<div>The UM does not have a technology transfer office.</div>
== Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration: ==[[File:Feria Laboral.jpg|thumb|Feria Laboral|link=Special:FilePath/Feria_Laboral.jpg]]UM gives various tools for students to interact with industries and businesses. One of the ways it does this is by hosting the "Feria Laboral" each year in which the main businesses in the country Connect with students. This opportunity also helps students get internships that are Compulsory in the Bachelor degrees.
In the help of the search of internships the University provides opportunities for students, like in [https://www.um.edu.uy/cinoi CINOI] (Center of Innovation in Industrial Organization) which main Objective is to form a stronger Bond between the university and the business world, and it's visión is to be a pionera Center of Innovation and Applied Research in Industrial Organization in Latin America.
Lastly to help students get internships the university developed its own website called "Portal Laboral" which provides exclusive Job offerings with Partners Companies.
<span id="docs-internal-guid-779cc858-b9b4-02b2-9360-4c48e60ec4e9"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The university has a wide range of partnerships Another way the University helps students connect with different industries and businesses. One of Companies is by the main reasons for I-Lab thatis a 3 month long course where students form groups, are the compulsory internships that and each student group is assigned a different business with whom it has to make each summer</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">as a requisite work with in order Order to obtain their degree</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">find Solutions to the Problem that each business is currently facing. This gives the All students a better picture learn to make use of reality and forces them to evaluate their career and opportunities, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">at the same time they gain hands on experience Design Thinking techniques and start forming their work networktogether with students from all majors, Both essential aspects regarding innovation.</span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-779cc858-b9b4-02b2-9360-4c48e60ec4e9"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Initium has recently develop some entrepreneurship focus internships in different startups. This initiative not only gives the student the opportunity to experience In 2022 FIUM launched a real work experience but also stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship at the same time.</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-779cc858-b9b4-02b2-9360-4c48e60ec4e9"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some classes come together with local companies to develop or find a solution to a real problem. This semester for example in the Lab V course, telematics and computer engineers used their combined skills to find a solution to Mastra’s prepaid card system. [http://mastra.com.uy/ Mastra] </span><span style=tittled "font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;Explorando el Mundo Empresarial">which main aim is a local bar, pioneer in craft beer in Uruguay. It began as a startup founded by Ing.Wilfredo Camacho, graduate of the </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Universidad de Montevideo</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and Alejandro Cardozo.</span></span> <span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[[File:Mastra.jpg|border|left|650x350px|Mastra.jpg]]</span></span> <span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wilfredo Camacho, Mastra</span></span><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another course that aims to give for Engineers students the tools to find solutions to real problems is I-Lab. This is a 3 months long course where students form groups, visit Companies and each group is assigned a different business with whom it has to work with in order to find solutions to the problem that each business is currently facing. All students learn to make use of the Design Thinking techniques and work together with students from all majors, both essential aspects regarding innovation.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>[[File:Labs.JPG|border|left|650x300px|Labs.JPG|link=Special:FilePath/Labsabout them while they interact.JPG]]<br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-471b904d-233a-c264-f912-32070a6ccb99"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Josefina Maisonnave- Initium Director</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In some faculties there are research offices that offer students internships by helping professors in their investigations. Let’s take for example the </span>[https://www.linkedin.com/company/15086209?trk=prof-0-ovw-curr_pos CINOI] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Center of Innovation in Industrial Organization). It’s main objective is to form a stronger bond between the university Engaging with regional and the business world, and it’s vision is to be a pioneer Center of Innovation and Applied Research in Industrial Organization in Latin America.</span></div>=Regional and Local local Economic Developmentefforts=
<span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b9e6-9d0d-bff3-b1a96e4173eb"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Latin America has become a breeding ground for new businesses led by young people and it is now the second most enterprising region in the world, according to the World Bank.</span></span>