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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b984-1eb4-e878-222ca03f82c4"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The </span>[http://www.um.edu.uy/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">University of Montevideo</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> (</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">UM) </span>started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more.</span></span>
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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b984-1eb4-e878-222ca03f82c4"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Universidad de Montevideo</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. To be legally approved as a national university it was demanded the existence of three areas of knowledge, these were:</span></span>
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| − | <span style="font-size:smaller;">''<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">School of Business Science and Economics, and Communication of Universidad de Montevideo</span>''</span>
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| | + | <span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b984-1eb4-e878-222ca03f82c4"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The </span>[http://www.um.edu.uy/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">University of Montevideo</span>] <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">(UM) </span>started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more.</span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b984-1eb4-e878-222ca03f82c4"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://www.um.edu.uy/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>]</span></span> |
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| | <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now the UM has 9 different schools including schools for graduate students:</span> | | <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now the UM has 9 different schools including schools for graduate students:</span> |
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| | + | <span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b984-1eb4-e878-222ca03f82c4"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actually the UM offers 25 different majors for undergraduate students, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking and it is among the 500 best Universities in the world.</span></span> |
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| + | <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is an increasing number of students who choose to become entrepreneurs at Universidad de Montevideo. To accompy this entreprenurial Spirit UM has created INITIUM. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an Innovation and entrepreneurship minaste. There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Investment Projects, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entrepreneurial Initiative or </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Creativity and Innovation where students are working in a very interesting project for the women's Prison of Montevideo.</span> |
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| − | == Student Entrepreneurship ==
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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b99f-09bc-5342-55512aba2428"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is an increasing number of students who choose to become entrepreneurs at Universidad de Montevideo. Most of them start this path before graduating but it is also often that alumni become entrepreneurs after some professional experience or completing an MBA.</span></span>
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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b99f-09bc-5342-55512aba2428"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the biggest successful entrepreneur story started in 2009, when Agustina Sartori and Carolina Bañales, two telematic engineers, decided to innovate in the beauty and cosmetics area. They received funds from ANII, settled their office at the university and with some student interns developed the first prototype of a virtual makeover. The product was sold to a local store and after that Start Up Chile, 500 Startups and Plug and Play supported and invested in their new app: [https://glamst.com/ GlamST].</span></span>
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| − | <span style="font-size:smaller;">''<span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Agustina and Carolina founders of GlamST</span></span>''</span>
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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b99f-09bc-5342-55512aba2428"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Social entrepreneurship is also something that is being fostered at UM. Valentina Quagliotti was one of the first entrepreneurs in Uruguay to combine a business model with a social cause when she found [http://ikusi.org/ Ikusi], a social video production startup. She also was the first Director of [http://uy.socialab.com/ Socialab Uruguay], a latin american pre incubator for social ventures.</span></span>
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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b99f-09bc-5342-55512aba2428"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not everybody succeed at first attempt, that is why Ignacio Menafra started [https://wanna.uy/ Wanna] an e-commerce portal and his fourth venture.</span></span>
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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-471b904d-232b-0123-a690-7f365b691711"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently, another startup created by a Jeronimo Acosta, has been growing exponentially. His business is called</span></span><u><span style="text-decoration-line: none; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://chilltravel.co/ Chill Travel]</span></u><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and consists of a secure luggage skin that will protect the valuables items carried in the customers bag and will tell him in real-time where his things.</span>
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| − | <span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250);">[https://bjornwatches.com/?lang=es BJØRN] is the first Uruguayan watch design brand in the international market. The project suported by Initum was founded by </span>Alejandro González and Jerónimo Acosta, former students of the Business and Economis School of the UM <span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250);">in response to the high prices of the watch industry, especially focusing on the fact that millennials do not have large revenues for this type of luxury.</span></span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">In March 2017, BJØRN launched its first product through Kickstarter, managing to pre-sell almost US $ 20,000 in 22 different countries.</span>
