Geneva Student Entrepreneurs
Inspiring the entrepreneurs
of Today,
building the Geneva
of Tomorrow
Ever wondered what it would take to start your own company? We’re a community of students from all over Geneva working on our own amazing projects, and you’re very welcome to join us.
Our first event · 26–30 October 2026
Come find us in Plainpalais this October
We’re kicking things off by bringing the InCube Challenge to Geneva. For five days, student founders will set up in a public installation live inside a glass cube right in the middle of Plainpalais, working on real tech challenges while the city watches. Drop by between classes, chat with the teams and see what building a startup actually looks like up close.
What is GSE?
A place to explore entrepreneurship, even if you’ve never thought about it before
Geneva Student Entrepreneurs (GSE) is a community run by students, for students. Our mission is to inspire the next generation of Geneva entrepreneurs. We bring founders to campus, organise hands-on workshops, run hackathons and help you meet people you’d never cross paths with otherwise. If you ever feel ready to launch something, we’ll help you find the right next step.
You don’t need an idea, a team or a business background, just some curiosity.
Get to know usGet inspired
Meet founders who were students not so long ago, and hear how they really did it, including the parts that went wrong.
Learn by doing
Join practical workshops on building a team, finding funding, protecting your idea and pitching it with confidence.
Meet your people
Find future co-founders, mentors and friends from other campuses and disciplines who are just as curious as you.
Just build
Test your ideas at hackathons and competitions, and get a helping hand towards incubation when you’re ready.
Who it’s for
Whatever you study, wherever you study it, you belong here
GSE is open to students and young researchers from across Geneva, whether you’re at UNIGE, HES-SO, CERN or anywhere else in the canton. Physicists, biologists, engineers, designers, lawyers, economists: Geneva thrives in diversity. First-year student or PhD, you’re welcome.
“Many of the best talent in our region either do not consider this as a possible path, or simply do not know how to get started. With GSE, we hope to change that and spark a new generation of startups to be created within our city.”
Some of Geneva’s future companies will be started by people who met at a GSE event. Why not you?
Geneva Student Entrepreneurs
We’re recruiting
Want to help build GSE from the very beginning?
We’re looking for students who’d like to help run GSE, from organising events to growing the community on every campus, to leading your own projects, all with the help of Switzerland’s leading experts, regardless of the field.
Made possible by
Meet our partners
Curious? That’s all it takes to get started.
Joining takes a minute, it’s free for students, and nobody will ask you for a business plan.
