THE LARGEST INNOVATION NETWORK IN EGYPT
Overview:
To better communicate with our students, iHub created smaller student-led innovation communities (iClubs) in each faculty in the different universities. Each iClub is supervised by entrepreneurial faculty members but powered by students aims to empower students with all the knowledge and professional experience required to contribute to business activities on campus.
All clubs in the country are part of the National Innovation Network (NiN) that creates ties and bridges with innovation supporting entities across the country. iClub operates in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education, the Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT), Rowad2030 Program and the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC).
The goal of iClub is to give students the opportunity to contribute using their methodologies in spreading iHub’s culture and help in identifying more innovators. iHub provides an umbrella to support these iClubs, and then absorbs all the identified innovators within iHub’s central activities and programs.
Goals
* To ensure that every student is involved and engaged in purposeful activities to promote their overall balanced growth in mind, body, and spirit.
* To create an environment where work and living can be combined.
* To build an eco-system of private, public and academic collaboration.
* To design unique programs to help students think innovatively and take on problem solving in addition to providing support to foster their ideas and develop their projects at any of their stages.
Objectives
* Establish a culture and mindset of innovation and entrepreneurship based on principles, values, shared vision and goals.
* Promote innovation in the university community.
* Spread entrepreneurship awareness, spark deep discussions and create a forum for ideas within the ASU community including official sectors, university centers, student activities, etc.
* Stimulate innovators and invest in their innovations and talents for serving society.
* To encourage the students at the university from different disciplines to submit their ideas and to turn them into innovations of economic and business values.
* To encourage interdisciplinary interaction between different majors.
* To facilitate the application, transfer, and exploitation of innovative ideas.
* Develop soft skills in preparation for lifelong success
* Empower students with all the knowledge and professional experience required to contribute to business activities on campus.
* Build a community for business innovation and entrepreneurship that facilitate networking and support integration between all the actors and stockholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Egypt.
* Support specific research projects that start with an innovative idea.
* ASU-iHub internship is a perfect way to develop and refine the students’ skills to enhance their experiences and give them a head start on achieving their goals.
Benefits
* Students enrolled in ASU-iHub internship will have many benefits such as:
* Strengthen their CV with this experience.
* Receive free training from iHub before they start.
* Have priority at any iHub programs.
* Work with professional academic staff from their faculties.
* Engage students in active interdisciplinary activities.
* Work with external partners throughout their internship and have networks.
* Get a deep understanding of leadership and develop students into lifelong leaders.
* Develop students' soft skills and learn how to deal with different types of personality.
* Gain new skills in many areas such as: marketing, effective communication, planning and management, etc.
* Build supportive and inclusive communities.
Structure
The ASU-iClub consists of two main units: Operation Unit and Marketing Unit, in addition to a project coordinator as shown in the below figure.
