School:University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

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Overview

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The University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) is located in the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. It was established on September 23, 1911. UPRM is the second-largest university campus of the University of Puerto Rico system.

Consists of four major colleges: Agricultural Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration and Engineering.  Offers over 50 bachelor's programs, more than 25 master's programs and 5 doctoral's programs. There are around 12,000 students enrolled. The Mayaguez Campus is ranked number 1 in the Caribbean. 




Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship:

UPRM E-Ship

UPRM E-Ship is the umbrella for all the efforts related to innovation and entrepreneurship. This project has the objective to link all the champions and initiatives in order to create a bigger impact.

Education

I&E Courses

  • Design Thinking
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Engineering Capstone
  • Introduction to Business Development
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • New Business Development

Spaces

  • Business Center
  • Starting Point Makerspace
  • Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer
  • Model Factory
  • Research and Development Center

Associations

  • Association of Programmers Entrepreneurs
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • HackPR
  • Enactus UPRM
  • Idea Platform

University Innovation Fellows Candidates 2017

  1. Alejandro Aponte
  2. Jaran Arroyo
  3. Rolando Cruz
  4. Alex Herrero

University Innovation Fellows Candidates 2015

  1. Jonathan Díaz Sepulveda
  2. Angelisse_Ramos
  3. Jahannie_Torres
  4. Rodolfo_Romañach
  5. Bryan_Muñoz
  6. Emmanuel Oquendo-Rosa

Related Links

http://www.uprm.edu/

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