2020 Cohort
33
edits
Changes
*'''[https://www.kick-in.nl/en/ Kick-In:]''' Each year all freshman students kick off their academic career with a week full of activities to discover the university, the associations, the students, and the city. <br>
*'''[https://su.utwente.nl/en/Kick-In/associations/ Student-associations:]''' At the university, a wide variety of student-driven associations can be found. Study associations facilitate ordering books, excursions to companies, represent students throughout the university, and provide a platform for students of similar studies to meet. You can play the sport you love to play at one of the sport associations, practice your musical and cultural hobbies at one of the culture associations, or join a student association. In total there are over 100 different associations off and on campus that are active in various different ways to make a more complete study life. All associations are run by students and provide the possibility to partake in boards and committees. As such, they provided a great learning experience in organizing events and running organizations.<br>
*'''[https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/bachelor/life/student-teams/ Student teams:]''' At the moment there are seven student teams at the university partaking in international competitions. The student teams focus on building vehicles driven by alternative energy sources, robotics, drones, etc.<br>
*'''Start-up and entrepreneurship events: ''' Such as the three day StartupLaunch weekend, the International Start-up Challenge, the two day Create Tomorrow case studies, the UT challenge, and the EntrepreneurialU are organized each year on the campus of the university. <br>
* '''[https://www.utwente.nl/en/designlab/ DesignLab: ]''' Science2design4society, the DesignLab provides a creative ecosystem for connecting science to society. In this space students from all fields of study work together to create all the crazy ideas they have!<br>
* '''Internationalisation Department: ''' Each year they organize two very interesting events, the [https://www.utwente.nl/en/summer-school-curiousu/ CuriousU summer school], and the [https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/pre-university/ PreU ] promoting innovation and entrepreneurship among high school students. This makes students interested in the UT aware of the highly innovation-driven mindset of the current students.<br>
*'''[https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/news-agenda/events-ceremonies/week-of-inspiration/week-of-inspiration-2020/ Week of Inspiration: ]''' As a yearly event, the Week of Inspiration is organized by students and is meant to broaden the knowledge areas of students. Many lectures relate to real-world problems that fuel the innovative mindset of UT students.<br>
*'''[https://www.businessdaystwente.nl/en The Business Days Twente: ]''' Offers a vast variety of activities that give students the chance to come into contact with companies. Amongst workshops and an ambition week, they organise a yearly two day long Career Fair, that allows students to talk to company representatives about their interests, internships and job opportunities.<br>
*'''[https://tedxtwenteu.com TEDx ] and [https://www.utwente.nl/en/sg/ Studium Generale: ]''' Offer discussion and workshop platforms with a high variety of topics for students and other interested parties. Often, expert speakers are involved in the guest lectures.
== '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship '''<br/> ==