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Revision as of 08:26, 19 October 2016
Universidad de Ingeniería & Tecnología (UTEC) is a private university located in Lima, Peru. University of Engineering & Technology (UTEC) has the support of businessmen from various economic sectors of Peru, which in turn boost education, innovation, research and development of the economy, based on the design of an educational model , aimed at the needs of the labor market and address the various problems of the XXI century. Undergraduate, Executive Education, UTEC Ventures and applied research services, are designed according to the trends and demands that globalization poses to modern engineering.
Contents
- 1 - PROMOTING STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP -
- 2 - ENCOURAGING FACULTY INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP -
- 3 - ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FUNCTION -
- 4 - FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION -
- 5 - ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS -
- 6 - LANDSCAPE CANVAS -
- 7 - RELATED LINKS -
- PROMOTING STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP -
UTEC (Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología) is committed to develop I&E skills in the students through business and management courses, as well as encouraging them through events and presentations in UTEC Ventures and competitions like Disrupton (like a Hackaton focused on solving a problem inside the University) and Hackatons.
Also, UTEC holds several workshops to catalyze the creation of startups and world Start-up events in order to promote I&E, like Global Startup Lab, GIST Startup Bootcamp, Peru Design Week, fiiS (International Festival for Social Innovation) and the 1776 Challenge Cup. Moreover, courses like Innovation International Program and Innovation Through Design are focused to Senior Education.
But innovation starts from the first year. Since you are a freshman you face all kind of problems by Vivir la Ingeniería (Live the Engineering) projects. To tackle them, students can use spaces like Fablab, UTEC garage or the Product Design Laboratory. Some of them are good enough to participate in collaborative projects with MIT, Harvard and Colorado School of Mines.
- ENCOURAGING FACULTY INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP -
UTEC encourages investigation and innovation among its teachers and students. Among the faculty, there are some patents. For example, Mg. Melchor Llosa D, teacher of Physics in the University has recently patented an accessory for conversion of diesel- ethanol engine and an accessory for conversion in gasoline engines.
Also, Ph D Julien Noel, director of Energy Engineering has patent a publicitary panel that generates potable water.
- ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FUNCTION -
At UTEC, the Legal Division Advice is always looking for the security of the student’s or faculty member’s ideas. In addition, UTEC Ventures provides consulting in how to make an idea profitable.
- FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION -
About university-industry collaboration, UTEC has partnerships with several companies, in order to prepare its students to the industry work through the development of projects which will be useful for the same company. Also there are some industry programs of practices in summer.
UTEC Career Services is responsible for connecting students with other companies, as part of this mission, they created “UTEC Networking”, which is a space for the exchange of knowledge between companies and students in order to bridge the gap between academic and workplace. This event is conformed by career presentations, companies presentations, business talks, project talks, elevator pitches, company stands, an online employ fair and the opportunity to meet and match people for any personal professional purpose, as getting a job, internship or some network to develop projects.
- ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS -
- LANDSCAPE CANVAS -
- RELATED LINKS -
Universidad de Ingeniería & Tecnología (UTEC)
University Innovation Fellows
Spring 2016 (September - October):
