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UTS is located in Ultimo which is the most heavily populated Start-Up area in Australia, similar to Silion Valley in the United States. Leveraging this, UTS has become one of the most innovative and entrepreneurial campuses in Australia. There are various programs implemented by UTS to encourage student entrepreneurship including,
- The Hatchery Ideate program: UTS startups is an incubator aimed at mentoring and providing support for any student or recent alumni interested in developing a 6 month extra curricular program, designed to give students the upper-hand in launching start-upsstartup
- The Hatchery Accelerate program: a 10 week start up accelerator which gives student startups the tools Awards like UTS startup peoples choice, venture day and connections to grow their business many others are aimed at a rapid pace. The Accelerate program also includes $2000 of unconditional seed providing extra funding to standout startups which have been accepted into the program.
- Student Run Innovation and Entrepreneurial Societies on Campuse.g. Enactus & BCII Connect
- Hackathons & Competitions including Project Pitch , Code2Learn, The Hult Prize and 3P Competition, designed to launch competitive businesses
Each of these programs are trans-disciplinary, with no limitations or restrictions to certain faculties, degree types or year levels. The culmination of each of these has enabled UTS to become an active player in the Australian Start-Up Community. Helping to grow and support the culture, values and organisations within the Australian start-up ecosystem.