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== <span style="font-size:medium;">'''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship'''</span> == <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Abu Dhabi University offers a wide range of courses and </span>extra-curricular activities<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">to convey the idea of innovation and entrepreneurship to the students. The university </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">has</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> got around 20 courses that expose the students to the I & E ecosystem.</span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Various clubs such as the Entrepreneur club and Beta Sigma Gamma club have significantly been delivering the I&E concept on campus. Creative thinking workshops are held weekly by the innovation center, to welcome creative ideas from students of all majors.</span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The university also organizes various annual competitions such as ADU innovates and contests for </span>full-pitch<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">to encourage innovative researches. </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Also,</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> the mandatory internship program helps the students to develop critical organizational skills and entrepreneurial mindset. </span> == <span style="font-size:medium;">'''Facilitating university-industry collaboration'''</span>==
<span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">On campus, the department of arts and science has developed spaces for innovation such as, the chemistry and physics laboratories. The engineering department on the other hand has regional partnership with a program called TechShop this is accessible to students of the same college.</span></span></span>