Technology Entrepreneurship Bootcamp - Frequently asked questions

Beyond gaining the experience and ability to bring an idea to life and make it into a startup! TEB Bootcamp attendees often comment on the amount and quality of relationships they have built during the programme. This includes both course mates and professional contacts that will help them in the future for anything from employment and investment, future study opportunities to new places and friends to visit on holiday.

The UK is consistently considered one of the top UK study destinations both abroad and at home. Take this chance to explore your ideas and develop your entrepreneurial potential, surrounded by different perspectives and innovative individuals from a mix of countries and academic backgrounds. Join us and learn from students around the world to gain new perspectives in the field and also our incredible academic colleagues who inspire the room around them.

Whether you have even considered going onto Postgraduate study or are already in the middle of it, take advantage of exploring University of Exeter’s further study opportunities with scholarships, to careers guidance and networks all over the world.

All materials are provided on our digital platform. For any digital materials needed prior to the course, we will share these electronically once you are able to access our virtual learning platform but you may wish to purchase any additional books that are only available once you arrive in Exeter.

The TEB programme is an intensive full-time five day extra-curricular programme. Please make sure you are able to attend all days of the Bootcamp. We recommend arriving in Exeter on Sunday, ahead of an early morning start to the first day on Monday. The first day is particularly important for team formation. Please contact us to discuss your particular circumstances.

Depending on where you have travelled from, you may be one of a small number of people from that country/region, however you will not be the only person in that situation. As we have a very large number of nationalities within our Bootcamp programme, the total number of people from one country very rarely rises above 6 people. This means that we can get a truly international audience and still have numbers where people can get to know the majority of the programme participants.

You are responsible for getting to Exeter, UK. The TEB Bootcamp takes places within Exeter’s beautiful Streatham Campus and within the city itself. There are many ways of getting to Exeter, depending on where you are traveling from. If you are traveling via London, we recommend taking the train to Exeter. Exeter’s main train station is called Exeter St David’s.

Where you stay during the five days of the TEB Bootcamp programme in Exeter’s Streatham Campus is up to you. All Bootcamp participants are responsible for booking and payment of accommodation for themselves as needed.
If you are coming to Exeter for the Bootcamp and have friends/relatives near the University of Exeter, you can stay with them.

Some options in Exeter include:

• Event Exeter Bed and Breakfast
• Premier Inn
• Airbnb
• Leonardo’s Hotel

You may choose to confirm your place at the TEB Bootcamp with either a deposit or the full amount, within two weeks of receiving your offer. Either way, full payment is required by 28 April.

You will need to make your deposit payment within two weeks of receiving your offer of a place on the programme in order to secure that place and then you will need to ensure that you have paid your full balance by the payment deadline.

We may be able to partially refund your payment, minus the non-refundable deposit, depending how far in advance we receive your cancellation before the start of the programme. Payment deadlines and terms and conditions for our 2024 Summer Programme will be published in due course.

What happens if my course is cancelled?

If we have to cancel an academic course for any reason, we would offer you another place on an alternative course or provide you with a full refund.

There are only two situations where we would cancel the Technology Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. This would include either the numbers signed onto the programme resulting in a negative student experience or the unavailability for any reason of a key member of staff involved in the delivery of the programme.

No, we do not accept students under the age of 18 on to the Technology Entrepreneurship Bootcamp programme but we would encourage you to apply once you turn 18.

If you are unsure as to your English Language level, please let us know what certification you hold or what your situation is – whether you have studied in English before. We can also give you some ideas of how you can prepare for studying in the UK to help you feel more confident when you start the programme.

You may not need a certificate to proof your English Language level but the best thing to do is to contact us on iss@exeter.ac.uk where we can look at your past experiences and make a recommendation as to whether you would need any certification or not.

Yes, this programme is open to anyone over the age of 18 or anyone in Higher Education. If you have finished Higher Education, even a considerable amount of time in the past, you are more than welcome to join our programme and we often get a variety of age ranges and backgrounds in the programme. This helps to diversify the perspectives as well so we would encourage people from all walks of life to apply.