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[[File:LogoUCU.png|thumb|Logo UCU|link== <span id="docs-internal-guid-40ef68fe-7fff-81af-3506-62f9f516a9c1"><span style="font-sizeSpecial: 17pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overview<FilePath/span></span> ==LogoUCU.png]]<div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family[[File:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>'''Catholic University of Uruguay''' is a private university in&nbsp;Uruguay&nbsp;opened in 1985.&nbsp;It was the only private university in the country for 11 years until 1996. Its full name is&nbsp;Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga, &nbsp;and is a work of the&nbsp;Society of Jesus.</big></span></span></div><div><span stylejpg|alt="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>Its main campus is spread out in six locations in&nbsp;|thumb|UCU Campus Montevideo; there are two other campuses, in&nbsp;Maldonado&nbsp;and&nbsp;Salto.</big></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>The university is divided into seven departments:</big></span></span></div>*<div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>Business Sciences department</big></span></span></div>]]*<div><span style="font-size[[File:small;"><span style="fontCampus-family:arial,helvetica,sansUCU-serif;"><big>Nursing&nbsp;and Health Technologies department</big></span></span></div>*<div><span stylePDE.jpg|thumb|UCU Campus Punta del Este|link="font-sizeSpecial:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>Human Sciences department<FilePath/big></span></span></div>*<div><span style="fontCampus-size:small;"><span style="fontUCU-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>Law deparment</big></span></span></div>*<div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>Engineering&nbsp;& Technologies department</big></span></span></div>*<div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>Odontology department</big></span></span></div>*<div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>Psychology department</big></span></span></div>PDE.jpg]]

== '''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big><span id="docs-internal-guid-40ef68fe-7fff-81af-3506-62f9f516a9c1"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: 17pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting student innovation entrepreneurship</span></span></big>Overview</span></span>==The ''' ==<div style="text-align: justify;"><br/></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><big><span style="font-family:arialUniversidad Católica del Uruguay (UCU)''', founded in 1985, is the oldest and largest private university in Uruguay. It was the only private university in the country for more than a decade. UCU is run by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and is recognized nationally and internationally for combining academic excellence,helveticasocial commitment,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-40ef68fe-7fff-81af-3506-62f9f516a9c1"><span style="background-colorand innovation. The main campus is located in '''Montevideo (Parque Batlle)''', with additional campuses in '''Punta del Este''' and '''Salto''', and outreach centers in other regions. UCU has six academic units: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'''Universidad Católica del UruguayHealth Sciences, Business Sciences, Law and Human Sciences, Engineering and Technologies, UCU Business School, and the Graduate School''' believes that innovation and entrepreneurship are of huge importance and, thereforewith over 11, has various different ways to promote its 000 students to engage in this area. Not only are there courses that indirectly provoke students to feel intrigued and widen their knowledge in this area, but UCU  The university also provides coursesoperates several specialized centers, clubs and workshops that facilitate this learning process. Some faculties offer a wider variety of these activities than others but all students, no matter their major, have the possibility to innovate and become an entrepreneur if they desire sosuch as: *'''Íthaka Center''' (Innovation & Entrepreneurship).</span></span></span></big></span><br/></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><big><span style="font-family:arial*'''Ludus Center''' (Educational Innovation).*'''Agora Center''' (Leadership and Public Life).*'''Ignis Center''' (Research on Digital Culture and Communication).*'''University Health Clinics''' (Primary Care and Community Health).*'''Berit Center''' (Jewish Studies). UCU’s strategic orientation combines '''academic rigor, internationalization, sustainability,helveticaand innovation''',sans-serif;"><span><span stylealigning with Jesuit values of service and leadership. ==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==<div><div style="backgroundtext-coloralign: transparentjustify; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Particularly, </span>">Promoting '''student innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E)''' is one of UCU’s strongest pillars. The '''Íthaka Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''<span style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(17plays a leading role, 85, 204); background-colorproviding students with mentoring, incubation, workshops, and competitions that allow them to '''discover, learn, and experiment''' with new ideas.Main initiatives include: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ÍthaKa</span> *'''Hackathon “Suma Innovación a tu Carrera”''', awarding scholarships to high school students through innovation challenges.