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'''Idea Validation:''' Students who are part of UPC's Apptitud Club come from various university programs, forming a multidisciplinary team. Each session aims to discover innovative solutions to real-world problems that assist participants in enhancing their creative and innovative processes
'''Entrepreneurial Alumni Fair:''' Organized by Alumni UPC, this fair is designed to promote the growth of alumni businesses and connect them with other entrepreneurs. It offers workshops and training sessions to strengthen their business proposals.
'''28H Innovation Marathon:''' Presented by the Educational Innovation Department, this annual hackathon challenges participants to develop creative solutions to real-world social or academic problems within a continuous 28-hour period.
'''StartUPC Demo Day:''' This is a culminating event for the StartUPC incubation program where entrepreneurial teams showcase their ventures. It serves as a platform for teams to pitch their ideas to a public audience, including potential investors and partners.
Furthermore, UPC offers minors in innovation and entrepreneurship, both regular and focused on sustainability,
==Encouraging faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship==
On the other hand, they have “I+D+I Labs” that generate research, papers and patents in our applied science academic laboratories.
Furthermore, UPC has a research incentive competition aimed at all professors, in any modality, both undergraduate and postgraduate, from all faculties of the university. The objective is to select the best research projects that can result in scientific publications accepted by any indexed medium (journal, conference, or book) in Scopus or Web of Science (WOS). This competition tests the university's innovation resources. Furthermore, there is the Festival of Educational Innovation. This event is a platform for the exchange of knowledge, continuous learning, and the promotion of innovation within the educational field, with a focus on transforming pedagogy and fostering a culture of creativity.<br />
==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==
'''App "Mi UPC"''': "Mi UPC" is a centralized portal offered by UPC that provides students with convenient access to a variety of essential university services and resources. It includes features such as resource reservations, administrative procedures, grade access, payment processing, and virtual support, all within a user-friendly interface. This platform reflects our commitment to academic excellence by offering students the necessary tools to succeed in their studies.
'''StartUPC Incubation Program:''' This program is part of the UPC's business accelerator, recognized by the Ministry of Production of Peru. It supports the development of new ventures, providing resources and mentorship to help them become successful companies.
'''Specialized Program in Digital Innovation with Social Impact:''' This program from the UPC Graduate School focuses on creating and implementing projects that use digital innovation to solve social problems, providing a clear path for ventures to achieve a positive community impact.
==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==
UPC has iniciatives to collaborate with companies:
Through the program schedule, students will have workshops about LinkedIn, virtual interviews, networking and a meeting with 30 companies to know their job opportunities.
'''Honorary Professorship Program:''' This program includes both business trend topics and the training needs of talents that will manage organizations under solid principles and values. The courses are taught by representatives of important national and international companies and entities. In addition, students who decide to participate in this experience of taking this program may be invited to participate in the calls for pre-professional and professional internships offered by some of these companies.<br />
'''Google Cloud Academy Gen AI:''' A program managed by the Academic Direction that provides students with the opportunity to gain expertise in generative AI and Google Cloud offerings, preparing them for roles that involve using AI to transform businesses. '''Brain hackers:''' Organized by the UPC Innovation Lab, this program provides students with a hands-on experience in a hackathon format, encouraging the development of tech-related projects and collaboration with mentors. ==Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts:==
UPC has initiatives for regional and local economic developments:
'''"Protagonists of Change" :''' This is a social responsibility program of UPC. In this program, they provide training, recognition, visibility, and training to the innovative spirit of young social entrepreneurs in Peru, who are founders or co-founders of social initiatives that are making an impact in their communities.
'''Perumin:''' The UPC Graduate School actively participates in Perumin, a major mining convention in Arequipa. This engagement demonstrates the university's commitment to the mining sector, a key driver of Peru's economy, and helps to strengthen the training of future leaders in this field.
'''"Creatividad Empresarial" Award:''' This award ceremony, hosted by UPC, has for many years fostered a culture of continuous innovation by recognizing products, services, processes, and strategies that generate significant value.
==Fellows==