Prerequisites: 2 years of work experience from organizational or business development, project management, planning, research, teaching, sales, system development or design.

Make a 1-minute video and tell us about existing service, business, product or design that could be transformed to create a positive change for their core users or customers by using Hyper Island Toolbox. Please go to Question 3 to read more details.

Make a 1-minute video and tell us about existing service, business, product or design that could be transformed to create a positive change for their core users or customers. In the Hyper Island Toolbox, we have methods for sparking Innovation and creating change.

5 Whys
Mash-up Innovation
Future mapping

Pick one of these three methods and motivate why it would be beneficial for the change that you want to achieve. Who would you invite to be part of the innovation process? Choose your top 3 stakeholders and motivate why you picked them.

Examples for stakeholders:

Clients, Leaders, Shareholders, Students/Participants, Governments, The Community, Senior executives, Partnerships, Trades associations, Co-workers, Suppliers, The press, Interest groups, Customers, Analysts, The public, Prospects, Key contributors, Key advisors.

1. Your CV

2. Proof of your highest earned education (High School, Bachelor, Master etc)

3. Proof of 2 years of relevant working experience (The proof can be agreements, recommendation letters, payslips etc.)

4. Upskill Application Task 2024

5. For those applying for the Swedish Government Funded Seat: To be considered a student who qualifies for a Swedish government-funded YH education (Yrkeshögskolan) you must hold a personal number or coordination number (equivalent from one of the Nordic countries below) and fulfil at least one of the following criteria:

• Be a citizen of Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Finland or any of the related territories.
• Have a permanent right of residence in one of the countries mentioned above
• Have a temporary right of residence in Sweden for the full duration of the course.

You must also meet at least one of the following entry requirements:

1) applicants need to have at least a high school diploma (“Gymnasieexamen”) or equivalent from Komvux
2) have a Swedish or foreign education that is equivalent to the requirements in item 1
3) resides in Denmark, Finland, Iceland or Norway and are eligible for an equivalent education in that country
4) through Swedish or foreign education, practical experience or in any other way meet the conditions to be granted admission in the program

Applicants applying for a Swedish government-funded seat must also meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Proof of basic knowledge of the Swedish language or any of the other Scandinavian languages (Danish, Faroese, Icelandic or Norwegian). Review here to see what we accept as proof. 

*You can submit your documents in other languages than Swedish or English.

Criteria: Creativity, Research, Originality, Critical thinking/ Systems thinking.

*The maximum length of video: 1 minute. Longer videos will not be taken into consideration.

Rating of Application Task Video:

BASICS – 2 POINTS: Submitting a task in English.

RESEARCH – 2 POINTS: Clear that research and thought has been put into the task & clearly presents the research results in a good way.

INNOVATION – 2 POINTS: Original/Unique idea that is feasible.

COMMUNICATION – 2 POINTS: Communicating the idea in a clear way & showed abilities to ‘catch the viewer’.

PRESENTATION - 2 POINTS: Interesting presentation with a clear ending.