== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">University of Technology Sydney offers a range of subjects both for undergraduate and postgraduate students that explores the foundations of innovation and entrepreneurship. These subjects are designed in a way that students from a vast range of faculties gain access to the various forms of ‘design thinking’ based subjects. The University takes conscious measures to ensure students have access to the highly demanding I&E mindsets that the wider society urges for. These faculties include:</p>*Engineering and Information Technology*Business*Arts and Social Sciences*Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation*Design, Architecture and Building*Science*Law<p style="text-align: justify;">More information can be found [https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/entrepreneurship/courses-subjects-degrees/entrepreneurial here]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">UTS is located in Ultimo which is one of the most heavily populated Start-Up area areas in Australia, similar to Silion Valley in the United States. Leveraging this, UTS has become one of the most innovative and entrepreneurial campuses in Australia. There are various programs implemented by UTS to encourage student entrepreneurship including but not limited to:</p>*UTS startups Startups, which is an incubator aimed at mentoring and providing support for any student or recent alumni interested in developing a startup*Awards like UTS startup Startup peoples choice, venture day and many others are aimed at providing extra funding to standout startups
*Student Run Innovation and Entrepreneurial Societies on Campus e.g. Enactus & BCII Connect
*Hackathons & Competitions including Project Pitch, Code2Learn, The Hult Prize and 3P Competition, designed to launch competitive businesses
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Each of these programs are trans-disciplinary, with no limitations or restrictions to certain faculties, degree types or year levels. The culmination of each of these has enabled UTS to become an active player in the Australian Start-Up Community. Helping to grow and support the culture, values and organisations within the Australian start-up ecosystem.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Over the past three years, University of Technology Sydney has also introduced Bachelor and Postgraduate degrees that directly target the core fundamentals of high-level critical and creative thinking, invention, complexity, innovation, future scenario building and entrepreneurship; leading-edge capabilities that are highly valued in the globalised world. A direct industry demand has contributed to the successful implementation of such a vast and diversified portfolio that allows students to combine their core degree (e.g. Business, Engineering) with an innovational based degree.</p>
== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==