Third Mission at the University of Turku E3M-AL PROJECT - DEVELOPING THIRD MISSION ACTIVITIES IN ALBANIAN UNIVERSITIES Project No: TEMPUS ES-TEMPUS-SMHES This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects only the views of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use, which may be made of the information contained therein. Mapping 3M activities in partner universities Kick-off seminar on 3M activities Developing Third Mission Activities in Albanian Universities Mapping 3M activities in partner universities Kick-off seminar on 3M activities University of Turku, Finland Petteri Sinervo Tirana, 13th February 2013

UTU 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 students: Degree Students, about 2000 Post-graduate Students, more than 2000 Visiting Students o employees o Over scientific publications annually, 77% of which in international publications Ranked 221. university in the whole world (THES – QS World University Rankings)

OTSIKKO Tekstiä

Third mission Base o Finnish University Act requires that universities have third mission activities o 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 Activities o Research: Collaborative, applied o Education: Lifelong Learning, adult education, targeted training programs for external organisations, Open University o Regional development projects o Technology-transfer, innovation development Organisation o 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 activities Business Development Laboratory o Exploitation of research results; business or product idea development, early phase, multidisciplinary From Science to Business o Systematic review of science-based business/products ideas; includes funding for further development Towards Working Life o 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 activities BOOST Turku o Student initiative, raising entrepreneurial awareness among the students and promoting student entrepreneurship TSE exe – executive education o Executive education programs, tailored training for enterprises and in- house education for companies Brahea Centre for Training and Development and Open University o Continuing education; tailored training programs; Open University; regional development programs BID Business and Innovation Development o 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 Universities SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND INNOVATIVE EXCELLENCE 2 ND GENERATION UNIVERSITY AS SCIENCE 2 ND GENERATION UNIVERSITY AS SCIENCE 1 ST GENERATION UNIVERSITY AS INTELLECTUAL CENTER 1 ST GENERATION UNIVERSITY AS INTELLECTUAL CENTER 3 RD GENERATION UNIVERSITY AS GENERATOR OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION 3 RD GENERATION UNIVERSITY 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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