Introduction
University and industry, as two dynamic and central parts of society, need mutual and effective cooperation. By joining the university and industry bodies, universities and researchers will be able to help solve the country’s research, industrial, and research problems and challenges by improving the level of bilateral cooperation and paving the way for the rapid and effective progress of the university in the direction of the comprehensive scientific map and To smooth the technology of the country. In Hakim Sabzevari University, the Office of Communication with Society and Industry is responsible for this important task. In this office, the implementation of the research projects of the university faculty members is coordinated and carried out. Also, this office is responsible for attracting and directing research, research, and industrial credits of industries and organizations to meet the country’s scientific and industrial needs. For this purpose, identifying these needs is of particular importance, which the academic staff members and students of the university do. In this regard, various visits to factories and industries are organized for faculty members and students, which also makes them more familiar with industries and their problems. Setting up exhibitions of research and industrial achievements of the university is one of the management activities of the university’s society and industry, which is done to familiarize industries and factories with the capabilities and potentials of the university.
Mission
- Promotion of scientific and technological achievements and communication with industries as well as society to achieve self-sufficiency
- Promotion and expansion of the knowledge base in the field of industry and society needs
Goals
- Using the abilities and potential of the university to meet the research and technology needs of industry and society and providing consulting services to executive bodies and industries of the country
- Creating the necessary grounds for the production and growth of science and technology needed by the country by conducting demand-oriented, customer-oriented, and effective research in society and industry, taking into account national goals
- Quantitative and qualitative improvement of the university’s relationship with economic centers and industries at the international, national, and provincial levels
- Legalizing the way academics communicate with centers outside the university
Strategies
- Promoting and facilitating communication between professors and students with industries and organizations
- Creating incentives to encourage academics to cooperate with industries and organizations
- Introducing the abilities and potentials of the university with industries and organizations in solving their problems
- Sending faculty members to industries in the form of sabbatical research to identify problems and solve them in the industry
- Active participation in research, exhibitions to present selected research projects of the university
- Holding joint meetings between faculty members and industry managers, organization officials, etc., and the board of directors of industrial and agricultural settlements
- Communicate effectively with industries to attract industrial projects, promote internships, and help implement the law on the maximum use of technical and engineering capabilities and the bill for the purchase of technical knowledge
- Creating facilities for industrial centers to use university facilities and vice versa