01 Policy Statement
RUET is committed to building and strengthening partnerships at local, national and international levels to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. To fulfil this commitment, RUET will:
- Expand partnerships with universities, government agencies, industry, NGOs, alumni, international organizations, and development partners.
- Promote joint research, innovation, and knowledge exchange.
- Support capacity building and technology transfer initiatives.
- Strengthen international research collaboration and SDG-focused partnerships.
- Encourage multi-stakeholder engagement for sustainable development.
02 Actions14 actions
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Establish and maintain a centralized register of RUET’s active Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), collaborative agreements, joint projects and strategic partnerships. The register shall record the partner organization, country, partnership category, responsible RUET unit, duration, relevant SDG or SDGs, activities undertaken and measurable outcomes.
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RUET shall actively develop mutually beneficial partnerships at local, national, regional and international levels to support education, research, innovation, institutional development and community engagement.
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Collaborative research projects, joint publications, conferences, seminars, workshops, researcher exchanges, shared laboratories, innovation programmes and other mechanisms through which RUET and its partners can generate and disseminate knowledge addressing sustainable development challenges.
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Work with partner organizations to provide professional training, short courses, technical assistance, joint supervision, laboratory and research capacity development, technology demonstration, commercialization, intellectual property development, and transfer of appropriate technologies to industry and communities.
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Expand collaboration with international universities, research institutions, professional bodies, development agencies and relevant international organizations, with particular emphasis on interdisciplinary research and projects contributing directly to one or more SDGs.
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Convene and participate in platforms, forums and consortia that bring together government, industry, academia, civil society, development partners and communities to plan and deliver joint SDG initiatives, and involve students and alumni in them.
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Provide RUET’s engineering, technological and research expertise to government ministries, the UGC, local government bodies, regulatory agencies and other public institutions through research, policy advice, consultancy, technical services, training and joint development initiatives.
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Develop partnerships with industries for joint research and development, sponsored research, internships, industrial training, curriculum consultation, laboratory development, prototype testing, technology transfer, entrepreneurship and graduate employment.
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Engage RUET alumni and international alumni networks in mentoring, scholarships, research collaboration, entrepreneurship, technology transfer, professional networking and institutional development.
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Each major partnership shall be reviewed periodically against measurable outputs such as joint publications, research projects, research funding, student and staff exchanges, training participants, internships, technologies developed or transferred, patents, community beneficiaries and other documented outcomes.
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RUET shall maintain publicly accessible evidence of significant SDG-related partnerships, activities and outcomes through its official website, its sustainability portal, its annual SDG reports and other appropriate institutional reporting mechanisms.
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RUET shall report annually on its contribution to the SDGs, including partnership activities, collaborative research, education, outreach and institutional initiatives, to support transparency and alignment with the UN 2030 Agenda and THE Impact Rankings.
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RUET will collaborate with industry to identify problems and societal need and to find and develop solution.
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RUET will routinely industry-academia collaboration meeting to identify common interest to work together.