration Opportunities
Students of a diverse and highly international background bring their knowledge and skills in analyzing and implementing open innovation (OI) in its various forms to tackle the challenges that companies face in opening their innovation processes, successfully benefiting from various inbound and outbound OI practices and redefining their innovation strategies to account for modern open innovation environments and ecosystem settings.
Rapid prototypes for validation and testing purposes for robotics and automation systems. The design innovation focuses on a holistic user-oriented approach that considers technological, economical and sustainable impact of the products. This methodology allows the students in collaboration to design, develop and implement functional prototypes.
Rapid prototypes for validation and testing purposes for robotics and automation systems. The design innovation focuses on a holistic user-oriented approach that considers technological, economical and sustainable impact of the products. This methodology allows the students in collaboration to design, develop and implement functional prototypes.
Bring university industry collaborations to life
We coach academics, leaders and student teams to co-create collaborative, meaningful solutions that drive personal, professional, and organisational growth. Digitising the university and industry intersection, helps academics and leaders to be more conscious in their collaboration – and helps student teams to interact more authentically in ways that enhance skills, trust, aliveness, collective problem-solving, and aligned action. We combine extensive experience of successful digital transformation with a deep knowledge of university industry collaborations. By addressing both we implement real, sustainable changes that impact multiple walks of life.
Collaboration Support
Whether you are new to challenge-based collaboration or doing it for a while, you will appreciate the support from our team providing valuable insights and strategies to rapidly design and develop challenges and get relevant and valuable solution proposals swiftly

CHRISTIAN ACOSTA-FLAMMA, PhD
Head of Challenge Coaching & CEO
Christian is the visionary and innovation leader behind TELANTO spearheading the design of TELANTO’s market leading Academic Business Cloud solutions and is overseeing the strategic direction of TELANTO and playing a hands-on role in bringing innovative products to market. He is instrumental in ensuring that TELANTO’s solution and service portfolio maintains its cutting-edge status in the fast-growing EdTech and HCM industry.
How do I start?
Download the brochure and get in contact with us to discuss your options to start your challenge-based collaboration with students in your desired geographies in the question of days (we are ready if you are)
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