Forging Alliances: Industry-Academe Collaboration in TAIWAN (NSYSU)

Chih-Wen KUO, PhDVice President for International Affairs, National Sun Yat-sen University, TAIWAN

Industry Cooperation in NSYSU

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Industry-Academe Cooperation and Continuing Education Office

Industry-University Collaboration Division

Continuing Education Center

Technology Transfer Center

Innovation & Incubation Center

Entrepreneurship Center

Collaboration Operation Procedure

• Government

Enterprise

Legal person

• Bid• Submit proposal

• Bid decision• Approval

NegotiationMap out planNDA

Contract signing/stamp

Contract performance

evaluation

Cooperate with :

Cooperate with :

Match NSYSU & KMU expertise to form a team

Organize NSYSU team to visit vendor

Promote NSYSU’s technology to suppliers of local industrial zone

Phase-in new Industry-Academy collaboration faculty promotion system in NSYSU

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4,999,586US$

Significant PerformancesNon-Government Industry-Academe

Collaboration (2001-2016) Government Industry-Academe Collaboration (2013-2017)

US$

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Business Partners (2013~2017)

International Enterprise

Government

12 units 34 units

Local Enterprise

146 units

Keeping up Partnership

Establish Industry-Academe Collaboration Club (Sihwan Industry-Academe Club)

Industry-AcademeCooperation

Friendship Activities for Members

Talents Nurturing

Wrap-up Presentation

Technology Forum Visitation and

Consultant

Friendly Matchings Cultural and Artistic Activities

On the job training Introduce new

knowledge and technology

Keeping up PartnershipPerformance Day

Technology Transfer Center

• accelerate local technology development

• construct a technology transferring platform

• syndicate industry-academic resource

• foster start-up business

Mission

Task• IP evaluation• IP application• IP announcement• IP licensing• IP protection• IP termination

Technology Manager promotion activities

Road showSeminarOn site visiting

Patents 965 (TW)

197 (US)

Licencing Fee

6.8M USD

Technology Transfer Center

9*Under Non-Disclosure Agreement binding, only general information is disclosed

Technology Transfer

Jump-Start 3 companies-Marine Cosmeceutical Substance(granted 40M fund)-Self-injection locked Radar(Capital 200M)

-Mass Spectrometer(Capital 16M)

Innovation and Incubation Center• Services

1) Matching up collaborations between industry and academe.

2) Business management consultations.

3) Assistance in application for government projects and awards.

4) Assistance in application for patent and trademark.

5) Product developments or improvements with technical collaborations.

6) Various trainings with professional know-how.

7) Product promotion activities, such as achievement publication & demonstration events.

• Service Target

Start-up companies

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

Teachers or students who want to build up a business

Offering services needed by the entering enterprises during entrepreneurship, innovation, and research and development phases.

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Incubation Spaces

6 Incubation Office

Library Building

6 Incubation Office

Entrepreneurial Base

4Co-working space

International Building

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Provide information and consultative service for starting an enterprise.

The main investment target is micro-entrepreneurship and NSYSU-derived enterprises.

Provide information and consultative services for SMEs.

SYS venture capital funded by alumni/alumnae will invest phenomenal companies. Encourage

students to start up business.

Entrepreneurial Atmosphere

EntrepreneurshipCourse

Entrepreneurship Center

Innovation and Incubation Center

NSYSU Entrepreneurship grant

Establish the Virtual Startup school

Fund source: University funds

Incubation Center Resources

NSYSUEntrepreneurs Fund

SYS Ventures

NSYSU Entrepreneurship grant

A series of training courses stimulating entrepreneurial atmospheres

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Performance in 2014-2017

• Incubated Companies: > 60• Accumulated invested capital of incubated

companies：>10 million USD• Accumulated number of job creation: > 400• Assistance in obtaining government funds:

> 6.6 million USD

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NSYSU Entrepreneurship Center

With the funding support of the Ministry of Education, theEntrepreneurship Center was established on 1 April, 2015.

