{"id":1339,"date":"2016-05-13T10:49:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T10:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/miete\/?page_id=1339"},"modified":"2023-03-22T15:10:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T15:10:45","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/miete\/?page_id=1339","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIETE History<\/h1>\n

A short summary in a 3\u00a0minutes Video here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n

September 2004<\/strong>: The MSc in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship (MIETE) started in September 2004 with support with of the\u00a0HiTEC Centre Team at the\u00a0<\/a>North Carolina State University<\/a>\u00a0in the setting up of the so-called TEC Sequence. The\u00a0TEC Sequence wasdeveloped by the\u00a0HiTEC Centre at the North Carolina State University and made available in Portugal by\u00a0COTEC Portugal<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Empresarial para a Inova\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n

It was an excelent collaboration whose results we were already able to witness. It is the objective of MIETE to provide technology-based entrepreneurship training promoting the development and launching of new businesses.<\/p>\n

March 2006<\/strong>: IDEAVITY<\/a>, 1st entreprise is launched by former MIETE students.<\/p>\n

October 2006<\/strong>: submited the proposal for adaptation of MIETE to a 2nd Cycle Bolonha.<\/p>\n

February 2007<\/strong>:\u00a0Tomorrow Options Microelectronics S.A\u00a0., 2nd enterprise launched by former MIETE students. This company is now named Kinematix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

April<\/strong>\u00a02008<\/strong>:\u00a0Ownersmark S.A.\u00a03rd enterprise launched by former MIETE students. (closed)<\/p>\n

November 2008<\/strong>: Polight (Ownersmark S.A) wins BES Innovation Prize 2008<\/p>\n

2009:<\/strong>\u00a0Tomorrow Options Microelectronics starts its activity in UK. Tomorrow options is awarded a Prize by UK Trade&Investment (read interview with Alexander Ellis,\u00a0British Embassador in Portugal<\/a>).<\/p>\n

May2009<\/strong>: 2nd MIETE International Advisory Board Meeting<\/p>\n

September 2009<\/strong>: MIETE registers 68 applications for 25 vacancies for the 2009\/11 edition<\/p>\n

October 2010<\/strong>: The Social Entrepreneurship project \u201cProjecto Construir\u201d starts. Among other projects Rom\u00e3o Santos lead the construction of the PC Porto Lego Stadium with children\u00a0staying at the Cancer Institute in Porto (see video in Portuguese<\/a>)\u00a0(closed)<\/p>\n

January 2011<\/strong>: Metablue, medical device (www.metabluesolution.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2011\/12<\/strong>: Scootzz starts incubation at UPTEC (more in our blog<\/a>). (closed)<\/p>\n

2015\/16,\u00a02016\/17<\/strong>: Student Prizes (see here<\/a>): Business Ideas and Dissertation Projects<\/p>\n

2020<\/strong>: After submitting the auto-assessment report in December 2018, the accreditation for 6 more years was granted in 2020. We were most honoured by this accreditation that allowed us to integrate 3 new elective courses made to fit our students:<\/p>\n