If you want to become an entrepreneur
Here are links and pages for those who want to do their own thing and build their own career by starting a business. The university ensures that you receive support and networks if you wish to become an entrepreneur during your study period.
The university collaborates with the following organizations to make it easy for you to receive the right support for your idea.
Krinova Incubator & Science Park
Krinova is your primary contact for incubation and innovation support. Here, you can test your business idea and get tools to work with for developing your idea. Krinova is located closest to our campus and has a dedicated contact for students at Kristianstad University.
Do you have an idea you've been thinking about? Would you like to work full-time on it to see if it can really take off? Or perhaps you've already been working on an idea but need more time and money to develop it further? Leapfrogs offer you 40,000 SEK for full-time work on your idea during June to August. Open to students at Kristianstad University, Lund University, Malmö University, and Blekinge Institute of Technology.
Nyföretagarcentrum offers free counseling based on the questions and thoughts you have regarding starting a business. Nyföretagarcentrum is close to the campus, at Krinova.
Is a website that covers most aspects of starting and running a business. A site that we recommend to anyone thinking of starting a business.
Through Drivhuset, you have the opportunity to participate in selected seminars offered. Information about this can be obtained through the Student Portal and HKR Innovations Facebook page. Drivhuset supports Malmö University students with idea development, entrepreneurial programs, educational initiatives, and innovation labs for educational actors at various levels, public actors, and in the business world. HKR students receive similar support via Krinova.
Venture Cup is Sweden's largest competition for business ideas and startups and are organizing the IDEA and STARTUP competitions annually. Here, you can win money for your idea regardless of how far you've come in your journey. The university shares information about this through the HKR Innovations Facebook page and the Student Portal."