APLU Innovation & Economic Prosprity Designation
UTSA has received the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) Designation. The IEP program provides a mechanism for institutions of higher education to better know, measure, tell, and enhance their economic and community development impact. The IEP award recognizes institutions that demonstrate substantive, sustainable, and campus-wide commitment to and strategy for regional economic engagement, growth, and economic prosperity.
As one of a select few institutions, UTSA has earned this distinguished recognition by working with both on-campus and off-campus stakeholders to complete a rigorous self-study of our economic engagement enterprise. The IEP application highlighted several key components of UTSA’s accomplishments. These include its strengths in areas such as cybersecurity, information and communication technology, biohealth, industrial technologies, energy and sustainable communities, converging technology areas, and talent connections. Recent successes include the opening of the National Security Collaboration Center and School of Data Science, the multi-institutional Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII) – which UTSA leads – and the evolving Innovation Hub Network to be co-located at UTSA’s Main Campus, Downtown Campus, and Port San Antonio.
The APLU IEP designation represents a significant milestone for UTSA. Implementation of the APLU CECE framework will pave the way for even greater regional innovation and collaborative successes in the future of this still-young university.