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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b9b9-0680-75de-8012ae1ecec6"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of [http://www.initium.uy/ Initium]</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities. For example, this year was created Agents of Change, a group of students interested in innovation and entrepenuership, they meet every week with the help pf Romina Dominzain, former Fellow and part of Initium, to learn about Design Thinking, Life Design, communication and multiple skills valued in the area.</span></span>
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| − | <span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Investment Projects, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entrepreneurial Initiative or </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Creativity and Innovation where students are working in a very interesting project for the women's Prison of Montevideo.</span>
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| | + | [https://glamst.com GlamST] started in 2009 when Agustina Sartori and Carolina Bañales, two telematic Engineers, decided to innovase in the Beauty and Cosmetics area. They received Funds from ANII, settled their office at the university and with some student interés developed the first prototype of a virtual makeover. The product was sold to a local store and after that Start Up Chile, 500 Startups and Plug and Play supported and invested in their new app. |
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| − | == University Technology Transfer Function ==
| + | [https://www.1087.com.uy 1087] is a company that sells Solidaridad shampoos with cero Plastic packaging. Additionally, they want to incorporate Big Data in the formula making as a way to find the best combination of products for each hair Type. |
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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-779cc858-b9b3-5085-df74-eedbc7af4231"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The UM doesn’t have a technology transfer office, but it has a policy regarding intellectual property. Everything made in the university belongs to it. However as a student you could ask for the intellectual property of a project before starting it. Then you would have to have a meeting and sign some paperwork.</span></span>
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| − | = <span style="font-size:large;">University - Industry Collaboration</span> = | + | [https://chilltravel.co ChillTravel] is a startup created by Jeronimo Acosta and has been growing exponentially, and solves the Problem of Lost luggage and protects all your valuadle items. |
| | + | ==Encouraging faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship== |
| | + | There is nothing the University does to encourage Innovation inside the Faculty.<br /> |
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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-779cc858-b9b4-02b2-9360-4c48e60ec4e9"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The university has a wide range of partnerships with different industries and businesses. One of the main reasons for that, are the compulsory internships that each student has to make each summer</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">as a requisite in order to obtain their degree</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This gives the students a better picture of reality and forces them to evaluate their career and opportunities, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">at the same time they gain hands on experience and start forming their work network.</span>
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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-779cc858-b9b4-02b2-9360-4c48e60ec4e9"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Initium has recently develop some entrepreneurship focus internships in different startups. This initiative not only gives the student the opportunity to experience a real work experience but also stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship at the same time.</span></span>
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| | + | UM gives various tools for students to interact with industries and businesses. One of the ways it does this is by hosting the "Feria Laboral" each year in which the main businesses in the country Connect with students. This opportunity also helps students get internships that are Compulsory in the Bachelor degrees. |
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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-779cc858-b9b4-02b2-9360-4c48e60ec4e9"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some classes come together with local companies to develop or find a solution to a real problem. This semester for example in the Lab V course, telematics and computer engineers used their combined skills to find a solution to Mastra’s prepaid card system. [http://mastra.com.uy/ Mastra] </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is a local bar, pioneer in craft beer in Uruguay. It began as a startup founded by Ing.Wilfredo Camacho, graduate of the </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Universidad de Montevideo</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and Alejandro Cardozo.</span></span>
| + | In the help of the search of internships the University provides opportunities for students, like in [https://www.um.edu.uy/cinoi CINOI] (Center of Innovation in Industrial Organization) which main Objective is to form a stronger Bond between the university and the business world, and it's visión is to be a pionera Center of Innovation and Applied Research in Industrial Organization in Latin America. |
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| + | Lastly to help students get internships the university developed its own website called "Portal Laboral" which provides exclusive Job offerings with Partners Companies. |
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| | + | Another way the University helps students connect with Companies is by the I-Lab that is a 3 month long course where students form groups, and each group is assigned a different business with whom it has to work with in Order to find Solutions to the Problem that each business is currently facing. All students learn to make use of the Design Thinking techniques and work together with students from all majors, Both essential aspects regarding innovation. |
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Overview
The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more.
Now the UM has 9 different schools including schools for graduate students:
- Law School
- Humanities & Education
- School of Business Science and Economics
- School of Engineering
- School of Communication
- Humanities and Teaching School
- School of Biomedical Sciences (For graduate students)
- Business School (IEEM)
- Center for tertiary training in services and innovation
Actually the UM offers 25 different majors for undergraduate students, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking and it is among the 500 best Universities in the world.