*'''LOOP Innovation Week'''<span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Innovation and Entrepreneurship centre)(2018–2019) → evolved into '''UCU Week''', held annually since 2021, where classes are suspended and students access entrepreneurial workshops, design sprints, OPITI and Students Affairs are responsible for promotinginnovation bootcamps.*'''Innovation Community''' (since 2020), mentoring a student-driven initiative to solve campus challenges.*'''Podcast “Onda Emprendedora”''' and supporting the students open sessions with their ideas and projectslocal entrepreneurs. For instance, ÍthaKa centre organized the three-day-long engagement called “Innovatón” in Punta Del Este*'''“Intervalos” Project''', where attendees learned the well-known Design Thinking processlive student interviews with CEOs and business leaders.</span></span></span></big></span></div><div style="text-align Between 2023 and 2025, Íthaka launched additional programs: *''Potenciá Gastronomía'': justify;"><span style="font-sizetraining and networking for culinary entrepreneurs.*''Mujeres que Construyen'':small;"><big><span style="font-familysupporting women in construction and design industries.*''Capacitaciones EDMP'':arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>Moreover, UCU has taken part training in organizing LOOP an “innovation week” in both 2018 entrepreneurial design and 2019management practices. LOOP is a week long bootcamp focused on teaching design thinking by tackling down social challenges*''Emprendimiento que Quiere Crecer'': accelerator program for scaling startups. In 2025, targeted to university UCU students and anyone joined the '''University Innovation Fellows (UIF)''' global network, consolidating UCU’s role in fostering entrepreneurship aligned with an interest in innovation Stanford d.school and problem solvingTwente University frameworks.&nbsp;</span></span></big></span></div><div><br/></div><p style ==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function=="text-align: justify;"></p><div></div>== Encouraging faculty innovation UCU supports technology transfer and entrepreneurship:&nbsp; ==intellectual property (IP) processes through its collaboration with '''Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación (ANII)''' and Íthaka. Although UCU does not yet have a fully independent '''Technology Transfer Office (TTO)''', Íthaka provides guidance on:<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial*'''Patent registration''' and IP rights.*'''Legal mentoring''' for student and faculty startups.*'''Seed fund competitions''' that include IP advisory services. In 2024, UCU launched new training modules on '''IP law,helveticastartup financing,sans-serif;"><big>When a student has an idea and wants to pursue itinnovation contracts''', it is extremely important to have the university support and guidancestrengthening its role as a facilitator of technology transfer in Uruguay’s academic ecosystem.&nbsp;</big></span></span></div><div style ==Facilitating university-industry collaboration="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-sizeUCU actively connects students and faculty with industry partners. Collaboration channels include:small;"><span style="font-family:arial *'''Íthaka Mentoring Program''',helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>This is the reason why IthaKalinking projects with industry experts.*'''Ignis Convoca''', our I&E center was createdencouraging participation in international innovation contests. Before this*'''IdeasLab''', our university had two different establishments for entrepreneurship: Nexo, offering a a pre-incubator serviceincubation program to validate business models.*'''Circular Opportunities''', an initiative to support sustainable business models. Employment and CII career integration: *'''Career Fair ( Feria Laboral)''', the Center for Innovation and Engineering of largest in the Faculty of Engineering and Technologiescountry, where 80+ companies meet UCU students annually.*'''UCU Job Portal''' (since 2023). Recently, they associated matching students with internships and formed a new center called Ithakajobs.*Professional practices in '''Engineering, Communication, Medicine, which principal aim is to incubate students´ ideas and materialize themBusiness''', often developed with companies as final projects.&nbsp; The main mission of this center is  Academic–industry innovation: *'''Engineering Promotion Fund (ANII)''' supports senior-year entrepreneurship projects.*'''“Challenges” courses''' in Computer Science (team-based solutions to bring our university community closer to the entrepreneurial ecosystemreal problems in 3-week sprints).*'''Graduate School Capstone Program''', promote innovation and creativity for the development of ventures that contribute requiring every graduate student to the development of a more prosperous, fair engage in applied professional practice. These collaborations ensure UCU graduates are prepared for '''interdisciplinary teamwork and humane societymarket challenges'''.</big></span></span></div><div style =="text-align: justify;"><span styleEncouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>In fact, Ithaka has already created entrepreneurs Faculty are actively encouraged to integrate innovation in both '''teaching and innovatorsresearch'''. For instance, Marcelo Ciaspessoni, a Business Management student of UCU, together with íthakaThe '''s help and support founded a successful enterprise called ViajerosUy; this is a tourist agency especialized Ludus Center''' supports professors in adventure activities adopting '''project-based learning, digital transformation, and AI in Uruguayeducation''', offering training and certification programs.