2022 Cohort
37
edits
Changes
<h4> <strong> I&E Courses </strong> </h4>
Some of the courses offered are "Innovation and Product Development", in which students explore the design thinking methodology and other techniques to apply in the development of a real product. Three classes focus on business management and entrepreneurship: "Company and Customer", "Business Management", and ‘Products and Services Design’. Finally, there is a course called "Entrepreneurs in Action" where students work on identifying needs and improvement opportunities and implementing solutions in a real business.
Some courses don’t have a specific component of I&E because they are related to core areas, but students are required to go through an innovative process to develop a solution. The course ‘Biodesign’ is from the mandatory bioengineering curriculum. It is about the use of design in order to create a solution to a specific problem following the steps of Design Thinking with biomedicine or biotechnology. Another course called ‘Information Systems’ gives students of Computer Science the opportunity to discover a specific problem that requires technology to be solved. For that, it is necessary to empathize with the objective public in order to design the best software that fits them.
On 2014, UTEC launched its executive education program, which is an educational proposal of professional specialization whose core axes are innovation, data, agility, and technology. Among its 7 schools, the "Academy of Innovation and Omniquality" stands up. It offers the courses "Specialization on User Experience and Service Design" and "Specializatión on StartUp Creation" which put in action the I&E theory into real business cases.<h4> <strong> Extracurricular Clubs & Activities</strong> </h4>
On 2022, the Internationalization Office achieved its first successful group for the Tech Mission to Silicon Valley, an effort to expose a group of students to one of the most innovative environments in the world. During 5 days, they got to network with engineers and innovation experts from companies such as Tesla, Google, Amazon, NASA, etc.
The Student Welfare department has implemented a series of training sessions for students involved in its different programs, most of these training sessions include skills within the I&E environment, soft, and leadership skills. Two of the most known are the training sessions for students involved in student organizations, called Leadership Summit, and the training for students in the Peer and Academic mentor programs.
<strong> Maker Spaces </strong>
===<big><span style="color:cornflowerblue">Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function</span></big>===
<p style="text-align: justify"></p><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: transparent"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small"> At UTEC, the Legal Division Advice is always looking for the security of the student’s or faculty member’s ideas. Also, there are some programs that promote turning technologies into business opportunities that can benefit society. </span></span><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: transparent"></span></span>
<h4><strong> UTEC Ventures </strong> </h4>