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= Promoting STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP  =

<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">T</span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small;">he formative proposal of the University of Engineering & Technology (UTEC) integrates the specialized knowledge in engineering with the competences of management and innovation. The curricular plan considers, in addition to the subjects of the science and technology area, Humanities, management and innovation courses, which result in holistic training. Innovation is encouraged through events and presentations at UTEC Ventures, the business accelerator of UTEC, &nbsp;and competitions such as Disrupton (as a Hackaton focused on solving a problem within the University).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">UTEC Ventures holds events in order to promote I&E, like Global Startup Labs, GIST Startup Bootcamp, Peru Design Week, fiiS (International Festival for Social Innovation) and the 1776 Challenge Cup.As well, UTEC designs courses like Innovation International Program and Innovation Through Design are focused to especialización profesional. Students use spaces like Fablab, UTEC garage or the Product Design Laboratory to develop their projects. Some of them have develop collaborative projects with MIT, Harvard and Colorado School of Mines. On the other hand, something was born on 2016: Comunidad I&E UTEC whose main mission is to improve the I&E ecosystem in the regionstarting with UTEC student. This was born from the initiative of the first 4 peruvian University Innovation Fellows.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">[[File:Disrupton.jpeg|287x158px|Disrupton.jpeg]][[File:Hack2.jpeg|316x158px|Hack2.jpeg]]</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>

= ENCOURAGING FACULTY INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP =

<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#000000;">UTEC encourages investigation and innovation among its teachers and students.&nbsp;Among the most valuable things you can find at UTEC is to meet professors who, in addition to sharing&nbsp; knowledge, are a source of inspiration that encourages innovation, entrepreneurship and high-impact research. Some of the many profesors that we could mention are Katia Canepa, professor of computer science in 2017, creator of the Beauthy Technology concept that combines beauty products with electronics to, in addition to improving aesthetics, acquire a "super-power" through the technology. And Julio Valdivia, current director of Bioengineering, a Peruvian scientist affiliated with NASA, who leads the project "Potates on Mars, with the financity of eradicating the famine and in the future, feeding the colonies of humans on Mars. Both professors organized the "Disruption" 2017 at UTEC, with the theme "Wearables in Space"&nbsp;</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">[[File:Julio Valdivia.jpeg|400px|Julio Valdivia.jpeg]][[File:Katia.jpeg|294px|Katia Canepa.jpeg]]</p>

= ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERFUNCTION =

<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#000000;">At UTEC, the Legal Division Advice is always looking for the security of the student’s or faculty member’s ideas. In addition, UTEC Ventures provides consulting in how to make an idea profitable.&nbsp;Founded in 2014, the accelerator offers investment and mentoring to startups. UV follows the pillar of entrepreneurship raised by the university. The University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) is developing the engineering of companies of the future. An engineering of the hand with research and the creation of technological solutions, committed to social needs and sustainability. Also UV is part of GAN (Global Acelerator Network) which is the biggest business accelerator network worldwide.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">[[File:UV.jpeg|900x250px|UV.jpeg]]</p>

= - FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION -&nbsp; =

<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">About university-industry collaboration, UTEC has partnerships with several companies, in order to prepare its students to the industry work through the development of projects which will be useful for the same company. Also there are some industry programs of practices in summer.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">UTEC Career Services is responsible for connecting students with other companies, as part of this mission, they created “UTEC Networking”, which is a space for the exchange of knowledge between companies and students in order to bridge the gap between academic and workplace. This event is conformed by career presentations, companies presentations, business talks, project talks, elevator pitches, company stands, an online employ fair and the opportunity to meet and match people for any personal professional purpose, as getting a job, internship or some network to develop projects.</p><p style="text-align: center;">[[File:Electrica.jpg|333x250px|Electrica.jpg]][[File:NET.png|483x250px|NET.png]]</p>