Who are we looking for?

It doesn’t matter if you are a first year undergraduate or a final year student. You don’t even need to understand all the specialties like PPC, SEO or creating top-notch content. All of this can be taught. We want right-minded people in our ranks. Optimistic curious people who believe there are possibilities, they just haven’t discovered them yet. People with perseverance, who don’t give up when faced with a dead end.

How does it work?

The Business Gate Academy programme is designed for all students including Erasmus+ students and it takes place every semester, just like other courses.

1. Intro meeting: Attend our info meeting taking place this Friday on September 23 at 8:30 am in room A309  (main faculty building, the same floor as International Relations Office). The meeting should take about 1 hour. You will get the chance to meet our international team leader and learn more about the program. Please note the meeting is obligatory to all the students who wish to take part in this course!
2. Selection process: The selection process usually takes place every 2nd week of the semester. The selection process takes place through an assessment centre, just like in any innovative company. No need to stress though, we are students just like you.
3. Becoming a team member: Once the team-leaders like you, one of them will contact you on the phone to tell you the happy news. Together with about four new friends, you’ll work on a predetermined assignment from a real company.
4. Meeting the client: Together with the team you will go on a trip to the company you will be creating an assignment for. A cool opportunity for internal analysis of the company. You’ll get a sniff of the very essence of the company’s existence, which will help you to empathise with the project.
5. Working on a project: You’ll meet at least once a week in Business Gate meeting rooms. A more experienced team-leader will organise and monitor your progress, so expect to do homework too.
6. After work comes fun: Business Gate is frequented by like-minded people who want to grow, enjoy life and are open to anything new. We try to organize events a few times a semester where you are always welcome.
7. Presenting the project results: Together with the team, you will present your deliverables to the sponsor. This is an opportunity to show what you have and to convince the sponsor that it is worth continuing with the team or buying the work done.
8. Implementation: If the outcome is going to have a value for the supplier and you will mutually agree, you will implement what you and the team have agreed. If your work is more of a piece of work, you may even sell it. It depends on how you and the company agree.

What can you get out of it?

• practical experience
• find passion
• new contacts and friends
• skills such as creativity, communication, presentation, professionalism or tenacity
• certificate on completion
• 4 credits (within voluntary / facultative courses - OPFBABG1 or OPFNABG1)*

*Credits for this course are granted upon completion of this course together with the course enrollment. So you don't need to enroll in this course in IS SU (our information system) at this point! You will only see the course in your study agenda in IS SU upon completion and not throughout the semester.

Questions? 

Contact Sarath, the team leader of our international team this semester. 

Email address: mallika@opf.slu.cz

Find more information or student testimonials at https://www.businessgate.cz/academy-for-students-eng/

Business Gate, a multifunctional center for the promotion of entrepreneurship and business support, was founded and is operated by the statutory city of Karviná, in cooperation with the School of Business Administration in Karvina of the Silesian University in Opava with the participation of other partners.