The University of the Hesperides has taken a major step in its educational project with its incorporation into the Make Impact Consortium (MIC), a community of universities and companies working to accelerate the integration of technology, innovation, creation, and entrepreneurial spirit.
The Universidad de las Hespérides, has taken a big step in its educational project with its incorporation into the Make Impact Consortium (MIC), a community of universities and companies working to accelerate the integration of technology, innovation, creation, and entrepreneurial spirit. This consortium is led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In addition to MIT, eight other internationally renowned universities founded the consortium: Fontys University (Netherlands), Texas A&M University, University of Derby (United Kingdom), University of Michigan, University of Cincinnati, Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Guatemala), Al-Ahliyya University of Amman (Jordan), and Applied Sciences University (Jordan).
Be part of the MIC allows you to Universidad de las Hespérides, Benefit from the knowledge and experience of a set of universities focused on innovation, and opens the door to our professors and students working in close collaboration with key organizations that are members of the international technological innovation ecosystem.
The founding universities of the MIC have joined together to share knowledge and technology around so-called makerspaces, places where students have the opportunity to turn their ideas into prototypes. With this collaboration, resources from all these institutions will be used more efficiently and an entrepreneurship culture will be fostered that provides tangible solutions to real problems through the exchange of best practices. The tools each university has are integrated into an application called Mobius. In it, all members of this community can easily find the available teams at each institution. "Being part of the Make Impact Consortium offers students and professors from Universidad de las Hespérides, "a world of possibilities and a fabulous tool for having a positive impact on the world," according to Gonzalo Melián, Vice President. Universidad de las Hespérides,.