= 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. 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 - =<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: centerjustify;">As Well, UTEC implemented projects with companies ( known as "VLI con empresas"), this program involve profesors, students and represent of the copanie to implement a project in the during of semester.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">[[File:Electrica.jpg|333x250px|Electrica.jpg]][[File:NET.png|483x250px|NET.png]]</p>
= - ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS - =