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= Overview =
 
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The University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) is located in the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. It was established on September 23, 1911. UPRM is the second-largest university campus of the University of Puerto Rico system.
 
The University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) is located in the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. It was established on September 23, 1911. UPRM is the second-largest university campus of the University of Puerto Rico system.
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*Creativity and Innovation
 
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Revision as of 18:12, 12 January 2018

Overview

Uprm logo.jpg

The University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) is located in the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. It was established on September 23, 1911. UPRM is the second-largest university campus of the University of Puerto Rico system.

Consists of four major colleges: Agricultural Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration and Engineering.  Offers over 50 bachelor's programs, more than 25 master's programs and 5 doctoral's programs. There are around 12,000 students enrolled. The Mayaguez Campus is ranked number 1 in the Caribbean. 



Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship:

UPRM E-Ship

UPRM E-Ship is the umbrella for all the efforts related to innovation and entrepreneurship. This project has the objective to link all the champions and initiatives in order to create a bigger impact.

Education

I&E Courses

  • Design Thinking
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Engineering Capstone
  • Introduction to Business Development
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • New Business Development

Spaces

  • Business Center
  • Starting Point Makerspace
  • Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer
  • Model Factory
  • Research and Development Center

Associations

  • Association of Programmers Entrepreneurs
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • HackPR
  • Enactus UPRM
  • Idea Platform

Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship:

Research commercialization exists.

Actively supporting the university technology transfer function:

Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer Office

Facilitating university-industry collaboration:

ViTech

Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts:

University Innovation Fellows Candidates 2017

  1. Alejandro Aponte
  2. Jaran Arroyo
  3. Rolando Cruz
  4. Alex Herrero

University Innovation Fellows Candidates 2015

  1. Jonathan Díaz Sepulveda
  2. Angelisse_Ramos
  3. Jahannie_Torres
  4. Rodolfo_Romañach
  5. Bryan_Muñoz
  6. Emmanuel Oquendo-Rosa

Related Links

http://www.uprm.edu/

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