== '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship '''<br/> ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">Research at the University of Twente is aimed aims to have both a social and an economic impact. With research institutes departments focused on nanotechnology, ICT, biomedical technology, technical medicine, governance & behavioral sciences, engineering, geo-information sciences, and earth observation , the knowledge generation generated is not just at a high of technical level but background and is also impactful for society. All summarized in its motto:</pbr>*'''High Tech-Human Touch: '''Connecting the research involving cutting edge high tech on campus with the (current) problems of society.
The UT has many research departments that represent faculty making strides in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship. Details about research at the UT:::‘High Tech-Human Touch’ <br>
Connecting the research involving cutting edge high tech on campus with the (current) problems of society.The UT has many research departments that represent faculty making strides in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship, on both a student level and research level. Details about faculty I&E at the UT: <br>*'''1,500 researchers ''' work on a daily base basis on relevant societal challenges in a large variety of disciplines*deliver Deliver '''over 2,700 publications a year''', providing valuable input for scientific excellence and laying the foundations for new knowledge-based spin-offssuch as DEMCON and SciSports. *'''Transdisciplinary Master Insert ‘Shaping Responsible Futures’:''' Master students of the UT can follow this extracurricular course that addresses complex societal challenges and focuses on issues as transdisciplinary working, societal leadership and change making.*'''NIKOS: '''This is a research group at the UT that focuses focused on innovation and entrepreneurship. They try to bring I&E closer to the students through several opportunities, namely:** '''EntrepreneurialU:''' an entrepreneurial summer school, EntrepreneurialU, and they provide a ** '''High Tech-Human Touch minors:''' minor for courses that all Bachelor students where they teach can follow to learn more about innovation the societal issues the UT is working on with their state of the art research. One of these minors focuses on Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Business Development.** '''Honours program Entrepreneurship and Business Development:''' A bachelor honours programme for ambitious and entrepreneurshipmotivated bachelor students to train students to become real-time entrepreneurs.
== '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function '''<br/> ==