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<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">At the Lucerne University, innovation and entrepreneurship is mostly promoted by a cross-departmental organization called Smartup (</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[https://www.hslu.ch/de-ch/wirtschaft/campus/smart-up/ https://www.hslu.ch/de-ch/wirtschaft/campus/smart-up/]</span></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><u>[https://blog.hslu.ch/smart-up/) )]</u>, which gives the students the tools to invent, build and spin-out their business idea. Furthermore, Smartup offers several open spaces where students have access to mentors, toolboxes and promotional events and even coworking places</span></span>(<span style="font-size:medium;">[https://blog.hslu.ch/smart-up/coworking/https://blog.hslu.ch/smart-up/coworking/]</span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">[https://blog.hslu.ch/smart-up/angebot-2/angebot-fuer-studierende/) )]. In addition, these spaces serve as a place where venture capitalists and students come together to realize business ideas.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The students that want more exposure to innovation and entrepreneurship, can find several offers on the Lucernce University campus, such as the student-initiated projects, namely Future Forum Lucerne (<u>[http://www.futureforum.ch/) http://www.futureforum.ch/)]</u>, the club Innovatis ([https://www.innovatis-club.ch/) https://www.innovatis-club.ch/)], Women in Business (</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;">[https://www.hslu.ch/de-ch/wirtschaft/institute/ifz/finance-banking/womens-business-and-diversity-management/womens-business/agenda/https://www.hslu.ch/de-ch/wirtschaft/institute/ifz/finance-banking/womens-business-and-diversity-management/womens-business/agenda/]</span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">) or TEDxLucerne University (</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;">[https://www.tedxhochschuleluzern.ch https://www.tedxhochschuleluzern.ch]</span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><u>[http://tedxhochschuleluzern.com/) )]</u>. These projects serve as a base for networking and learning.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As of January 24The Engineering and Architecture Department (Technik und Architektur) department has recently established a technology transfer department (Wissens- und Technologietransfer;&nbsp;</span></span>[https://www.hslu.ch/de-ch/technik-architektur/forschung/wissens-und-technologietransfer/ https://www.hslu.ch/de-ch/technik-architektur/forschung/wissens-und-technologietransfer/]<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 2018sans-serif">) for the Engineering and Architecture department. In addition, the Lucerne University does not have a building sector of the Engineering and Architecture department has its own technology transfer officeprogram (</span></span>[https://www.hslu.ch/en/lucerne-university-of-applied-sciences-and-arts/research/projects/detail/?pid=3716 https://www.hslu.ch/en/lucerne-university-of-applied-sciences-and-arts/research/projects/detail/?pid=3716]</spanstyle="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">)&nbsp;</span>