• Accompanying that policy, the university set up regulation concerning the share of revenue or overhead charge to R&D contract: 5.5% for government tax, 5% for university overhead charges, 5%-10% for department overhead charges, and the remaining for the professor’s research account. This policy and regulation are implemented with support of strong system and professional administrative staffs.
• Professors are free to engage to as many research project (including consultation works), as long as they fulfil their obligations to the university (e.g., teaching, student advising, etc.). To maintain academic staff performance, the university imposes professor evaluation base on the criteria on teaching, production of research/academic papers, number of research fund (especially government funding), and professional impact at national and international level.
TUSPARK:
Visit to TusPark includes discussion vice President of TusPark, Dr Chen Hongbo. Dr Chen’s motto is to change from “made in China to created in China”.
Some specific notes on TusPark:
• TusPark is an independent company solely functions to facilitate the university science and technology park. TusPark Co Ltd was established in July 2004, as the realization of university leaders to have a place where Tsinghua University strive its advances in science and technology. Tuspark Co. Ltd was formerly established as the Development Centre of Tuspark in August 1994. TusPark concept was formally proposed and approved by Beijing Government in 1993.
• Currently TusPark ownerships consists of:
− 44% shares belongs to Tsinghua University
− 27% shares belong individual shareholders (alumni)
− 49% shares belong public
• According to Dr. Chen, to succeed an STP needs 4 elements (space, resources, services, and tenants) that must be managed in an integrated manner. In this context Tuspark is responsible for the development, construction, operation and administration of Tsinghua University Science Park (TusPark).
• TusPark core product is Science and Technology service platform centering on the Innovation service system, and is implemented in the following services:
− Incubator base for innovative enterprises
− Cultivation base for innovative talents
− Transformation base for technological result
− Human resource services
− Capital services
− Information exchange
• TusPark business includes:
− Property business
− Investment business
− Finance Service
− Promotion business
− Training business
− Theme property business
• Tsinghua University TusPark Research Institute for Innovation is TusPark organization unit, an institution jointly founded by Tsinghua University and Central and local government agencies.
This is considered as the think factory for regional innovation, corporate innovation and technological innovation.
In summary, UIG partnership in Tsinghua can be illustrated as follows, where R&D can be implemented fully at university (at department level or through the office of University-Industry Cooperation Committee) or through TusPark:
Unlike KAIST, S&T Park at Tsinghua relies on university brands. Although the alternatives are always open, most R&D and university-industry collaboration at this park is related to Tsinghua University.
Similar to the KAIST case, the success of Tsinghua U-I collaborations depends strongly on the strength of organization and the people who ties the knots between university R&D and the industry. Independency of the organization from academic function should be very clear so that the organization can be functioning fully as professional unit that has the responsibility, authority and capability as business entity. Staffing for such organization requires professional support units, such as industrial/business liaison, technology transfer and technology commercialization, etc., that should also understand the university R&D capability.
DETAILED PROGRAMMES LOCATION 2: BEIJING - CHINA Date: 15-16 November 2012
Delegation: 1. Mr. Noor Arifin Muhammad Directorate of S&T, BUMN - BAPPENAS 2. Prof. Dr. Ali Agus Gadjah Mada University
3. Prof. Dr. Lilis Nuraida Bogor Agricultural University 4. Dr. Armein Z. Langi Bandung Institute of Technology 5. Mr. Purwanto Somali PT Indofood Sukses Makmur
6. Dr. Biemo W. Soemardi Study team member, Head of delegation
no Date - Time Location Program Remarks 19 November
1 14:00 – 15:30 Office of University- Industry Cooperation Committee, Tsinghua University
Welcome and introduction to Tsinghua UICC by Dr. Lu Xiao Jun, Deputy Director of Overseas R&D Management Office
The role and position of UICC at Tsinghua University as a broad platform for accelerating Tsinghua’s technology transfer and specific instrument for strengthening university-industry collaboration.
UICC is run by executive operation office, with two divisions, domestic and overseas.
UICC coordinates the following units:
− Business Intelligence Center
− Development Strategy Research Center
− Technology Diagnosis
− Consulting on Finance &
Investment
− Talent Training Information Services
Tsinghua UICC was founded in 1995, and also functions somewhat like enterprise club.
Current membership is more than 160, including well-known
international companies such as IB, GM, P&G, Motorola, Toshiba, Hitachi, Samsung, EDF, and France Telecom.
Members are paying membership fee.
UICC provides office support for the industry for:
− Strengthen cooperation between university and industry
− Study trends of technology development
− Helping companies solving technical problems arising from production, strengthening competitiveness
− To assist companies in creating joint laboratory and/or research centers, between Tsinghua academic department and domestic industry
− Serving the bridge between domestic and overseas companies
− Set up in-house engineering master training station (non- degree) for domestic companies
− Established more than 100
distance learning stations in 30 provinces
− Organizes workshops, conferences, seminar between academia and the industry; creating
communication platform for exploring potential cooperation.
− Promoting Tsinghua technology to the members
− Assisting member for special events, such as recruitment, setting up scholarship, ect.
UICC also coordinate several centers, such as Business Intelligence Center – BIC and Development Strategy Research Center - DSRC.
BIC provides intelligence consulting to companies and organization. This center also provides information to client companies to support their product development, technological innovation and market expansion SRC provides analysis and consultation for companies and government administrations.
In a sense, Tsinghua UICC operates similarly with university LPPM in Indonesia, in terms of linking client form industry to academia at the university campus, but with more independent for the administration and more professional
2 15:40 – 17:00 Office of TusPark Introduction and discussion on the role and function of TusPark by vice President of TusPark, Dr Chen Hongbo
TusPark is an independent company solely functions to facilitate the university science and technology park.
Dr Chen motto is to change from made in Chine to created in China TusPark Co Ltd was established in July 2004, as the realization of university leaders to have a place where Tsinghua University can strive its advances in science and
technology. Tuspark Co. Ltd was formerly the Development Center of Tuspark set up in August 1994.
TusPark concept was formarly proposed and approved by Beijing Government in 1993.
TusPark ownership:
− 44% shares belongs to Tsinghua University
− 27% shares belong individual share holders (alumni)
− 49% shares belong public
4 elements of STP: Space, resources, services, tenants
Tuspak is responsible for the development, construction, operation and administration of Tsinghua University Science Prak (TusPark)
TusPark core product is Science and Technology service platform centering on the Innovation service system.
TusPark services:
− Incubator base for innovative enterprises
− Cultivation base for innovative talents
− Transformation base for technological result
− Human resource services
− Capital services
− Information exchange
TuskPark has network in every region of the country where the economy and industry are booming.
TusPark business includes:
− Property business
− Investment business
− Finance Service
− Promotion business
− Training business
− Theme property business Tsinghua University TusPark Research Institute for Innovation is TusPark organization unit, an institution jointly founded by Tsinghua university and Central and local government agencies. This is considered as the think factory for regional innovation, corporate innovation and technological innovation.
20 November
3 09:00-11:30 Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University
Discussion with Prof. Wei Zhang, Vice Chair of Industrial Engineering Department
Discussion on various aspect of academic and professional engagements with the industry The last 10 years Tsinghua has been focusing more on academic (theoretical) research than on applied research. This is the consequences of being a world class university.
On the other hand, industry has its