Despite the long-standing historical focus on university/industry relations and all the efforts to bring these two together, university/industry relations have experienced ups and downs, which calls for a full collaboration on both sides relying on mutual capacities. To address this need, Khatam University introduced the office of Plan Deputy in 2021 in the hope of contributing to Innovation and Technology by making use of available potentials and capabilities at the university. With these revisions in the organizational structure and assignment of new responsibilities pertaining to university/industry relations, Khatam University is planning to address the research and technological needs of both society and industry by enhancing collaborations and synergies between the university and industry, especially Pasargad Financial Group.
Khatam University/Industry Relations Office is established with the purpose of enhancing and promoting the link between Khatam University, industry, and society, addressing their research and technological needs, and empowering Khatam students and graduates. In this regard, the following missions, goals, and strategies have been assigned.
Missions
- Continuous development and reinforcement of university/industry relations, with a special focus on Pasargad Financial Group, in order to maximize our contribution to Innovation and Technology;
- Drawing on the capacities and capabilities of Khatam University to address the technological and research needs of the society;
- Encouraging collaborations and synergies between Khatam and Pasargad Group;
- Promoting scientific and technological achievements as well as links to industries and society;
- Activating and enriching Khatam scientific potency in dealing with industry and society.
Goals
- Making full use of Khatam capabilities and potentials to address the technological and research needs of industry and society by providing counselling services to national administrative and industrial organizations;
- Creating the context for development and growth of domestic science and technology by carrying out demand-driven, customer-oriented, and socially significant research based on national plans;
- Quantitative and qualitative growth of the relations between university and international, national, and local financial and industrial centers;
- Regulating the link between academicians and non-university organizations.
Strategies
- Promoting and enhancing the link between faculty members/students and industries/organizations;
- Planning incentives to encourage staff members’ engagement with industries;
- Introducing the potentials and capabilities of the university in meeting the needs of industries and organizations;
- Active participation in research festivals and expositions by introducing selective research projects at university;
- Arranging meetings between university faculty members and industrial, organizational, and agricultural administrators;
- Communicating with different industries to invite industrial projects, enhance apprenticeship plans, and contribute to the realization of national laws of using maximum technological and engineering capabilities and purchasing technological knowledge;
- Enhancing the possibility of sharing facilities and services between university and industries.