Entrepreneurial initiatives

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Tempted by an entrepreneurial adventure? The University of Bordeaux and UBee Lab can help you by providing support and tools for your project, from the idea phase through to the business set-up phase and including the development phase.

Photo : Pierre Alexandre Didia, UBee Lab student incubatee - Bastide campus © Arthur Pequin
Pierre Alexandre Didia, UBee Lab student incubatee - Bastide campus © Arthur Pequin
  • Grow your entrepreneurial spirit
  • Learn how to be an entrepreneur
  • Support for students and university staff aimed at business creation projects

UBee Lab: the university incubator

UBee Lab is open to University of Bordeaux students, recent graduates and staff who have an idea or a project for creating a business or non-profit organisation, regardless of the field of activity.

Both an idea laboratory and co-working area, within which the incubatees can share information, develop their networks and get advice, UBee Lab helps create a constructive rivalry between students and an atmosphere conducive to innovation.

Alongside the individual support available, group workshops and sessions with experts (communications, financing, legal issues, HR, etc.) are organised year round to take the projects a step further. 

UBee Lab

UBee Lab is primarily for University of Bordeaux students and recent graduates who have been granted national student-entrepreneur status for the current academic year.

Learn more (in French)

Margaux Juranville, founder of the brand UNTIL © Arthur Pequin

The support provided by UBee Lab and the community of incubatees meant I didn't feel isolated and, above all, I got to share the good and not-so-good times we all face when embarking on entrepreneurial adventures. 

Margaux Juranville, founder of the brand UNTIL

Learn how to be an entrepreneur 

Several programmes dealing with entrepreneurship are available. They are open to the entire student body, regardless of the subject of their studies. 

Resources and tools 

GRP Lab is a skills platform providing resources dedicated to raising awareness, training and support for entrepreneurship. 

Student-Entrepreneurs

The aim of the student-entrepreneur status is to promote the entrepreneurial spirit so that all students, within their different institutions, can have the opportunity to build the curriculum that will lead them to carrying out their entrepreneurial projects successfully.

Learn more (in French)

Nicolas Subra, UBooster 2019 award winner for the project Le Magicien Bio © University of Bordeaux
Nicolas Subra, UBooster 2019 award winner for the project Le Magicien Bio © University of Bordeaux

Fostering entrepreneurship

Boost your project: 3 phases, 5 finalists, 14000€ in grants

The UBooster competition is organised every year to encourage and boost entrepreneurial projects, as well as to connect students with local stakeholders who fund business creation: 

  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region 
  • French Tech Bordeaux 
  • BPI France
  • France Active Aquitaine
  • Réseau entreprendre Aquitaine
  • Fondation Bordeaux Université

Learn more (in French)

Contacts

  • Alexandre Savin

    Entrepreneurship Department Head - University of Bordeaux

    +33 6 33 12 47 06

    alexandre.savin%40u-bordeaux.fr

  • Inès Savarieau

    Facilitation & Support Coordinator

    +33 7 78 05 23 33

    ines.savarieau%40u-bordeaux.fr

  • Simon Capbern

    Facilitation & Support Coordinator

    +33 6 35 40 64 82

    simon.capbern%40u-bordeaux.fr