Vision
To be a leader in building an integrated university ecosystem for innovation, entrepreneurship, and knowledge transfer and commercialization, while qualifying students and graduates for effective integration into the labor market and transforming scientific outputs and innovative ideas into sustainable economic and societal value.
Goals
- Developing the technological incubator ecosystem to host innovative projects and ideas, and supporting their transformation into scalable and sustainable startups and businesses.
- Promoting a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation among students, researchers, and graduates, and developing their entrepreneurial and creative skills.
- Commercializing scientific and innovative outputs and patents, linking them with the public and private sectors, and transforming them into applicable and investable products and services.
- Qualifying students and graduates for the labor market, developing their professional, digital, and entrepreneurial skills, and enhancing training and employment opportunities.
- Building an effective alumni tracking system and leveraging their data, career paths, and experiences to develop academic and training programs.
- Strengthening partnerships with institutions, economic sectors, the labor market, and investors to support innovation, employment, entrepreneurship, and the commercialization of scientific outputs.
Key Tasks
- Managing and developing the technological incubator, hosting innovative ideas and projects, and monitoring their development stages until they become viable and scalable projects.
- Implementing professional and entrepreneurial qualification and training programs for students and graduates, and connecting them with training and employment opportunities.
- Building and updating the alumni tracking system, monitoring their career paths and labor market needs, and using feedback to improve academic and training programs.
- Commercializing and promoting research, scientific outputs, patents, and innovations, and connecting them with relevant beneficiaries and investors.
- Organizing programs, competitions, and events related to innovation and entrepreneurship, and fostering an entrepreneurial culture among students, researchers, and graduates.
- Building and strengthening partnerships with the public and private sectors and institutions that support innovation, employment, and investment.
- Preparing and updating databases, reports, and indicators related to incubated projects, alumni, employment, commercialized scientific outputs, and entrepreneurial activities, and measuring their institutional, economic, and societal impact.