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== Overview ==
An industry focus with modern courses and state-of-the-art equipment has enabled its degrees and students continue to become more renounced and respected worldwide. UTS has shown a passion to continue this movement through it's 1 Billion dollar investment to fundamentally change the way that teaching, learning and research is delivered.
== Student Entrepreneurship ==
UTS is located in Ultimo which is the most heavily populated Start-Up area in Australia, similar to Silion Valley in the United States. Leveraging upon this, UTS has become one of the most innovative and entrepreneurial campuses in Australia. There are various programs implemented by UTS to encourage student entrepreneurship including,
- The Hatchery, Ideate program: a 6 month extra curricular program, designed to give students the upper-hand in launching start-ups
- New Courses such as The Hatchery Accelerate program: a 10 week start up accelerator which gives student startups the Bachelor tools and connections to grow their business at a rapid pace. The Accelerate program also includes $2000 of Creative Intellegence & Innovationunconditional seed funding to startups which have been accepted into the program.
- Student Run Innovation and Entrepreneurial Societies on Campus
- Hackathons & Competitions including Project Pitch and 3P Competition, designed to launch competitive businesses
Each of these programs are crosstrans-disciplinary, with no limitations or restrictions to certain faculties, degree types or year levels. The culmination of each of these has enabled UTS to become an active player in the Australian Start-Up Community. Helping to grow and support the culture, values and organisations within Australias the Australian start-up ecosystem.
== Faculty of Trans-Disciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FTDI) ==
Over the years, UTS has gradually implemented a range of course work within subjects focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship to help students gain an in-depth understanding of these concepts. UTS has also implemented faculty targets to ensure that this momentum continues across all levels of the internal organisation.
- Bachelor of Technology & Innovation
- Master Masters of Data Science & Innovation
- Masters of Business Adminstration in Entrepreneurship, and many others.
These courses are designed to help equip students prepare for an innovative with the diverse skills necessary to thrive in a future full of unknowns. In these courses, students are placed into high pressure situations with limited time frames and diverse teams where they are forced to experiment and learn from their mistakes. This leaves academics to take on the role of mentor as students are encouraged to not only develop creative solutions, but also to interpret the brief itself in interesting and constantly changing career pathsdiffernet ways.
== University Opportunities ==
<u>Entrepreneurial Based Student Societies Including,</u>
- Australian Collabrotavive Collaborative Entrepreneurial Society (ACES) Focused on creating Entrepreneurship activities for students - BCII, Dedicating to encouraging innovation within students of specific courses. <u>Incubator Programs Such As:</u> - Hatchery Program, Incubator program designed to help students start and launch start-ups - Hatchery+ Program, Advanced Invubator program designed to help students grow and scale their start-ups
- BCII Connect, a student society dedicated to creating a community for and around students of the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation.
== University - Industry Collaboration ==
The university of technology has a reputation for being an extremely practical university. Focusing on and encouraging industry placements, internships and practical experience throughout courses. In some instances, this real-world experience is compulsory for students to complete.
This focus has enabled university students to better understand the job market and get real life experience. Placing them in a much better position to obtain a job upon graduation. Industry professionals also regularly mentor students during their semester at the hatchery and help design business models for potential student run start-up companies.
== Start-Up Companies ==
== Landscape Canvas ==
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x_Qbm82llQjJffIheY0fgKWbJm-DvfAz1tkYfs1Q1Nw/edit#gid=0 2018 Landscape Canvas]
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R2VFCUqoX-CR5sDqWEpmYpjifsJs8IwsRBcf_jDb3XE/edit#gid=1930134819 2017 Landscape Canvas]
[https://www.facebook.com/UTSEngage/ https://www.facebook.com/UTSFEIT/]
UTS UIF Facebook Page:
[https://www.facebook.com/UIFUTS/ https://www.facebook.com/UIFUTS/]
Spring 2018 UIF:
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:PreslandBoy Laurence Presland]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alastair_Bate Alastair Bate]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_Ryan James Ryan]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gavan_Huang Gavan Huang]
Spring 2017 UIF: