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<p style="text-align: justify;">Research at the University of Twente is aimed to have a social and economic impact. With research instututes focussed on nanotechnology, ICT, biomedical technology, technical medicine, governance & behavioural sciences, engineering, geo-information sciences and earth observation the knowledge generation is not just at a high technical level but also impactfull for society. All summarized in its motto:</p>
*'''High Tech-Human Touch: '''Connecting the research involving cutting edge high tech on campus with the (current) problems of society.
The UT has many research departments that represent faculty making strides in the area of innovation and entrepeneurship. Details about research at the UT:
*1,500 researchers work on a daily base on relevant societal challenges in a variety of disciplines
*deliver over 2,700 publications a year, providing valuable input for scientific excellence and laying the foundations for new knowledge-based spin-offs
*'''NIKOS: '''Research group at the UT that focuses on innovation and entrepeneurship. The try to bring this to the students through a entrepenurial summer school, EntrepeneurialU, and provide a minor for all students where they teach about innovation and entrepeneurship.
== '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function '''<br/> ==
