Moving the Cities

MOVING THE CITIES is a team-based project with students from Germany, Brazil, Chile, the US and the UK addressing major global urban issues.

This one credit course aims to develop students’ entrepreneurial and innovation skills while immersed in a collaborative multicultural experience.  Students in cross cultural teams will practice design thinking methods to formulate innovative solutions to challenges in a regional context.          

• More than 100 students from 10 universities and 6 countries are expected to participate

• For Fall 2022, this program will be run in a hybrid design.  Students will participate in one week of remote onboarding and preparation followed by one week in country. 
  • ​Week of October 17, 2022: remote onboarding & preparation for the program.  Students will most likely have to attend 1-2 synchronous meetings but all other work will be asynchronous. 
  • Week of October 24, 2022:  in-country program (Brazil) - hosted by Unisinos University 
  • in country tentative dates:  in Brazil: October 22/23 - through October 29/30, 2022
    • NOTE: Students will need to arrange to miss courses/classes during this week.  All missed course work is the responsibility of the  student to arrange with their faculty members prior to the program.

Key dimensions to the program:

• Address key societal challenges from around the world in your multinational student team
• Professional and methodical input to help your team solve the challenge is provided from coaches and mentors from around the world 
• Potential international internship interviews with global organizations may be granted to winning teams
• Great way to enhance your professional profile and network with leaders from many parts of the world
• Meet students from Brazil and around the world  
• Cultural explorations of the area will enhance the students understanding of Brazil. 
   

Check out the week's schedule here - coming soon

Applications coming soon! Please fill out this short form to indicate interest.  Full link to form: https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d6xdGsN6RuTGBZI

This is a proposed program and is undergoing final development. The site will be updated once finalized.

Please note, program subject to minimum number of accepted/enrolled students to run. 

Learn more about this amazing opportunity!  Organizations involved, challenges for 2022, the pitch plans, and much more are coming soon! 

see sample  Final Pitch from 2021

Application process and requirements: 

• Open to SSOE students - must be in their second year or higher
• Must have a 2.75 GPA
• Must apply by the deadline- XXX by no later than 11:59 pm.  Please click the "apply now" button to apply. 

This course introduces modern engineering and business principles, methods, and tools within the context of the Indian economic environment. Students will be exposed to challenges and opportunities available at the corporate level and at the individual level in this rapidly growing economy, and will learn about societal impacts of new technologies and the rapid expansion of knowledge industries in India.

 

Student learning will be integrated into pre-trip lectures, lectures during the visit, guest lectures/panel discussions at the host city, plant/company visits at the host city, and cultural explorations in and around the host city.  Production, supply chain and service issues will be studied through dual lens of engineering and business principles.

 

This is a proposed Fall 2022 semester program. The course will meet over the semester with travel in December.

 

Please note, program subject to minimum number of accepted/enrolled students to run.