Technology-Based Business Models for Circularity

Education facts

Code: 1TS346

This course examines the foundations of business models and how circular strategies shape technology‑intensive industries. It covers current circular business models and key approaches such as reuse, repair, refurbishment, remanufacturing, recycling, and energy recovery. The course highlights how emerging technologies enable sustainable and innovation‑driven models aligned with the triple bottom line. It also addresses system‑level circularity involving collaboration between multiple actors, as well as strategic challenges linked to complex (“wicked”) problems and the fundamentals of patents and intellectual property rights. Teaching consists of interactive lectures, guest lectures, seminars, workshops, project work, and applied in-class learning activities.

Entry requirements

150 credits in science/engineering/pharmacy including 15 credits at Master's level. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Technology-Based Business Models for Circularity

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 2 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 33 %