&nbsp; Professors also act as mentors within Íthaka’s programs, guiding student startups in legal, financial, and technical aspects. Several UCU faculty members are themselves entrepreneurs or serve as con</bigspan></span>su</span></divspan>lta<div style="text-align: justify;"span></span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-familynts for companies, bringing industry expertise into the classroom. Recent highlights (2023–2025):arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big><span id="docs *Expansion of '''faculty mentoring networks''' in Íthaka programs.*Faculty-internal-guid-175cf5d5-7fff-67cbled applied research projects with direct commercialization potential.*Growth of '''interdisciplinary teaching teams''', e.g., Medicine + Engineering in health-eb8f-b23119daf2c7"><span style="background-color: transparent; fonttech projects.*Launch of '''faculty innovation workshops''' in sustainable business and circular economy. This culture empowers professors to explore entrepreneurial pathways, while also creating role models who inspire students to pursue their own ventures. ==Facilitating university-variant-numericindustry collaboration==<div>[[Category:Schools]][[Category: normal; font-variant-east-asianUniversidad_Católica_del_Uruguay]][[Category: normal; vertical-alignUniversities]][[Category: baseline; white-spaceSchools]][[Category: pre-wrap;">Students ́ organizations are also highly promoted by Ithaka, proof of this is the Entrepreneur ́s Club at Punta Universidad_Católica_del_Uruguay]]The '''Universidad Católica del Este ́s Campus. Here, students from Uruguay (UCU )''' fosters strong connections between academia and other universities who would like to become entrepreneurs industry, ensuring that students, faculty, and already entrepreneurs of the city gather and take part in talks to inspirealumni engage with real-world organizations, businesses, teach entrepreneurial skills and promote innovationmarkets.</span></span></big></span></span></div><div></div>Collaboration is promoted through structured programs, mentoring, fairs, and work-practice opportunities. ===Innovation & Entrepreneurship== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==<div><span style="font-sizeUCU integrates entrepreneurship with industry via several flagship programs:small;"><span style="font-family *'''Íthaka Mentoring Program''':arialSupports students,helveticafaculty,sans-serif;"><big>UCU facilitates the relationship between industry and the university alumni in multiple ways, some of which developing business ideas and transforming them into startups. Each year, eight projects are described belowselected and paired with expert mentors, including 25 academic staff members.</big></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-sizeThe program also includes access to '''seed funds''' and '''legal mentoring''' from UCU professors.*'''Ignis Convoca Program''':small;"><span style="font-family:arialEncourages participation in '''regional and international competitions''',helveticaconnecting students with global innovation networks.*'''IdeasLab (pre-incubation program)''': Provided training,sansmentoring, and validation for early-serif;"><big>1stage ventures, laying the foundation for UCU’s incubation culture. Innovation & Entrepreneurship</big></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style*'''Circular Opportunities''': Although no longer active, this initiative trained entrepreneurs addressing '''social and environmental problems''', leaving a legacy of socially responsible innovation within Íthaka. ===Job Opportunities and Career Integration=="font-size:small;"><span style="font-familyUCU facilitates student access to the labor market through multiple initiatives:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>There are two main programmes that regulate and connect the entrepreneurship and innovation that takes place in university with real-life organizations *'''Feria Laboral''': An annual career fair bringing together more than 80 companies from diverse sectors, business providing information and marketsdirect hiring opportunities for UCU students. The first one is the mentoring program offered by Ithaka. This one supports *'''UCU Job Portal''' (since 2023): An online platform where students, professors, upload CVs and alumni in developing apply to internships and jobs tailored to their ideas skills.*'''On-campus internships''': Opportunities for students to gain experience in administration, research centers, and technical support within the pursuit of transforming them into entrepreneursUniversity itself. In fact, the seed funds competitions ===Work-Practice Opportunities===UCU emphasizes '''interdisciplinary and transversal education''', have a designated budget preparing students for Ithaka’s memberstoday’s job market, which demands teamwork across diverse disciplines rather than isolated specialization.</big></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial *Most degrees include '''mandatory internships''' in external companies, particularly in senior years.*Certain programs invite students to carry out '''joint projects with companies and academic staff''',helveticasuch as audiovisual production,sans-serif;"><big>business consulting, and content creation.*The second one is '''Engineering Department''', supported by the “Ignis Convoca” program'''Engineering Promotion Fund (ANII)''', which also gives allows senior students support but, at the same time, pushes them to participate in contests regional and internationalcomplete an '''entrepreneurship-focused final project'''.</big></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line*'''Computer Science “Challenges” courses''': Three-height: 1week innovation sprints where teams propose solutions to real societal or business problems.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height*'''Graduate School Capstone Program''': 1A compulsory applied project for all graduate students, directly connecting them to professional practice and industry partners.