== '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function '''<br/> ==
Currently, At the moment there is no are two technology transfer office offices at the University university:* '''Novel-T:''' As the entrepreneurial start-up hub of Twente. However, the university works in close cooperation , Novel-T aims at connecting student startups to companies for collaboration, supporting with their partners patents acquisition, and making research done here at the UT available to the wider public. In general they help startups to share realise their knowledge and make sure that the knowledge is translated effectively into economic activitysolutions. The university has a <br> *'''Business Development TeamFraunhofer Institute:''' that supports researchers who are involved Focuses on creating a direct connection between innovative research and its application in taking research results to marketthe industrial workplace.
== '''Facilitating university-industry collaboration''' ==