Actively provide service to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship among professors, students and

alumni

Motto “Startup-Friendly Campus”

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NSYSU Entrepreneurship Center

Services of the Entrepreneurship Center Customized startup guidance counseling Startup career fairs and entrepreneurial knowledge

programs NSYSU Startup Container : Venue rental, co-working place Applying for government startup micro-funding Business matching Startup funds :

NSYSU Nascent Micro-Ventures & Management3.3M USD (fund for innovation and startup)

“From concept to practice, the cultivation from 0 to 1.”15

Photos of NSYSU Startup Container

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Path to Entrepreneurship Servicing Results

Startup teams

Nurture entrepreneurs

Teachers and students startup

companies

Over 1000

Established 35companies

Over0.16 million USD

Accumulate external rewards

Cultivated 54teams

• Recruitment started in 2014

• Recruits once every school year

NSYSUstartup funds

• External startup competitions

• U-Start college graduates business startup program

• FITI Innovation and Entrepreneurship Platform

• Industrial Startup Plan

• Hosted over 300 courses, events, workshops, competitions, and entrepreneurial knowledge programs

• Matchmaking with over 120 industrial experts for guidance counseling

Over3.3 million USD

• 3.3million USD fund for innovation and startup

• NSYSU Nascent Micro-Ventures & Management

• SYS Ventures

17* over60%of teams successfully startup a new company!

Entrepreneurship Center - Event Photos

Course on entrepreneur fundraising briefing

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Continuing Education Center

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Government-

commissioned

Credit Course

Non-credit course

Enterprise-commissio

ned

• Ministry of Education─Senior education• Ministry of Culture─College of cultural asset• Taiwan External Trade Development Council─International

Business Management Course• Ministry of Labor─Industry talents investment course• Kaohsiung City Government─Maritime Ironman Triathlon

• Fubon Financial• Gene Target Biomedicine Group• Cosmetic Interflow Association of R.O.C• China Steel

• Maritime Courses─Diving、Sailing、Marine Culture credit course etc.

• Instrument talent training ─Saxophone short-term training• Language Courses─Toeic、Toefl、German、Korean、Spanish

、Japanese etc• Kaohsiung citizen college ─Basic Painting、Yoga etc.

Government- commissioned

Enterprise-commissioned

Featured courses

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Course Classification

• Enterprises• Communities (Children, Adult, Elder)

Classified by targets

• Credit course•Non-credit course

Classified by types

•Management, Finance, Law, Language certificate, Citizen college, Senior education etc.

Classified by subjects

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Extra Teaching Ways

ExtramuralEducation

Distance Education

OverseasEducation

• Teaching outside of school and branch school

• Teaching through transmission media such as internet and video camera etc.

• Teaching at countries other than Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu

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Cooperation Process

Make Request• Enterprises make

requests.• We actively

promote courses.

Preliminary Negotiation

• Understand course requests

• Offer teacher’s information

Confirm Course• Plan course

content• Select a teacher

Estimate cost• Quotation on

course• Installment

Payment

Sign contract• Revise contract

content• Affix both

department’s seals

Execute contract• Carry out course• Provide

certificate

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Classroom

Continuing Education Classroom 4002, 5006, 5008Medium Classroom/ 50 persons Big Classroom/ 80 persons

Small Classroom/ 20 persons Small Meeting Room

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Certificate

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Snapshots of Classes

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Achievements of Continuing Education

Guandong Ocean University’s workshop in Taiwan

Taiwan Chairman’s Management Program

Advanced Management Training Program of China Steel in Malaysia

Graduation Ceremony of Senior Education

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Achievements of Continuing Education

Contact：Lu Jia-Da ManagerTEL：07-5252000 #2700

E-Mail：jiada@mail.nsysu.edu.tw

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In the future, together we witness !

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