Hüppelaud 2025

AUG

Sunday, August 3rd

13:00 - August 8th 21:00

Kuressaare Ametikool

Kuressaare, Saaremaa

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We welcome 14-19-year-olds from all over Estonia. No prior experience in technology is needed. Participation is free of charge!

Applications are open until end of June.

Summer School for Curious Youth

Hüppelaud is a unique technology and entrepreneurship summer school where young people from all over Estonia come together to build the first working prototypes of their ideas in just 5 days.

👥 Who can participate?

Youth aged 14-19. No prior experience needed! If you're interested in technology, design, entrepreneurship, or just bringing cool ideas to life, then apply.

🔧 What to expect?

Five adventurous days in Kuressaare with other young inventors. You have the chance to:

Share your ideas on what products or services the world needs
Gather a team around you to build a prototype together
Find mentors who have previously participated in Hüppelaud and now work at Estonian startups where they prototype daily
Join workshops where you'll learn design, programming, using AI tools, and presenting your prototype to potential clients, investors, and the audience
Present your project to successful Estonian entrepreneurs and hear their thoughts
Make new friends to build something cool with in the future

Five adventurous days in Kuressaare with other young inventors. You have the chance to:

Share your ideas on what products or services the world needs
Gather a team around you to build a prototype together
Find mentors who have previously participated in Hüppelaud and now work at Estonian startups where they prototype daily
Join workshops where you'll learn design, programming, using AI tools, and presenting your prototype to potential clients, investors, and the audience
Present your project to successful Estonian entrepreneurs and hear their thoughts
Make new friends to build something cool with in the future

💥 Why come?

At Hüppelaud, you'll learn real skills by building an exciting product for yourself, get inspiration from awesome mentors, meet new young people from all over Estonia, discover your creativity, and maybe even start your first business!

💡 What types of prototypes will be built?

All sorts of prototypes are built at Hüppelaud! We have top-notch software mentors who help you design and program digital products and services.

And we also have a 3D printer, small electronics, soldering irons, and several mechanical and electronics engineers who assist in prototyping physical products. Every idea can be turned into a first experimental solution.

Examples of previous years' projects:

Camera app that suggests tasty recipes from a photo of your fridge's contents
Smart flower pot that automatically cares for soil moisture levels
Computer game to learn science

All sorts of prototypes are built at Hüppelaud! We have top-notch software mentors who help you design and program digital products and services.

Examples of previous years' projects:

Camera app that suggests tasty recipes from a photo of your fridge's contents
Smart flower pot that automatically cares for soil moisture levels
Computer game to learn science

🛡 How will transportation, accommodation, and meals be arranged?

All participants can travel between Tallinn and Kuressaare using the chartered bus organized by Hüppelaud. It departs from Tallinn on Sunday afternoon and returns on Friday evening.

Accommodation is provided in the student dormitory of the Kuressaare Ametikool complex, offering single, double, and triple rooms.

Meals are served on the first floor of the same building in the vocational school cafeteria. On Sunday, we'll have dinner there, and on other days, breakfast and lunch as well. On the last day we’ll have only breakfast and lunch.

Local participants should definitely inform us of their transportation and accommodation needs via email at tere@huppelaud.eu

All participants can travel between Tallinn and Kuressaare using the chartered bus organized by Hüppelaud. It departs from Tallinn on Sunday afternoon and returns on Friday evening.

Accommodation is provided in the student dormitory of the Kuressaare Ametikool complex, offering single, double, and triple rooms.

Local participants should definitely inform us of their transportation and accommodation needs via email at tere@huppelaud.eu

💶 How much does summer school cost?

The springboard is free for participants. We are a non-profit organization whose activities are supported by public and private partners. We are grateful for voluntary donations, especially from the participants' parents. More information on how to support our activities:

Support Hüppelaud

"As a participant in the Hüppelaud for the last two years, I wholeheartedly recommend everyone interested to join in. Hüppelaud has opened countless doors and windows for me that I could never have dreamed of."

Marten Toovis

Hüppelaud 2023-24 participant

Program

August 3rd