China News Service, Hangzhou, October 26 (Cao Dan) The Technology Transfer Ecological Forum and the unveiling ceremony of Zhejiang University Science and Technology Business School were held at Zhejiang University on the 25th. Ren Shaobo, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang University, unveiled the name of the Science and Technology Business School. This newly established college is committed to cultivating "people who can create" based on the "Interdisciplinary BEST Strategy".
The transformation of scientific and technological achievements is a worldwide problem. Xie Xiaoyun, dean of Zhejiang University School of Management and dean of School of Science and Technology Business, introduced the construction plan of Zhejiang University School of Science and Technology Business on the spot. He said that the world is undergoing a structural adjustment of talent supply. The failure of many innovations is not scientifically unfounded, "but no one has verified whether it is really needed outside the laboratory."
According to reports, the new college will assume three roles: a "test area" for cultivating top innovative and entrepreneurial talents, a "test field" for the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and a "test field" for new structures, new models and new forms of higher education in the future. It will focus on cultivating high-level, compound and applied technology transfer talents such as technology entrepreneurs, technology innovation partners, technology innovation investors and technology managers.
The training channels are clearly defined at the same time, covering part-time master's degree in technology transfer, full-time master's degree in technology transfer, "Doctor of Science and Technology + Technology Transfer" double degree, and non-academic technical manager education.
"These students did not graduate by writing papers, but by practical results." Xie Xiaoyun said that the curriculum requires students to enter real transformation scenarios, and the goal is to cultivate scientific and technological achievement "ferries" who "understand management, technology, and processes."
The college will also build a new platform for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, solve the "first mile" problem of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and promote the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain to create a globally competitive innovation and entrepreneurship integration ecosystem.
How do scientists bridge the “chasm” between the laboratory and the market? Ren Qilong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and dean of the Quzhou Research Institute of Zhejiang University, gave a nine-character path based on his own experience - "sell technology, work in partnership, and do it yourself."
“Scientists and entrepreneurs are two different people, but some things must be achieved together.” In his view, scientists must first know themselves, and then try to understand the value and application potential of science. “What science and technology business schools want to cultivate is people who have both scientist and entrepreneurial thinking.”
On the day of the unveiling, the School of Science and Technology Business simultaneously launched the construction of an industry-university-research ecosystem and signed a letter of intent for academic cooperation in the field of technology transfer education with the School of Economics and Management of the University of Hong Kong. It also jointly launched the construction of an ecological community for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements with representatives from national key laboratories, venture capital institutions, pilot platforms, concept verification centers, Zhejiang University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Institute, Zhejiang University Science and Technology Park and other units. An exhibition of scientific and technological achievements of Zhejiang University was also held on site.
Facing the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, Zhejiang University Science and Technology Business School will promote the development of educational scientific and technological talents, improve the technology transfer talent training system, and provide "talent momentum" for the development of new productive forces and the construction of a modern industrial system.
