Miami University has announced that it will be setting up a "Digital Innovation Center" in Luxembourg in spring 2020.
The university, which has a campus in Differdange in south-western Luxembourg, will be adding a third Digital Innovation Center to its line-up of study-abroad opportunities. In addition to Digital Innovation Centers in Cincinnati and San Francisco, Miami students will be able to earn credit at the new Digital Innovation Center in Luxembourg from next spring.
Since 2010, the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies (AIMS) has coordinated programmes and internships for students in tech and entrepreneurial businesses and communities in San Francisco. Then, in 2014, the Ohio Means Internships and Co-Ops Grant provided a grant to launch the Cincinnati Digital Innovation Center.
For its part, the new Luxembourg Digital Innovation Center is a partnership among AIMS, the Institute for Entrepreneurship and the Miami University Dolibois European Center (MUDEC) in Differdange. Students from all majors who have experience in digital marketing, interactive media studies or web application development are welcome to apply.
Students will be placed in internships four days a week with Friday visits to startups and digital companies in the region.
Glenn Platt, C. Michael Armstrong Chair, Professor of Marketing and Director of the Interactive Media Studies Program (and AIMS), said: “We are really excited to launch the first international version of the Digital Innovation Program, a program that has already been so successful in San Francisco and Cincinnati. Luxembourg was the logical choice for our first international program, not only due to its thriving startup scene, but also because of government-led initiatives like Digital Luxembourg and also the focus on innovation from established companies in the financial and consulting sectors”.
Thierry Leterre, Dean of the MUDEC in Luxembourg, added: “I am convinced that Miami’s new Digital Innovation Center will contribute to the national digitalization agenda of Luxembourg, and I’m proud to see students engage in a new learning adventure thanks to the exceptional technological ecosystem of the country”.
