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== <span div style="fonttext-sizealign:mediumjustify;">'''Promoting student innovation and&nbsp;entrepreneurship'''<br/></spandiv> === <span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;medium;"><span style="colorfont-family:#696969georgia,serif;">Abu Dhabi University offers a wide range of courses Promoting student innovation and extra-curricular activities to convey the idea&nbsp;of innovation and entrepreneurship to the students. The university has&nbsp;got around 30 courses that expose the students to the I&E ecosystem.</span></span>=== <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serifmedium;"><span style="colorfont-family:#696969georgia,serif;">Various clubs such as Abu Dhabi University offers a wide range of courses and extra-curricular activities to convey the Entrepreneur club and Beta Sigma Gamma club have been significantlyidea&nbsp;delivering of innovation and entrepreneurship to the students. The university has&nbsp;got around 30 courses that expose the students to the I&E concept on campus. Creative thinking workshops are held weekly by the innovation center, to welcome creative ideas from students of all majorsecosystem.</span></spanspan></p> <span p style="fonttext-familyalign:arial,helvetica,sansjustify;"><span style="font-serifsize:medium;"><span style="colorfont-family:#696969georgia,serif;">The university also organizes various annual competitions Various clubs such as ADU innovates the Entrepreneur club and contests for full-pitch toBeta Sigma Gamma club have been significantly&nbsp;encourage innovative researches where overdelivering the I&nbsp;over 200 proposals have been receivedE concept on campus.&nbsp;AlsoCreative thinking workshops are held weekly by the innovation center,&nbsp;the mandatory internship program helps the to welcome creative ideas from students develop critical organizational skills and an entrepreneurial mindsetof all majors.&nbsp;</span></span>   === <span /p><p style="fonttext-sizealign:mediumjustify;">'''Facilitating university-industry collaboration'''</span> === <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#696969medium;"><span style="font-family:arialgeorgia,helvetica,sans-serif;">On campus, the department of arts The university also organizes various annual competitions such as ADU innovates and science has developed spaces contests for innovation such</span></span></span><span style="color:#696969full-pitch to&nbsp;"><span style="font-family:arialencourage innovative researches where over&nbsp;200 proposals have been received.&nbsp;Also,helvetica,sans-serif&nbsp;"the mandatory internship program helps the students develop critical organizational skills and an entrepreneurial mindset.&nbsp;</span></span ></p><p style="fonttext-sizealign:smalljustify;"><span>as,</span></spanp>=== <span style="font-size:smallmedium;">the chemistry and physics laboratories. The engineering department </span><span style="font-sizefamily:smallgeorgia,serif;">on the other handFacilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span > ===<p style="fonttext-sizealign:smalljustify;">has </span><span style="font-size:smallmedium;"><span>regional</span></span></span></span><span stylestyle="font-sizefamily:smallgeorgia,serif;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-family:arialOn campus, the department of arts and science has developed spaces for innovation such as the chemistry and physics laboratories. The engineering department,helveticaon the other hand,sans-serif;">has a regional partnership with a program called TechShop this is accessible to students of the same college.</span></span></spanp> <span p style="fonttext-sizealign:smalljustify;"><span style="color:#696969font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helveticageorgia,sans-serif;">Tawazun industrial park plays a crucial role in the economy with access only to industry personnel, but there may be scope for students’ partnership in the near future.</span></span></spanp> <span p style="fonttext-sizealign:smalljustify;"><span style="colorfont-size:#696969medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helveticageorgia,sans-serif;">Gitex startup movement, Khalifa fund, and innovation 4 impact are considered sources of funding for entrepreneurs in the region. Innovation to impact is limited to digital entrepreneurs and companies. The government has also started the initiative and launched UAE innovates accessible to all residents of the UAE and a different program called as in5 is also open to students of all majors and entrepreneurs situated in the region.&nbsp;</span></span></spanp><div p style="colortext-align: rgb(0, 0, 0)justify; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;""><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#696969medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helveticageorgia,sans-serif;">We have had the Chancellors innovation awards for 6 years already with hundreds of submissions from faculty, staff and students on improving ADU internal operations.&nbsp;</span></span></spanp></div><div style=p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); fonttext-familyalign: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pxjustify;"><span style="font-size:smallmedium;"><span style="colorfont-family:#696969;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serifgeorgia,serif;">ADU also ran Technopreneur innovation contest for 4 years with Khalifa Fund. This was a UAE level innovation contest for any UAE based entrepreneur.