UNITECH International
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| Founded at | Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Type | Educational |
| Legal status | Active |
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CEO | Marta Chicano |
President | Patrick Prendergast |
| Website | unitech-international |
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UNITECH International is a network between distinguished technical universities and multinational companies across Europe. The programme aims to provide future engineers and professionals with skills, experience, and a professional network to solve problems in the industry and society.[2]
History[]
UNITECH was founded in 1999 by ETH Zürich's former rector Konrad Osterwalder and Hilti's former CEO Pius Baschera.[3]
After 20 years, the UNITECH network has more than 1000 alumni from 12 different universities. 64 multinational corporate firms have been a part of this network.[3] As of 2021, the network comprises 8 European universities and 12 corporate partners across Europe.[citation needed]
Partner universities[]
- Chalmers University, Sweden[4]
- ETH Zurich, Switzerland[5]
- Politecnico di Milano, Italy[6]
- RWTH Aachen, Germany[7]
- Loughborough University, United Kingdom[8]
- Trinity College Dublin, Ireland[9]
- Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain[10]
- Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon, France[11]
Corporate partners[]
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- ABB Group
- AFRY
- BioMérieux
- Buhler Group
- Covestro
- Danfoss
- Evonik Industries
- Geberit
- Hilti
- Infineon Technologies
- Roche Diagnostics
- Truma
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "The Board". unitech-international.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Baschera, Pius; Rickert, Nils (2001), Weichert, D.; Rauhut, B.; Schmidt, R. (eds.), "Developing Leaders for Technology Intensive Companies: The UNITECH International Story", Educating the Engineer for the 21st Century, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 45–52, doi:10.1007/0-306-48394-7_6, ISBN 978-1-4020-0096-6
- ^ Jump up to: a b "20 Years of UNITECH". unitech-international.org. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "UNITECH International". www.chalmers.se. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "UNITECH International". ethz.ch. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Politecnico di Milano: Unitech". Politecnico di Milano. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "UNITECH International". RWTH Aachen University. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "UNITECH | Erasmus+ and International Exchange Programmes". Loughborough University. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ https://www.tcd.ie/Engineering/international/study-abroad/outgoing/unitech/
- ^ "What is UNITECH?".
- ^ "Unitech". 3 October 2014.
Categories:
- University programs