Innovation Centre

Objectives:

Strengthening a culture of entrepreneurship in the faculty, taking advantage of potentials of both students and faculty members.
Creating grounds for spotting entrepreneurial opportunities.
Institutionalising entrepreneurship in line with national innovation ecosystem.
Studying and analysing construction industry needs in order to eventually achieving creative solutions through students’ and faculty members’ contribution.
Creating grounds for interactions between idea owners with other sectors and commercialisation systems related to science and technology parks.
Developing new technologies in architecture towards technological products.
Institutionalising extra-curricular scientific, research entrepreneurial, and group activities among students.
Attracting outstanding students from all stages of their study, taking advantage from their collaboration and competition in order to improve the University’s entrepreneurial atmosphere.
Attracting young faculty members to conduct and consult students to develop their ideas and improve their group work.
Facilitating connections between students with graduates in public and private sectors.
Offering teaching and consultation services to idea makers with a view to create science-based businesses.
Familiarising Bachelor’s students at the outset with technology-based businesses and the market for them.
Familiarising students with successful entrepreneurs in construction industry through the Faculty graduates in the country and abroad.

Operational Plans for the Centre:

Launching a market research centre for construction industry in collaboration with the Faculty’s Research Deputy
Creating appropriate communication channels for interactions with various actors in the Iranian innovation ecosystem
Helping to achieve a better understanding of industry needs and realistic formation of ideas
Attracting faculty members
Attracting science-based companies
Launching the Centre’s website in order to introduce construction industry needs
Launching a student association for communicating with the industry

Launching a centre for improving professional qualifications of students of architecture and urbanism