- The OIE will accelerate the adoption of Microsoft technologies at all levels, which will allow teachers to improve their educational methodology and students to be trained and certified in the technologies and digital skills required by the current labor market.
- Through Microsoft AI Business School and UIE, students will be trained and will discover in a practical way all the possibilities of applying Artificial Intelligence in the corporate environment.
- The collaboration agreement provides for the implementation of educational and research projects, with a particular focus on the application of innovative technologies to environmental sustainability.
The Intercontinental University of Commerce (UIE), A pioneering educational entity with more than three decades of experience in higher education and executive education has signed a partnership agreement with Microsoft that will foster research, digital education and employability for its students.
The agreement, signed today in La Coruña by Miguel Ángel Escotet, rector of the Universidad Intercontinental de la Empresa, and Alberto Granados, president of Microsoft Spain, aims to promote the digital transformation of the university and to apply technological innovation in training of its students, equipping them with the skills that companies really require.
UIE offers an individualized face-to-face model, teaching all of its bachelor’s and master’s programs on the A Coruña and Vigo campuses. A presence that is complemented by mentoring and tutoring, use of interactive technologies and remote actions. Something that will now be strengthened, thanks to the incorporation of Microsoft solutions aimed at improving communication and collaboration between teachers, administrative staff and students. The use of Microsoft 365 Education or Teamsit will enable the university to provide more flexible, engaging and inclusive learning experiences.
The agreement also provides for joint work between Microsoft and the Universidad Intercontinental de la Empresa in the implementation of educational and research projectswith a particular focus on those focused on application of innovative technologies to environmental sustainability.
And it is that the job market increasingly requires trained professionals with a combination of STEM knowledge and skills, such as AI, data use or quantum computing, with others who specialize in sustainability.
does it take long digital talent to meet the huge digitization demand of all types of companies and organizations in Spain, not only in the technology sectorbut from any field of activity.
Microsoft will help the UIE offer an innovative training proposal that includes the digital skills required by the business sectorthus improving the employability and insertion into the labor market of his students.
The students of the different degrees and masters of the university will find themselves inside Microsoft Learn, an open online platform, organized by itineraries, step-by-step tutorials and interactive environments that facilitate hands-on learning. It’s about a training model and official certifications in the Microsoft’s most innovative technologiessuch as cloud computing, data science or artificial intelligence, which will help UIE students to differentiate themselves and improve their career possibilities.
This agreement with Microsoft, “It comes from our vocation for innovation, for new technologies, for digitization and sustainability, for the world of permanent transformation. What we do sometimes is train professionals for a world that no longer exists; on the contrary, these professionals must adapt to the circumstances of the structural, social, scientific and technological change itself. In this path, the university must above all teach how to think, create an attitude towards the risk of thinking, exercise a gestalt vision and give free rein to the creative imagination. And this in the context of lifelong learning, inserted in the same dynamics of change and uncertainty of society and its production system, which requires not only the possession of the knowledge and techniques of today’s world, but also, basically, their training to learn, relearn and unlearn relentlessly as the only solution to adapt to the future, anticipate it and educate for the day after tomorrow. Microsoft as an iconic company at the forefront of new technologies can collaborate to anticipate the future “, to express Miguel Ángel Escotet, rector of the Intercontinental University of Business (UIE) and professor emeritus at the University of Texas.
“The lack of digital talent is one of the biggest challenges within the necessary transformation processes of Spanish companies and public bodies. It is essential to collaborate with educational institutions in initiatives that help train qualified talents with the skills that companies really require and that improve the employability of young people. This is our goal with the agreement we have signed with the Universidad Intercontinental de la Empresa.“, points out Alberto Granados, President of Microsoft España.
Practical training on AI applied to business
The Artificial intelligence it is changing the way companies work across industries. The application of this technology to business is part of the foundation of the agreement between the Intercontinental University of Business and Microsoft.
Integration into your resume Microsoft AI Business SchoolThe UIE will offer its students the chance to discover and delve into all the potential applications of this technology in the corporate environment, something that will allow them to apply for the most sought-after jobs in public and private companies.
Even him faculty of the OIE that does not have these skills will be able to acquire these skills so that they can better help the training of their students. With Microsoft Learn for educatorsthey will have access to an online platform organized by learning paths that will help teachers incorporate an official curriculum, teaching materials and connecting spaces with other Microsoft educators and experts, where they will share best practices to inspire their classes. .
About Intercontinental University of Business (UIE)
UIE is a state-of-the-art, student-centered, private and public service, non-profit university committed to the economic and sustainable development of society, science and culture.
