How to build a city of the future? How to make Ülemiste City smarter?

The aim of the scholarship, established by Ülo Pärnits (the founder of Ülemiste City), is to promote lifelong learning and practical training and to support research related to the development of Ülemiste City as a smart city of the future.

This year marks the eighth season of the Ülo Pärnitsa scholarship, and we invite students to contact us already in the early phase of the idea. We also propose very specific topics on this occasion, but all other proposals for research papers concerning Ülemiste City are also very welcome.

We expect that research or a smart solution for a smart city would be innovative and practical and contribute to the development and attractiveness of Ülemiste City. The scholarship work can be both a Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis and a team project. On behalf of the campus, we help to think through all ideas and connect them with the goals of the program; in addition, we offer co-supervision by a field expert on behalf of the campus and, depending on the topic of the work, also other help (e.g. data).

Target Group: Partner universities and their students

Partner universities: Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences (Mainor), University of Tartu, Tallinn University, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn Health Care College, Tartu Health Care College, and Estonian University of Life Sciences.

THE SCHOLARSHIP TOPICS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 ARE:

• Smart city environmental solutions and research
  • Meeting rooms and outdoor areas support creativity, collaboration and community
  • The community garden and its value as a supporter of both sustainability and community
  • 3D model of the campus
  • Innovative nature rainwater systems implementation in Ülemiste City

• Innovative business models and their implementation in the smart city
  • Innovative company and/or service business models
  • Commercial property price trends and models in Estonia and Ülemiste City depending on the effects of the global economy
  • The influence of external environmental factors on the performance of campus and campus enterprises.

• Implementation, marketing and impact of smart city services (including reputation)
  • Factors influencing the decision to purchase services, the importance of the location of the service offering.
  • Involvement of companies in the creation and implementation of services supporting environmental protection.

• Talent and health management in the context of smart future city.
  • Measuring the recruitment speed in Ülemiste City
  • Community development and social capital as a supporter of talent well-being and health.

Schedule:

• Notification of an interest in preparing a scholarship thesis (no later than November 30, 2024)
• Submission of the work project (December 30, 2024 at the latest)
• Submission of work (no later than May 31, 2025)

The scholarship fund is up to 10,000 euros each year, and the scholarship committee determines the size of each scholarship for up to five authors.

The scholarship sponsors are Mainor AS, Kristosten OÜ, Mainor Ülemiste AS.

Watch the introductory video of Ülo Pärnits scholarship here: