Minor Embrace TEC

We kick things off by doing something most programmes don’t: we slow down. The first five weeks are all about detoxing from traditional education—no lectures, no grades, no endless slide decks. Instead, you’ll explore a whole new way of learning: hands-on, challenge-based, and student-driven.

You’ll dive into creative sprints, experiment with tech like 3D printing, AI, and laser cutting, and team up with students from all over the world. You’ll work both solo and in diverse, international teams. You’ll take creative risks. And most importantly—you’ll figure out what you want from this minor. Not what’s expected, not what’s safe—what’s meaningful.

Once you've found your direction, it's time to get to work. Together with the full Embrace group, you’ll take on a larger challenge under the umbrella of Pulsed for Good—a real-world project focused on making a positive impact.

For example, one group worked on Pulsed for Dementia, designing tools and experiences to help people with dementia feel more connected, supported, and seen. From sensory kits to memory aids, students created prototypes that aimed to improve everyday quality of life—for both patients and caregivers.

Want more inspiration? Check out Pulsed for Good to see what students have already done—from sustainable solutions to social interventions, and everything in between.

At the same time, you’ll work on your Track Project—your personal mission. That could mean building a business, launching a product, exploring a passion, or diving into something deeply personal. You decide. You own the process. We coach you along the way.

We believe the learning process is more important than the outcome, so we spend time working on meaningful real-life challenges instead of passively teaching from textbooks and measuring your learning process with exams.

We believe it is important to create a dynamic and open learning environment in which students from different cultures, nationalities and disciplines come together. A place where everyone feels at home. In order to achieve this, we (re)shape and (re)create this unique and modular/flexible environment together with our students.

• Fail forward - Failing forward requires support, guidance, and most importantly, the time and space to reflect on you fantastic fails. This subtle shift from failure to failing can reduce the fear of failure that discourage students from exploring.
• Spark your fascination - We believe that good ideas start with your own fascination. This creative spark can start from empathy, but sometimes It is also the problem or the process that is close to you that gets you started.
• Personal coaching - As a student you will have your own personal coach during this educational programme. We believe that if you are comfortable with yourself, you will achieve and learn more. Together with your coach you will work on discovering and forming your personal identity.