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=Overview=
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UTEC is a proposal of public education, with a technological profile, committed to the expansion of the higher education supply to the interior of Uruguay (the main idea was to settle or locate the University in the interior of the country); fostering the link with the productive environment and the promotion of the country's social and cultural development. This university has a wide and diverse list of available careers that include pregrade, grade and postgrade, while complementing them with many programs and courses to complete the student curricula.
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=Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship=
At This section provides opportunities for both UTEC, there can be found many workshops focused on innovation students and external individuals. The goal is to mentor them in the field of entrepreneurship, as well as undergraduate courses whether they have an idea or already have a business in place. From that are focused on science and engineeringpoint, they meet with experts who guide them through the subsequent steps in the best possible way. If the teachers encourage their experts see potential in that idea or business, they assist in securing external funding from sources outside of UTEC to bring that idea to fruition. Recently, many campuses have introduced modern infrastructure, including co-working spaces that students to innovate , professors, and , in some cases, community members can use to have an entrepreneurial perspective when making the projectsdevelop their ideas or network.
The main event of =Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship = This sector is similar to the previous one; the Innovation Week, which takes place difference lies in the month that these are already advanced and operational businesses requiring a different type of October guidance on how to expand. This expansion includes various areas such as e-commerce, marketing, and gathers companies from public and private areas joining forces alongside local high schools social media. Additionally, they are connected with governmental entities or specific financing programs tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). =Actively supporting the university technology transfer function= In this area, courses are provided for entrepreneurs who wish to learn or enhance their studentsuse of the Excel tool, as well as other higher education institutions delivered by a renowned professor and universitiesaccountant, all free of charge. For individuals with a specific idea who want to prototype it, this is made possible through 3D modeling. UTEC boasts state-of-the-art 3D printers and also offers modeling courses, which is innovative in the special region. This is because few places in the country provide these types of tools. =Facilitating university-industry collaboration = In this section, various types of conferences have been organized, where UTEC has covered the Finnish university JAMKexpenses to bring relevant actors from global supply chains to share their experiences. Additionally, working there is an exchange of knowledge with all together in order to discover new ways participants through interactive question sessions. In the field of innovationrobotics, bring a wide spectrum competition was held, attracting participants from the neighboring country, Brazil, who competed with Uruguayan students and exchanged knowledge. All of careers together to make this took place during a projectweek where they could share, compete, instead and learn about the robotics field. =Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts= In this section, various types of each career doing in-person gatherings were organized, with the task separatelyparticipation of UTEC students from across Uruguay. And alsoIn addition, specific conferences were held, focusing on environmental sustainability, this projects will have a great impact in with the communityaim of exploring what we can do to bring about sustainable change. UTEC also promotes cultural diversity by hosting some events that creates opportunities to connect and share our different traditions.
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=International Relations Unit=
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The Regional Technological Institutes (ITRs, by its acronym in Spanish) are the manifestation of UTEC in the territory (the campus).They are located on different cities regions in the country, based on the regional local needs for higher education in each cityplace. They are the centers that manage the activities in the region; in order to create a dialogue with the environment, through a strong decentralized profesional path.
When UTEC was first created its main focus was to decentralize centers of higher education in the country from the capital. At the time all uruguayan students could mostly do if they wanted to pursue a college career was to move to Montevideo, and study there. This drastically changed with the arrival of UTEC. Its first institution was built in the southwest part of the country, Fray Bentos. Since then on, all ITRs built have been following the same path and have been designed to fit the communities they were built around.
After "In UTEC centers don't focus on just one area with a fixed list of careers, since its purpose is to provide more access to education, in each building you can have very different careers from different departments. There are many centers throughout the country that belong to UTEC, where the faculty's offices and the classrooms are located. Each center belongs to a subgroup in the university according to its location, this groups are the ITRs. There are currently three well established (although still growing) ITRs, and a fourth one that is still being implemented (athough already working). The ITRs and their assigned centers are the following: *ITR Southwest #Fray Bentos", "Río Negro#Mercedes, Mercedes#La Paz, Colonia#Nueva Helvecia, Colonia#Paysandú, Paysandú *ITR Center-South #Durazno" , Durazno#San José, San José#Maldonado, Maldonado (Currently) *ITR- Centro Sur) was created in 2017; and then North #Rivera, Rivera's institution #Melo, Cerro Largo *ITR East (ITR - NorteStill being implemented) was inaugurated. Nowadays #Minas, Lavalleja#Maldonado, Maldonado (In the creation future) The three main and bigger centers (in terms of size, careers offered and students attending) are the new "Minas" center (ITR - East) is planned; UTEC is at continuing growth since its beginningones located in Durazno, Fray Bentos and Rivera.
=Related Links=
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhqifS4oDmY Becoming UTEC (Storytelling video link)]
[https://utec.edu.uy/es/educacion/ Available careers]
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