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<p style="text-align: justify;">[[File:UTOverview2.jpg|link=Special:FilePath/UTOverview2.jpg]]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The [https://www.utwente.nl/en/ University of Twente] is located in Europe in the city Enschede, The Netherlands. Founded in 1961 it now holds an approximate of 11.000 students. Originating as a technical university its motto “High Tech, Human Touch” describes how the university connects cutting edge technologies with society.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The university is located in Twente, the most entrepreneurial region of the Netherlands, with approximately 140 new start-ups in the region every year. With a Science and Business park across the road and lots of I&E resources, the University of Twente has a lot to offer to those willing to create a business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the past couple of years the University of Twente already went through some educational changes in favor of innovation and entrepreneurship. Its new Twents Education Model (T.E.M.) revolves around a multidisciplinary, project-based approach. One of the big strengths of the university is its student-driven activism, where student-driven organizations organize and arrange all sorts of things for their fellow students.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The University of Twente is part of the University Innovations Fellows program since Fall 2016. It is the first university in the Netherlands and Europe participating in the program.</p>

=='''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship&nbsp;''' ==

*[https://www.utwente.nl/en/honours/ Honours tracks]: The Honours programmes of the University of Twente (UT) offer outstanding and motivated VWO, Bachelor, and Master students an opportunity to challenge themselves both academically and socially. All these programmes have a distinctive profile: High Tech Human Touch. This means that unique combinations of technology, engineering, and social sciences are embraced to respond effectively to challenges and questions posed by society. *[https://www.utwente.nl/en/ces/career-services/ '''Career services''']: The University of Twente Career Services is here to help and support you in thinking about your future – enabling you to start your successful career as soon as you have graduated.*[https://www.utwente.nl/nl/summer-school-curiousu/ '''CuriousU:''']CuriousU Summer School is an international event where you follow academic courses and workshops, listen to inspiring speakers and participate in fun activities.*[https://www.utwente.nl/en/honours/bachelor/tracks/#entrepreneurship-business-development '''Process of Change (Honours programme):''']This Honours programme alows students to think and learn about how undesryand change and how to put it in practice.*'''[https://www.utwente.nl/en/honours/bachelor/tracks/#entrepreneurship-business-development Entrepeneurship & Business Development (Honours Programme):]''' This Honours programme alows students to learn and understand an entrepeneurial mindset and teaches students how to become real time entepeneurs.

=='''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function&nbsp;''' ==

== '''Business and startup competitions''' ==

* [https://su.utwente.nl/en/mtad/morethanadegree/mtada/ More Than A Degree]: The More Than A Degree Awards is a yearly award show to celebrate student activism at the University of Twente. Students, boards and committees who delivered an exceptional contribution to the student life in Enschede are at the center of this large event. * [https://www.utchallenge.nl UTchallenge]: Every year, since the first edition in 2017, the UT Entrepreneurial Challenge has offered students the opportunity to further develop their own, ingenious ideas, prototypes and research projects into business plans, minimal viable products and start-ups. The main purpose and mission is to challenge students to create great, out-of-the-box, innovative solutions to societal problems and to translate them into real products and business plans, while incorporating the expertise that our innovative and knowledgeable partners share with them during the challenge.* [https://createtomorrow.nl/about/ Create Tomorrow]: Create Tomorrow is a two-days think tank, where students brainstorm ideas for particular clients.

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