The University of Malaga (UMA), founded in 1972, is a prominent public university in Spain, whose mission is to provide high-quality education, foster innovation, and contribute to societal progress. UMA hosts more than 35,000 students and 2,600 academic staff members, offering a wide range of programs across its 18 centers, covering disciplines such as health sciences, engineering, humanities, and social sciences. The university is recognized for its commitment to research, technological development, and the internationalization of education, supported by collaborations with over 800 institutions worldwide.
Within UMA, the Office of Innovation and Technological Cooperation (UMA InnTech) acts as a dynamic center for managing and developing innovation initiatives. This office is dedicated to fostering connections between academia, industry, and social actors to ensure that cutting-edge research translates into impactful applications. It provides a framework for interdisciplinary cooperation, driving initiatives in key areas such as:
Technological Innovation:
UMA InnTech facilitates the development and implementation of advanced technologies in various sectors, ensuring that solutions are relevant to the challenges faced by communities and industries.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration:
The office prioritizes partnerships between academia, industry, and public institutions to create innovative solutions. Its approach emphasizes the integration of diverse areas of knowledge to promote advances in science and technology.
Capacity Development: UMA and UMA InnTech organize training programs, workshops, and knowledge exchange initiatives to equip students, professionals, and educators with the necessary skills for the digital age.
- ACTIVITY: Teaching, Research, and Innovation
- LOCATION: Av. Cervantes, 2. Málaga
- DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1972.
- CATEGORY: University.
- CONTACT: inntech@uma.es
- INFRASTRUCTURE: The University of Málaga has 17 faculties and schools, 2 affiliated centers, and 1 Doctoral School. Within these facilities, there is space for 2694 academic staff members distributed across 330 research groups.
- PERSONNEL: 4,159.
- INTERESTING DATA: At the University of Málaga, the Office of Innovation and Technological Cooperation (UMA InnTech) acts as a connecting thread, through innovation initiatives, among the various Services and Centers of the university and the entities of the socioeconomic fabric.
TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER/DEMAND:
The Technological Offer of the University of Málaga brings together the lines of research, knowledge, and services that its Research Groups provide to society. Through this offer, UMA demonstrates its ability to effectively respond to the needs of the productive and socioeconomic sectors by offering solutions in the fields of research, development, and innovation, as well as scientific and technical advice and specialized training, with the aim of promoting the generation and dissemination of knowledge, contributing to the resolution of the main challenges posed by today’s society.
Likewise, the University of Málaga seeks to strengthen cooperation with public and private institutions, promoting the creation of synergies between university research groups and companies.
UMA provides the socioeconomic fabric with a wide variety of technologies and knowledge organized in the following strategic sectors:
- Agriculture
- Biotechnology
- Health Sciences and Technologies
- Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics
- Humanities
- Natural Resources and Environment
- Social, Economic, and Legal Sciences
- Production Technologies
- Information and Communication Technologies