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E3M-AL PROJECT - DEVELOPING THIRD MISSION ACTIVITIES IN ALBANIAN UNIVERSITIESProject No: 530243-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-ES-TEMPUS-SMHES

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Developing Third Mission Activities in Albanian Universities

Mapping 3M activities in partner universitiesMapping 3M activities in partner universities

  Kick-off seminar on 3M activitiesKick-off seminar on 3M activities

University of Turku, FinlandUniversity of Turku, Finland

Petteri SinervoPetteri Sinervo

Tirana, 13th February 2013Tirana, 13th February 2013

UTU FactsUTU Facts• Academic heritage in Turku since 1640, current

University of Turku (the first Finnish-language University)was founded in 1920

"From a Free People to Free Science” • Multi-disciplinary

o Six faculties and Turku School of Economics, 12 special units, six national centres of excellence

o 21 000 students: 17 000 Degree Students, about 2000 Post-graduate Students, more than 2000 Visiting Students

o 3 500 employeeso Over 4 000 scientific publications annually, 77% of which in

international publications

• Ranked 221. university in the whole world (THES – QS World University Rankings)

OTSIKKOOTSIKKOTekstiä

Third missionThird mission• Base

o Finnish University Act requires that universities have third mission activitieso UTU’s strategy emphasized the 3M activities: one of the key functional areas

of UTU. 3M activities are supervised and monitored by one of the vice-rectors

• Activitieso Research: Collaborative, appliedo Education: Lifelong Learning, adult education, targeted training programs for

external organisations, Open Universityo Regional development projectso Technology-transfer, innovation development

• Organisationo Mainly integrated to faculties (societal interaction working group & network

overseeing the activities)o Certain units concentrating on 3M: TTO (research & innovation services), BID

Business and Innovation Development, Brahea Centre for Training and Development, TSE exe

Examples of 3M Examples of 3M activitiesactivities

• Business Development Laboratoryo Exploitation of research results; business or product idea development,

early phase, multidisciplinary

• From Science to Businesso Systematic review of science-based business/products ideas; includes

funding for further development

• Towards Working Lifeo Brining local employer’s closer to the university; providing partnering

opportunities and targeted training

• Idea Factory o Regional development program; to activate and accelerate R&D

activities in the region’s companies

Examples of 3M Examples of 3M activitiesactivities

• BOOST Turkuo Student initiative, raising entrepreneurial awareness among the

students and promoting student entrepreneurship

• TSE exe – executive educationo Executive education programs, tailored training for enterprises and in-

house education for companies

• Brahea Centre for Training and Development and Open Universityo Continuing education; tailored training programs; Open University;

regional development programs

• BID Business and Innovation Developmento Innovation development services; brining business knowledge to applied

research projects; Innovation & Business Creation education for students, post-docs and staff; raising entrepreneurial awareness in the campus

ENTREPRENEURIAL AND INNOVATION

EXCELLENCE

3rd Generation Universities3rd Generation UniversitiesSCIENTIFIC

EXCELLENCE

ENTREPRENEURIAL AND INNOVATIVE EXCELLENCE

2ND GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS SCIENCE

2ND GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS SCIENCE

1ST GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS INTELLECTUAL

CENTER

1ST GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS INTELLECTUAL

CENTER

3RD GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS GENERATOR OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

3RD GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS GENERATOR OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

• entrepreneurship and innovation (applying science, relevance) as strategic objectives• university/society interaction • university as global network of excellence• open innovation• pro-active regional linkages• engine of early-stage innovation

Source: Antti Paasio 2010

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