UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRUJILLO

The National University of Trujillo (UNT) has accompanied events in Trujillo since the beginnings of the Republican era. Its founders settled in our region to form the liberating army that would give the Independence of our beloved homeland.

The UNT, with 189 years of history, stands out for its extensive experience in the management of research with the financing of companies and other actors. It currently has 13 faculties with 45 undergraduate academic programs, in the Graduate School it has 86 master's degrees and 26 doctoral programs. We have a high quality of researchers, in the different branches of science, of which we have 110 researchers registered in CONCYTEC. The UNT is one of the twelve emblematic universities indicated in Law 30220, University Law.

The UNT has a main headquarters and two sub-branches. The main headquarters is located in the city of Trujillo, and its facilities are divided into 2 establishments: the university campus and the Local Central (administrative offices). The sub-branches are located in Sánchez Carrión Province (Huamachuco headquarters) and Pacasmayo Province (Jequetepeque headquarters).

The UNT Innovation and Technology Transfer Directorate was created in December 2017. Since then, it has actively contributed to the development of the La Libertad region. It's a founding member of CREEAS (Regional Committee for Business, State, Academy and Organized Civil Society), which is a union of goodwill that actively works for the development of the region, based on business innovation, founded in 2017. Since 2019, the UNT is part of the Regional Development Agency, a space led by the Regional Government, to promote the growth of the La Libertad region from development and social growth. Also in 2019, the UNT signed an agreement with INDECOPI (National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property), for the creation of CATI (Center for Technology and Innovation Support) at the UNT, in favor of innovation in the La Libertad region. This year, that agreement was renewed for a period of 3 years, and the next renewal will be automatic.

As most outstanding achievements, the UNT Business Incubator (IncubaUNT) won the Financing of the Fund "Strengthening Incubators and Related Entities" of Innóvate Peru, and has successfully incubated 18 ventures, of which 11 are successfully performing in the market has additionally trained more than 600 students, teachers in entrepreneurship and innovation methodologies. It also participated as part of the Hubs network of Telefónica Open Future in La Libertad. The UNT is part of the project “La Libertad Innova. Innovation and Entrepreneurship: engines of change”, which is a project for the Dinamization of Regional Ecosystems (DER) financed by Innovate Peru. The UNT participated from the formulation of the project, and currently has representatives in the technical team of the same. In 2020, the UNT ranks ninth among the universities with the most patent applications in all of Peru.

MISSION

“To train professionals and researchers from the northern region and the country, with ethics and quality; creators of scientific, technological, humanistic knowledge and Innovation, for the sustainable development of society ".

VISION

"As of 2024, the National University of Trujillo is one of the leaders in academic excellence and scientific production with visibility and impact in Latin America and the world"

The UNT stands out for the high quality of professionals it forms, these famous people passed through its classrooms: César Vallejo, Antenor Orrego Espinoza, Víctor Raúl Haya De La Torre, Ciro Alegría Bazán and Luis de La Puente Uceda.

Pictures of UNT

Main entrance of the Campus of the National University of Trujillo
AV. Juan Pablo II s / n. Urb. San Andrés. Trujillo

Second Entrance of the Campus of the National University of Trujillo
Av. Juan Pablo II s / n. Urb. San Andrés. Trujillo

Yard of the Central Local of the National University of Trujillo
Jr. Diego de Almagro 344, Historic Center. Trujillo.

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Materials Engineering

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Industrial Engineering

Faculty of Medicine - Department of Human Medicine

Coworking Space of the Business Incubator and Entrepreneurship

Video of the Business and Entrepreneurship Incubator of the National University of Trujillo:

Roles of the Innovation and Technology Transfer Direction

The Innovation and Technology Transfer Direction comes from the Vice-Rector's Office for Research. This Directorate has 3 units: Business Incubator Unit, Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Unit and Regional Innovation Ecosystems Unit.

The Innovation and Technology Transfer Director :

It has the following managers:

- Dr. Hermes Escalante Añorga - Innovation and Technology Transfer Director.

His main functions are: To carry out the annual plan of the Directorate with the Heads of each unit, ensure compliance with the Directorate indicators and represent before the Vice President for Research.

- Dra. Janett Bermeo Rodríguez - Administrative Director

Her main functions are: To supervise all the Management Units, help in the preparation of the annual plan of the Management, represent the Director before the Units, ensure the efficient use of resources in the Diirectorate

Business Incubator and Entrepreneurship Unit :

It has the following managers:

- Dr. Jackson Buchelli Perales - Head of Unit

His main functions are: To prepare the annual plan of the Unit, together with the coordinators of the different areas of the Incubator, to ensure compliance with the Unit's indicators. Represent the Incubator in events of the Ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation.

- Eng. Heiner Ocupa Cabrera - Project Supervisor to Innóvate Peru.

His main functions are: Assisting startups in the formulation of their innovation projects to access competitive funds and supervising startups crediting innovation funds.

- Eng. Marcos Agurto Evangelista - Incubation Program Coordinator

His main functions are: Planning and executing the Business Incubation Programs, advising entrepreneurs on innovation and entrepreneurship. Manage resources for the Programs.

- Eng. Yon Huacanjulca Ávila - Pre-Incubation Program Coordinator

His main functions are: Planning and executing the Business Pre-Incubation Programs, advising teams on business models. Manage resources for the Programs.

- Lic. Juan Martín Sánchez Alvites - Marketing and Communications Coordinator

His main functions are: Planning and executing marketing strategies for the positioning of the INCUBAUNT brand, in the region and the country, managing the social networks of the Incubator and preparing advertising material for the activities of the different Incubator Programs.

Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Unit

Has a person in charge:

- Eng. José Carlo Cabrera Lázaro

His main functions are to promote the culture of IP, manage and promote the rganismo f property registries of teachers, students and / or administrative personnel, which are achieved through research and technological development, carrying out procedures before the National Defense Institute of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) or another international rganismo f Intellectual Property. Identify the needs of the members of the university community related to the Unit.Unidad de Ecosistema de Innovación Regional

Regional Innovation Ecosystem Unit

Selection process for the new integrant

- The functions of the position are: to link, disseminate and promote the participation of the university with the actors of the regional innovation ecosystem, these being the company, the state, organized civil society and the academy, in order to carry out joint activities in favor of research, innovation and technological development to contribute to the sustainable development of the region and the country