According to the recent announcement by the Ministry of Education on its 2019 the Entrepreneurship Concentrate-Spin off-Operation-Startup (EC-SOS) plan for universities, The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology won a grant of NT$ 1.3 million in the two categories of the Entrepreneurship Management and Action Learning Program and the Fundraising Practical Learning Program. Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology is the only university of technology winning the grant. It is also one of the only seven universities in the country that have received grant in the two categories at the same time
【A scene of the STUST Lion Startup Battle Camp -1】
The EC-SOS plan by the Ministry of Education aims to assist universities in cultivating talents with entrepreneurial life-force and entrepreneurial professional abilities. On one hand, it strengthens the combination of the university's production and learning units and campus innovation and entrepreneurship curriculum planning. On the other, it works on establishing a cooperation platform between universities and enterprises, hoping to enhance the research and development of universities and establish a student entrepreneurship simulation mechanism to strengthen practical entrepreneurship learning.
【A scene of the STUST Lion Startup Battle Camp -2】
The EC-SOS plan by the Ministry of Education aims to assist universities in cultivating talents with entrepreneurial life-force and entrepreneurial professional abilities. On one hand, it strengthens the combination of the university's production and learning units and campus innovation and entrepreneurship curriculum planning. On the other, it works on establishing a cooperation platform between universities and enterprises, hoping to enhance the research and development of universities and establish a student entrepreneurship simulation mechanism to strengthen practical entrepreneurship learning.
In 2017, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology launched a series of entrepreneurial foundation courses called "Entrepreneurship Practice Micro-Courses." By utilizing the resources offered, students can now make creative ideas, formulate creative product plans, and make proposals (Rocket Pitch), turning their ideas into the practical business operations with entrepreneurial process. In 2018, STUST integrated its Higher Education Sprout Program to construct a key implementation project of the innovation and create an entrepreneurial ecological environment; it thereby continues to deepen the entrepreneurial atmosphere of the campus
【A scene of the STUST Lion Startup Battle Camp -2
The first Lion Startup Battle Camp of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology led students to knowledge and experience about startup and fundraising practices in a lively and interesting fashion
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In 2017, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology launched a series of entrepreneurial foundation courses called "Entrepreneurship Practice Micro-Courses." By utilizing the resources offered, students can now make creative ideas, formulate creative product plans, and make proposals (Rocket Pitch), turning their ideas into the practical business operations with entrepreneurial process. In 2018, STUST integrated its Higher Education Sprout Program to construct a key implementation project of the innovation and create an entrepreneurial ecological environment; it thereby continues to deepen the entrepreneurial atmosphere of the campus.
STUT has set up two courses of “Company Creation Practice” and “Entrepreneurship and Fundraising Practice” for the EC-SOS plan by the Ministry of Education
Students are offered 3 credits from each course, which includes the 48-hour Intensive Entrepreneurship Practice Simulation Lion Startup Battle Camp and the real-time practice of startup and operation of the company based on online fundraising, along with by an induction of entrepreneurial breeding counseling and new internship resources to help students implement their innovative ideas and practice courses. During the period, students can strengthen their startup experience and entrepreneurial development. The courses have been well received and given great acclaim.
【A scene of the STUST Lion Startup Battle Camp -2
The first Lion Startup Battle Camp of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology led students to knowledge and experience about startup and fundraising practices in a lively and interesting fashion
The first Lion Startup Battle Camp of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology invited President Deng-Maw Lu (fourth from left of the standing row) to take a group photo with chief officers and all the participants of the camp
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Deng-Maw Lu, President of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, said that Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology holds a campus culture that promotes pragmatic use and builds a three-fold creative learning atmosphere of "creative-innovation-entrepreneurship," guiding students to think creatively, developing towards industrial application, and assisting in the commoditization of the results of innovative research and development. Special thanks are to the Ministry of Education's innovation and entrepreneurship projects in entrepreneurial management and action learning as well as fundraising practical learning. Through the plan, STUST will further deepen our campus entrepreneurship practice micro-learning, Lion Cup three-fold creativity competition, entrepreneurship implementation, and other pre-cultivation programs, as well as the introduction of breeding resources and counseling upgrades, to strengthen our cultivation in the overall business foundation of new ventures and to implement creativity and innovation. As we turn the concept into practical action, we will be able to create a three-in-one systematic education.