School:Padjadjaran University
Padjadjaran University (Indonesian: Universitas Padjadjaran, abbreviated as UNPAD) is a state university located in Bandung, which is the provincial capital of West Java, and Sumedang, Indonesia. The university founding history began from the willingness of community leaders to improve youth education to a higher degree in West Java at the time. The university was officially opened by the President of Republic Indonesia, Sukarno, on September 24, 1957.
Institution Ecosystem
UNPAD generates awareness, importance and fundamental elements of innovation and entrepreneurship to students. With programs such as “Unpad Student Pre-StartUp Innovation Grant”. There’s also “Olah Kreativitas dan Kewirausahaan” (Creativity Exercise and Entrepreneurship) course to ensure students realize innovation and entrepreneurship is important and want to get involved in a deeper way. Students then apply knowledge of innovation and entrepreneurship to a specific challenge/ problem. and form a design team or work solo to explore potential in “Program Kewirausahaan Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka” program.
The university also encourages faculty innovation and entrepreneurship with “Matching fund” program, combined with institutions such as Oorange, a business Incubation Center, and Students Organization around the university that are categorized as “Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa that encouraged the students to innovate and pursue entrepreneurial pathways.
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