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial Through these initiatives,helvetica,sans-serif;">UCU consolidates itself as a '''bridge between academia and industry''', promoting innovation, employability, and the entrepreneurial spirit among its students and faculty.<big/div><span id=="docs-internal-guid-13109c4b-7fff-7bf1-9cd7-927874d96264">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts==<span div style="backgroundtext-coloralign: transparentjustify; font-variant-numeric">[[Category:Universities]][[Category:Schools]][[Category: normal; font-variant-east-asianUniversidad_Católica_del_Uruguay]][[Category: normal; vertical-alignUniversities]][[Category: baseline; white-spaceSchools]][[Category: pre-wrap;">Universidad_Católica_del_Uruguay]]The university also organizes activities to facilitate validation with incubators. An example '''Uruguayan government''' has been strengthening the startup ecosystem through the '''National Agency of this is IdeasLab, a pre-incubation programResearch and Innovation (ANII)''' and the '''National Development Agency (ANDE)'''. Both institutions play a central role in funding, where mentoring, tutoring and training are given by mentors who help validate the participant ́s business plansupporting innovation initiatives in Uruguay. ANII provides grants for research projects, national and international postgraduate scholarships, and programs that foster an entrepreneurial culture in both public and private sectors.</span></span></big></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1ANDE focuses on sustainable economic development with social equity and territorial balance.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial UCU,helvetica,sansthrough the '''Íthaka Center''', is recognized as an official '''Sponsoring Institution of Entrepreneurship (Institución Patrocinadora de Emprendimientos – IPE)''' before ANII and ANDE. Thanks to this recognition, Íthaka’s pre-serif;"><big><span id="docs-internal-guid-13109c4b-7fff-7bf1-9cd7-927874d96264"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variantincubated entrepreneurs gain access to capital and resources to validate and scale their ideas. Íthaka also runs competitions such as '''Tecnolog''' and '''Kenn S. George''', which provide teams with workshops, mentoring, and seed capital for the winning projects. These initiatives have positioned UCU as one of the most active universities in fostering early-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Moreoverstage entrepreneurship in Uruguay. Since 2023, as UCU believes that social responsibility and engagement in important, promotes Íthaka has partnered with Ithaka a program called “Circular Opportunities” that provide tutorships '''Municipio CH''', '''ANDE''', and training to the '''Ministry of Interior''' in the '''“Andrés Abt Entrepreneurs’ Sentry Boxes” project''', which repurposes disused police booths into spaces for entrepreneurs trying to address social showcase and environmental problemssell their products. This project not only generates new job opportunities but also contributes to urban renewal and community integration.&nbsp;</span></span></big></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style ===UCU’s Strategic Plan for the Future==="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arialAligned with its '''Strategic Plan 2025''',helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>2UCU commits to fostering value creation in academia and society. The University’s priorities include becoming more '''innovative, inclusive, creative, and globally connected'''. Job opportunities facilitators</big></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arialUCU constantly reinvents itself through new degree programs, interdisciplinary approaches, and initiatives such as the '''UCU Business School''' and international partnerships. Looking ahead,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>“Feria Laboral” UCU is an annual event. It is mainly a fair which aim is inserting students into preparing to reinforce this commitment through the labour market. This activity consists creation of a large number of companies from different fields gathered '''Vice-Rectorate for this day in the university to describeInnovation''', inform which will unify and offer different career opportunities expand all entrepreneurial, technological, and creative initiatives within the institution. This new structure will act as a transversal axis across faculties, ensuring that students can apply forinnovation is not only a support area but also a '''core element of the university’s identity'''.</big></span></span></div><div><span style="font By consolidating a dedicated Vice-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arialRectorate for Innovation, UCU seeks to accelerate its growth,helveticaattract international collaborations,sansand position itself as a '''regional benchmark in innovation-serif;"><big><span id="docs-internal-guid-36e22a4e-7fff-ac8f-703d-47ebb2fe419e"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are several&nbsp; internships available as well,&nbsp; for students that want to start working at the university, such opportunities include being part of the centers, the administration or the technical support.</span></span></big></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>3. Work-practice opportunities</big></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big>Universidad Catolica del Uruguay offers infrastructure and resources for making their own professional practices before graduation.