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Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship

Innovation has always been deeply embedded at the heart of the Universidad de los Andes. From the very core of the institution –it’s mission statement– can be seen to play a key role: “the University of the Andes is an autonomous, independent and innovativeinstitution that fosters pluralism, tolerance and respect for ideas [...]”

Student innovation and entrepreneurship is highly endorsed in certain faculties, both inside and outside of the classroom. The Business and Design Schools are the leaders in the creation and implementation of I&E opportunities in the classroom, with the Industrial Engineering department trailing not far behind. More and more, courses and study programs have been modified in order to further interest and expose students to I&E. These courses teach students how important it is to keep their minds open to everything I&E has to offer, and help them harvest finer entrepreneurial skills. Some of these courses have students dedicate the whole semester’s work to developing a project of their choosing, while others expose them to real-life cases and make them think outside the box.

Even though most projects deviate and stay in just dreams, there are participation circles that step in to help student entrepreneurs. These include Empreandes, which helps them ideate a stronger and more innovative core at the beginning of their entrepreneurship , andCentro de emprendimiento, where certified mentors asses them with interactive workshops and business-oriented makerspace. Also, when students need guidance through their entrepreneurial process, big scale entrepreneurship accelerators like Despega Colombia, can help propel a student’s own particular idea.

Universidad de Los Andes has a variety of tools and groups that promote students throughout the entire process of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship

Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is encouraged a matter of great relevance at the Universidad de Los Andes. Given its long-established national renown as the pioneer university in terms of R&D, it was just a matter of time before innovation and entrepreneurship ensued as a practice and became key to the faculty production at Los Andes. At the moment, investigative portfolios and academic production from the faculty members is classified in one of 5 big topics that help the nation at a macro level:

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-== '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function''' ==
-&nbsp;The Universidad de los Andes is currently working on developing a strong Technology Transfer Office. At the moment, the university relies on the Office for Technology and Knowledge Transfer (OTTC, for its initials in Spanish) to carry out the functions of an institution with this reason of being. The OTTC currently encourages the members of the university to create patents, work with outside businesses with which the university holds alliances, and interact with non-profits and other organizations, in order to commercialize the different creations of the university’s student community’s leaders.
-This office, nonetheless, is relatively new, so most of the students have not been exposed to its dynamics and even its purpose. It is of great importance for the university to improve the reach and the acceptance of this program within the university environment.
-== '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' ==
-Many programs at Universidad de los Andes have established strategic alliances with different key partners in the industry. These alliances have proved to be really effective, since they have paved the way for hand in hand work between the University and the Industry. Students are also encouraged to take part in these projects since most of the first-hand assistance to research groups are elective courses open to students of the pertaining major.
-There are also some student created spaces that connect efforts of the University with those of the industry. Despega Colombia, mentioned above, is a good example of this partnerships. Since it’s a hybrid between an entrepreneurship accelerator and competition, there is an important portion of I&E concepts to be taught to the students: these concepts are imparted by some strategic partners of Despega Colombia, such as Fisheye, InQLab and Háptica, three prominent entrepreneurship incubators at a regional level. This is a prime example of how students start weaving bonds with the industry, recognizing the mutual benefits that ensue from such collaborations.
-== '''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts''' ==
-Analyzing the contact between the University and both the regional and local communities is key to understanding just how important the institution’s efforts are in kindling economic development. Many algid social, cultural and political issues are constantly debated by the University’s top academics and the students of the postgraduate programs. These think tanks range from an ample spectrum of characteristics: The Industrial Engineering department has the “COPA” lab, oriented to technical problem solving, while the Politics Observatory of the Governmental Issues’ School, dedicated its time to social issues.
-Another interesting example is the one presented by the Business School. Relevant information regarding both the public and private sectors, is kept at arm’s reach so students begin to learn how to solve real world problems while still in school. Some of these solutions ideated by undergraduate students themselves are presented outside of the university at a greater stage.
-The pervious details can be identified in a series of economic spurring programs conducted by the University. One of the most relevant examples is the “Progresa Fenicia” Project. The Fenicia initiative aims to revitalize the community neighboring the campus. In the words of the program’s founders, the university decided that in “[response] to the challenge and the urgency of urban transformation in Bogota, the institution decided to take on the challenge of urban renewal of the sector in the surroundings of its central campus in Bogotá. This regeneration of the lifestyle of the Fenicia neighborhood inhabitants will imminently lead to a revamping of the local economy, while bearing in mind the real estate interests of the same people.
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