Promoting Student Innovation and entrepreneurship
There is an increasing number of students who choose to become entrepreneurs at Universidad de Montevideo. To accompy this entreprenurial Spirit UM has created INITIUM. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an Innovation and entrepreneurship minaste. There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs, Investment Projects, Entrepreneurial Initiative or Creativity and Innovation where students are working in a very interesting project for the women's Prison of Montevideo.
Some succesfull entrepreneurship stories that originated with the help of INITUM are the following:
GlamST started in 2009 when Agustina Sartori and Carolina Bañales, two telematic Engineers, decided to innovase in the Beauty and Cosmetics area. They received Funds from ANII, settled their office at the university and with some student interés developed the first prototype of a virtual makeover. The product was sold to a local store and after that Start Up Chile, 500 Startups and Plug and Play supported and invested in their new app.
1087 is a company that sells Solidaridad shampoos with cero Plastic packaging. Additionally, they want to incorporate Big Data in the formula making as a way to find the best combination of products for each hair Type.
ChillTravel is a startup created by Jeronimo Acosta and has been growing exponentially, and solves the Problem of Lost luggage and protects all your valuadle items.
Encouraging faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship
There is nothing the University does to encourage Innovation inside the Faculty.
University Technology Transfer Function
The UM does not have a technology transfer office.
Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration:
UM gives various tools for students to interact with industries and businesses. One of the ways it does this is by hosting the "Feria Laboral" each year in which the main businesses in the country Connect with students. This opportunity also helps students get internships that are Compulsory in the Bachelor degrees.
In the help of the search of internships the University provides opportunities for students, like in CINOI (Center of Innovation in Industrial Organization) which main Objective is to form a stronger Bond between the university and the business world, and it's visión is to be a pionera Center of Innovation and Applied Research in Industrial Organization in Latin America.
Lastly to help students get internships the university developed its own website called "Portal Laboral" which provides exclusive Job offerings with Partners Companies.
Another way the University helps students connect with Companies is by the I-Lab that is a 3 month long course where students form groups, and each group is assigned a different business with whom it has to work with in Order to find Solutions to the Problem that each business is currently facing. All students learn to make use of the Design Thinking techniques and work together with students from all majors, Both essential aspects regarding innovation.
In 2022 FIUM launched a course tittled "Explorando el Mundo Empresarial" which main aim is for Engineers students to visit Companies and learn about them while they interact.
Engaging with regional and local Economic Development efforts
Latin America has become a breeding ground for new businesses led by young people and it is now the second most enterprising region in the world, according to the World Bank.
“What really differentiates Uruguay from its neighbors is it’s incredibly stable economy and political situation, as well as its notable middle class. Uruguay has created an environment welcoming to foreign investment: the legal framework is stable and dependable and in terms of policy, its infrastructure is highly developed and acknowledged to be one of the top countries for software. Uruguay is also well known to be progressive in several fields, such as gay rights and marijuana consumption, which has helped Uruguayan entrepreneurs create products adapted to emerging markets and developed markets” says SeedStars in his last report on Latin American Entrepreneurship.
Uruguay's startup culture is growing incredibly fast this last couple of years. The National Agency of Innovation and Investigation (ANII) has been an amazing partner of this movement.This agency, which was also named before, analizes startups projects and gives economical support considering the potentiality of each business. Many startups created by students from the University of Montevideo have been supported by the ANII receiving foundings as well as advise. Other entities such as incubators, accelerators, co work spaces and Innovation Centers from the different Universities have also played an incredible role and especially because of the synergy they developed.
Related Links
Campus Overview
Campus Priorities
Landscape Canvas
University Innovation Fellows (2017):
Romina Dominzain
Luis Gurméndez
Matías Menéndez
Cecilia Tejera
University Innovation Fellows (2018):
Sofia Baldomir
Claudio Baz
Juan Echartea
Gala Maldonado
Diego Pilosof
Lucia Rodriguez
Guillermo Stock
Carolina Vassallucci
University Innovation Fellows (2019):
Emanuel Berón
Florencia Macedo
Édina Mendiondo
Rodrigo Sanchez
University Innovation Fellows (2020):
Serrana Aguirregaray
Josefina Gómez
Rodrigo López
Magdalena Roba