</big></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><big><span id="docs-internal-guid-dddfe150-7fff-034d-40ed-28c9e32574d9"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UCU is currently going through a changing process, the whole university is turning into a more insightful and transversal education center aiming for an interdisciplinary and intercareer process of education and formation. Ucu is trying to make professionals adapted to today’s needs by teaching them that knowing a lot of only one thing is not the best way to approach the work market. Today’s needs require a deep but not professional&nbsp; knowledge about a vast amount of topics. UCU is making us try to be profesionales at projects and working in teams of different professions rather than solo workers.</span></span></big></span></span></div>== Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts ==<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><big><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Uruguayan government is helping the startup industry flourish by implementing these institutions&nbsp;: National Agency of Research and Innovation (ANII) and National Development Agency (ANDE). Enhancing this, the Co work spaces and the special Centers dedicated to supporting students, postgraduates and graduates with an entrepreneurial spirit are an important base in the progress of the realization of ideas.</span></big></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><big><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Regarding to ANII, this institution makes available to the public funds for research projects, national and international postgraduate scholarships and incentive programs for innovative culture and entrepreneurship, both in the private and public sectors.</span></big></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><big><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In relation to ANDE,&nbsp; their aim is to contribute to productive economic development, in a sustainable way, with social equity and environmental and territorial balance.</span></big></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><big><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Ithaka is the Sponsoring Institution of Entrepreneurship (IPE) in front of the National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII) and the National Development Agency (ANDE).</span></big></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><big><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks to the support of ANII and ANDE, Ithaka´s&nbsp; pre-incubated entrepreneurs will have access to capital to carry out the validation of their idea.</span></big></span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small;"><big>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-da02c675-7fff-5720-b0ee-7f1b6ab3a6c5"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UCU ́s Strategic Plan for the Future</span></span>'''</big></span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small;"><big><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-da02c675-7fff-5720-b0ee-7f1b6ab3a6c5"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In a diverse and alarming world, we have the challenge of committing ourselves to the creation of sustained value in the relationships and decisions we make daily.</span></span></span></big></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;"><big><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-da02c675-7fff-5720-b0ee-7f1b6ab3a6c5"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In UCU ́s Strategic Plan, the aim is to be more innovative, creative, inclusive and open to the world.&nbsp;</span></span></span></big></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;"><big><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-da02c675-7fff-5720-b0ee-7f1b6ab3a6c5"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When students learn, the sky isn't the limit, therefore UCU is constantly reinventing so that the academic experience is enhanced. UCU is achieving that by providing day to day new courses, careers, or even a new institution (as it is UCU Business School).&nbsp;</span></span></span></big></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;"><big><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-da02c675-7fff-5720-b0ee-7f1b6ab3a6c5"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every day that passesdriven higher education'''. This initiative will strengthen collaboration with industry, UCU tries to be a better universityfoster research commercialization, where all the stakeholders contribute and empower students and faculty to overall sustainable developmentlead projects with real and lasting impact.</span></span></span></big></span></div><div><br/></div>== Related Links ==

'''Fall 2021 Fellows''' [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Sofia_Carballo Sofía Carballo] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Carol_Glass_(2021) Carol Glass] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Nicole_Imbert Nicole Imbert] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Sebasti%C3%A1n_Soto_Mira Sebastián Soto] '''Fall 2023 Fellows''' [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Martin_Silva Martin Silva] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Alfonso_Gesto Alfonso Gesto] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Sof%C3%ADa_Souto Sofia Souto] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Camila_D%27Oliveira Camila D'Oliveira] '''Fall 2025 Fellows''' [[CategoryFellow:UniversitiesValentina Bartora Marchissio|Valentina Bartora Marchissio]] [[CategoryFellow:SchoolsFelipe Becoña|Felipe Becoña]] [[CategoryFellow:Universidad_Católica_del_UruguayLeticia Juncal|Leticia Juncal]] [[Fellow:Marco Montelatici|Marco Montelatici]] 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