Executive Operation Office for Industry-Academia Cooperation (EOOIA) in CYCU aims to integrate the resources for industry and academia cooperation. With the multi-dimensional services and developments, EOOIA consists of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, Entrepreneurship & Technology Licensing Center, Industry Accelerator & Incubation Center, and the Industrial Liaison Center.

Chung Yuan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (CYIEC) aims to assist our faculty and students to develop their own business. Our mission is to create the atmosphere of campus entrepreneurship and to promote University spin-offs.

In order to promote the education of entrepreneurship and for it to take its root in the young generation, we strive to practice the philosophy of working in talent cultivation, industry- academia cooperation, resource integration, and advanced innovation. Thus, we build on the foundation of education in all aspects of creativity and innovation, to maintain the quality of entrepreneurship. Meanwhile, we provide integrated counsel and assistance to entrepreneurial teams according to the needs in the different stage.

Entrepreneurship Resource

• Innovative entrepreneurship courses, internships and activities.
• Business model verification
• Campus Entrepreneurship Angel Fund and Spin-off Companies Regulations
• Consultants and mentors
• Holistic Chung Yuan Incubation Investment Ltd and angel funds

Entrepreneurship Activity

• "Startup CEO Program"
• "You may change the Future" Starting Up Challenge
• The international innovation & entrepreneur leadership experience program (II/ELE).

Chung Yuan Industry-Academia Cooperation & Technology Licensing Center (CYCU IATLC) was established in 2003 and is responsible for patent application / maintenance and technology cooperation. CYCU IATLC has won the "Excellent Technology Transfer Center Award" of Ministry of Science and Technology for five consecutive years, "Excellence Academia and Industry Cooperation Unit Award" of Chinese Institute of Engineers for 6 consecutive sessions, and honor of 2015 "Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents". CYCU IATLC has been able to assist teachers and students to apply more than 60 international utility patents and more than 300 cases of academia-industry cooperation per year, and reach NTD$ 85 million of academia-industry project.

Features:

1. Industry-Academia cooperation.
2. Technology transferring and licensing.
3. Academia and industry cooperation consultation.
4. Patent application and maintenance.
5. Promotion, application and management of R&D results.

Chung Yuan Industry Accelerator & Incubation Center (IAIC) was established in 1997. With research outcomes from the University, IAIC provides value-added incubation services in membrane technology, mold and molding technology, nanotechnology, medical engineering, precision technology and cultural/creative design and so on. In the past 22 years, over 250 companies are incubated, the total capital increases NTD$ 3.1 billion and 9 companies went public in Initial Public Offerings (IPO).

Features:

1. Customized counseling service.
2. Sharing multi-functional spaces.
3. Diversified professional courses.
4. Integrated resources for value-added incubating.
5. International business opportunities for value chain and the compounded counseling.
6. International incubation export and strategic cooperation.
7. Multi-dimensional marketing platform advantages.
8. Launch high-potential startups through our accelerator, incubation center, and angel investor.

Global Research & Industry Alliance (GLORIA), which has been supported by Ministry of Science and Technology, established the Industrial Liaison Center (ILC) in September 2018 under the structure of Executive Operation Office for Industry-Academia Cooperation (EOOIA). The ILC has become the single service window for GLORIA.Starting from the membrane technology and smart manufacturing, the ILC integrated industry-academia cooperative services and recruited industrial liaison experts. The ILC focuses on industrial demands and try our best to build strong partnership between schools and the industry. ILC promotes industry-academia cooperation, technology transfer and human resource development, as well as expands the interaction and services through the tight relationships.

In short, the ILC plays six significant roles as follows:

1. To establish the main connection of the industry-academia services, and promote the membership policy.
2. To take the responsibilities of assisting local industries, enterprise development and conversion.
3. To expand industry-based services in other excellent areas with top technology research areas.
4. To create innovative, permanent, tight, mutual and sustainable industry-academia cooperation.
5. To establish local and global industrial connections by seeking cooperation with internationally remarkable entrepreneurs in cutting-edge technology.