{{Short description|European university alliance}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Multiple issues| {{cleanup reorganize|date=September 2017}} {{Third-party|date=April 2021}} }} {{Infobox organization | name = UNITECH International Society | image = | image_alt = UNITECH-official-logo | founding_location = Zurich, Switzerland | type = Educational | status = Active | location = Zurich, Switzerland | leader_title = President | leader_name = Torbjorn Lundh | formation = 1999 | logo = UNITECH International.png | founders = <!--Konrad Osterwalder, Pius Baschera--> | website = {{URL|www.unitech-international.org}} | footnotes = }} '''UNITECH International''' is a leadership development program for talented STEM students run by a society of distinguished technical universities and multinational companies across Europe.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Baschera|first1=Pius|title=Developing Leaders for Technology Intensive Companies: The UNITECH International Story|date=2001|work=Educating the Engineer for the 21st Century|pages=45–52|editor-last=Weichert|editor-first=D.|place=Dordrecht|publisher=Springer Netherlands|language=en|doi=10.1007/0-306-48394-7_6|isbn=978-1-4020-0096-6|last2=Rickert|first2=Nils|editor2-last=Rauhut|editor2-first=B.|editor3-last=Schmidt|editor3-first=R.}}</ref>
==History== UNITECH was founded in 1999 by ETH Zürich's former rector Konrad Osterwalder and Hilti's former CEO Pius Baschera.<ref name=":0" />
After 23 years, the UNITECH network has more than 1'500 alumni from 12 different universities, and 64 multinational corporate firms have been a part of this network.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=20 Years of UNITECH|url=https://unitech-international.org/the-programme/20-years-of-unitech|access-date=2021-04-04|website=unitech-international.org|archive-date=6 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206080622/https://www.unitech-international.org/the-programme/20-years-of-unitech|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2023, the network comprises eight European universities and 15 corporate partners across Europe.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}
==Partner universities== The universities are to guarantee academic excellence and have committed themselves to build a network with UNITECH International, which goes beyond traditional programs. * Chalmers University, Sweden<ref>{{Cite web|title=UNITECH International|url=https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/student-mobility/unitech-international/Pages/default.aspx|access-date=2021-04-10|website=www.chalmers.se}}</ref> * ETH Zurich, Switzerland<ref>{{Cite web|title=UNITECH International|url=https://ethz.ch/en/studies/non-degree-courses/exchange-and-visiting-studies/programmes/exchange-programmes/unitech-international.html|access-date=2021-04-10|website=ethz.ch|language=en|archive-date=22 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522143207/https://ethz.ch/en/studies/non-degree-courses/exchange-and-visiting-studies/programmes/exchange-programmes/unitech-international.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Politecnico di Milano, Italy<ref>{{Cite web|title=Politecnico di Milano: Unitech|url=https://www.polimi.it/en/services-and-opportunities/experience-abroad/study-mobility/unitech/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Politecnico di Milano|archive-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106224835/https://www.polimi.it/en/services-and-opportunities/experience-abroad/study-mobility/unitech/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * RWTH Aachen, Germany<ref>{{Cite web|title=UNITECH International|url=https://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/bwyz?lidx=1|access-date=2021-04-10|website=RWTH Aachen University}}</ref> * Loughborough University, United Kingdom<ref>{{Cite web|title=UNITECH {{!}} Erasmus+ and International Exchange Programmes|url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/overseas-exchange/unitech/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Loughborough University}}</ref> * Trinity College Dublin, Ireland<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tcd.ie/Engineering/international/study-abroad/outgoing/unitech/| title = UNITECH - School of Engineering - Trinity College Dublin}}</ref> * Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upc.edu/sri/en/students/students-mobility-office/unitech/unitech-outgoing/what-is|title=What is UNITECH?}}</ref> * Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon, France<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insa-lyon.fr/en/unitech|title = Unitech|date = 3 October 2014}}</ref>
==Corporate partners== The participating companies are not only seen as sponsors but as active partners who take on a role in the training and further development of the students. According to UNITECH International, the partners should fulfill a demanding profile in terms of international presence and market position.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2022 |title=Corporate Partners |url=https://www.unitech-international.org/corporate-partners |website=UNITECH International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.unitech-international.org/about-us/the-board|title = The Board|date = 22 June 2022|access-date = 22 June 2022|archive-date = 6 December 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221206080616/https://www.unitech-international.org/about-us/the-board|url-status = dead}}</ref>
*ABB Group *Accelleron *Airbus *Buhler Group *Danfoss *Evonik Industries *Geberit *Hilti *Infineon Technologies *IWC Schaffhausen *Nouryon *Roche Diagnostics *Wella Company
Former industrial partners include bioMérieux,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unitech-international.org/news/the-network/item/biomerieux-joins-unitech-as-new-corporate-partner|title=bioMerieux joins UNITECH as new Corporate Partner|date=22 June 2022|access-date=22 June 2022|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225052649/https://unitech-international.org/news/the-network/item/biomerieux-joins-unitech-as-new-corporate-partner|url-status=dead}}</ref> Caterpillar,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unitech-international.org/news/the-programme/item/unitech-student-visit-caterpillar-facility-in-desford|title=UNITECH student visit Caterpillar facility in Desford|date=22 June 2022|access-date=22 June 2022|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127122100/https://unitech-international.org/news/the-programme/item/unitech-student-visit-caterpillar-facility-in-desford|url-status=dead}}</ref> Covestro,<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.unitech-international.org/news/the-network/item/covestro-joins-unitech-as-new-corporate-partner|title = Covestro joins UNITECH as new Corporate Partner|date = 22 June 2022|access-date = 22 June 2022|archive-date = 28 May 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220528032617/https://unitech-international.org/news/the-network/item/covestro-joins-unitech-as-new-corporate-partner|url-status = dead}}</ref> Lonza,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unitech-international.org/news/the-network/item/lonza-joins-unitech-as-new-corporate-partner|title=Lonza joins UNITECH as new Corporate Partner|date=22 June 2022|access-date=22 June 2022|archive-date=28 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528040734/https://unitech-international.org/news/the-network/item/lonza-joins-unitech-as-new-corporate-partner|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nokia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unitech-international.org/news/the-network/item/nokia-joins-unitech-as-new-corporate-partner|title=Nokia joins UNITECH as new Corporate Partner|date=22 June 2022|access-date=22 June 2022|archive-date=26 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126213632/https://unitech-international.org/news/the-network/item/nokia-joins-unitech-as-new-corporate-partner|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ZF Friedrichshafen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zf.com/mobile/en/stories_21120.html|title = Arvind Ravishankar - Out of the Comfort Zone|date = 22 June 2022}}</ref>
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.unitech-international.org}} * [http://www.unitech-international.org/the-network/alumni/about-the-unitech-alumni-association UNITECH Alumni association]
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