UNITECH International
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| Formation | 1999 |
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| Founded at | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Type | Educational |
| Legal status | Active |
| Headquarters | Zurich, Switzerland |
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President | Torbjorn Lundh |
| Website | www |
UNITECH Internationalis a leadership development program for talented STEM students ran by a society of distinguished technical universities and multinational companies across Europe.[1]
History
[edit]UNITECH was founded in 1999 by ETH Zürich's former rectorKonrad Osterwalderand Hilti's former CEO Pius Baschera.[2]
After 23 years, the UNITECH network has more than 1'500 alumni from 12 different universities, and 64 multinational corporate firms have been a part of this network.[2]As of 2023, the network comprises 8 European universities and 15 corporate partners across Europe.[citation needed]
Partner universities
[edit]The universities are to guarantee academic excellence and have committed themselves to build a network with UNITECH International, which goes beyond traditional programs.
- Chalmers University,Sweden[3]
- ETH Zurich,Switzerland[4]
- Politecnico di Milano,Italy[5]
- RWTH Aachen,Germany[6]
- Loughborough University,United Kingdom[7]
- Trinity College Dublin,Ireland[8]
- Polytechnic University of Catalonia,Spain[9]
- Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon,France[10]
Corporate partners
[edit]The participating companies are not only seen as sponsors but as active partners who take on a role in the training and further development of the students. According to UNITECH International, the partners should fulfill a demanding profile in terms of international presence and market position.[11][12]
- ABB Group
- Accelleron
- Airbus
- Buhler Group
- Danfoss
- Evonik Industries
- Geberit
- Hilti
- Infineon Technologies
- IWC Schaffhausen
- Nouryon
- Roche Diagnostics
- Wella Company
Former industrial partners includebioMérieux,[13]Caterpillar,[14]Covestro,[15]Lonza,[16]Nokia[17]orZF Friedrichshafen.[18]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^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,ISBN978-1-4020-0096-6
- ^ab"20 Years of UNITECH".unitech-international.org.Retrieved4 April2021.
- ^"UNITECH International".www.chalmers.se.Retrieved10 April2021.
- ^"UNITECH International".ethz.ch.Retrieved10 April2021.
- ^"Politecnico di Milano: Unitech".Politecnico di Milano.Retrieved10 April2021.
- ^"UNITECH International".RWTH Aachen University.Retrieved10 April2021.
- ^"UNITECH | Erasmus+ and International Exchange Programmes".Loughborough University.Retrieved10 April2021.
- ^"UNITECH - School of Engineering - Trinity College Dublin".
- ^"What is UNITECH?".
- ^"Unitech".3 October 2014.
- ^"Corporate Partners".UNITECH International.22 June 2022.
- ^"The Board".22 June 2022.
- ^"bioMerieux joins UNITECH as new Corporate Partner".22 June 2022.
- ^"UNITECH student visit Caterpillar facility in Desford".22 June 2022.
- ^"Covestro joins UNITECH as new Corporate Partner".22 June 2022.
- ^"Lonza joins UNITECH as new Corporate Partner".22 June 2022.
- ^"Nokia joins UNITECH as new Corporate Partner".22 June 2022.
- ^"Arvind Ravishankar - Out of the Comfort Zone".22 June 2022.