</span></span></spanp></div><span p style="fonttext-sizealign:smalljustify;"><span style="colorfont-size:#696969medium;"><span style="font-family:arialgeorgia,helvetica,sans-serif;">Mentoring, guidance , and</span></span></span><span style="color:#696969&nbsp;"><span style="fontadvises are accessible to students of all majors and different campuses. On-family:arialcampus programs are known as ADU innovates,helveticaADU idea drop,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">advises</span><span style="font-size:small;">are accessible and the Research and Development Center. The main motivation for this is, that some of the applied research projects could actually become commercial products for startups. So after the prototype phase, the Innovation center could help them with go to students of all majors and different campusesmarket phase. </span></span style></p><p style="fonttext-sizealign:smalljustify;">On campus</spanp>=== <span style="font-size:smallmedium;">programs are known as ADU innovates, ADU idea drop<span style="font-family:georgia, serif;">Engaging with regional and the Research and Development local economic development efforts</span></span > ===<p style="fonttext-sizealign:smalljustify;">centre</spanstyle="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-sizefamily:smallgeorgia,serif;">. The main motivation contribution from ADU is naturally talented graduates for this is, that some of the applied research projects could actually become commercial products job market. ADU strives&nbsp;to develop student profiles that have the skills and attitudes needed for </span><span style="font-size:small;">start ups</span><span style="font-size:small;">the future workplace, and for advancing the local economy. The regional economic development programs like in5 and UAE innovates is open to all whether applying through an institute or independently. So after the prototype phase </span><span style="font-size:smallADU doesn’t have any official partnership with these programs, but if taken into consideration it may be possible. However,&nbsp;">Innovation<ADU innovation center and faculties inform students about contests and encourage them to apply.</span></span></spanp><span p style="fonttext-sizealign:smalljustify;"><span style="colorfont-size:#696969medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helveticageorgia,sans-serif;">enter could help them Collaboration is already in place with go TechShop but limited to market phasestudents majoring in engineering.</span></span></span>   === <span style="font-size:mediumThere are regular educational trips held that incorporate innovation as a result of successful companies. At ADU&nbsp;">'''Engaging the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs plays a key role in helping students patent their ideas with regional Takamul program, and local economic development efforts'''cover part of the patenting cost. They also inform and support research applications to national level competitions and sponsorship programs.</span> === </span style></p><p style="fonttext-sizealign:smalljustify;"><span /p><p style="fonttext-familyalign:arial,helvetica,sans-serifjustify;"><span style="colorfont-size:#696969medium;">The main contribution from ADU is naturally talented graduates for<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]]</span></span></spanp><span p style="fonttext-familyalign:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;justify;"></p>=== <span style="colorfont-size:#696969medium;"><span style="font-sizefamily:smallgeorgia,serif;">job&nbsp;Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span style> ===<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:smallmedium;">market. ADU strives&nbsp<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Abu Dhabi University has no technology transfer office yet, this office requires a lot of procedures in order to develop student profiles that have the skills happen because of some certain policies and attitudes needed for regulations, but in the near future workplace, and for advancing the local economy</span><span style="font-size:small;">there will be. Abu Dhabi University it taking this plan seriously as it has many a lot of students who have to potential to make such a project successful.The</span></span></spanp><span p style="fonttext-sizealign:smalljustify;"></p>=== <span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serifmedium;"><span style="colorfont-family:#696969georgia,serif;">regional economic development programs like in5 Encouraging faculty innovation and UAE innovates is open to all whether applying through an institute or independently. ADU doesn’t have any official partnership with these programs, but if taken into consideration it may be possible. Howeverentrepreneurship</span></span> ===<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">&nbsp;ADU innovation center and faculties inform students about contests and encourage them to apply.</span</span></span></spanp></spanp style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:smallmedium;"><span style="font-family:arialgeorgia,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#696969;">Collaboration Abu Dhabi University is already in place with TechShop still working on it, there are plans but limited nothing is implemented yet. The faculty is more encouraged to students majoring in engineeringdo researches and consultation. &nbsp;There are regular educational trips held that incorporate innovation as a result contracts in place and some faculty is doing work outside of successful companies. At ADU&nbsp;the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs plays university (for example through ADU KG, a key role in helping sister organization/consultancy). Moreover, there is an assessment done by students patent their ideas with Takamul programto evaluate the professors’ performance, and cover part of there is a criterion in this evaluation which measures the innovative techniques used by the professors in the class and outside the patenting cost. They also inform and support research applications to national level competitions and sponsorship programsclass.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">[[Eman.Ali|&nbsp;Eman.Ali]]</span></span></spanp>   [[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]]