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StartUp Hub — Université Ibn Zohr

Université Ibn Zohr (UIZ) is the largest university in southern Morocco with ~ 130 000 students. Its StartUp Hub is the entry-point for students, recent graduates and academic researchers wishing to spin a venture out of UIZ research, ENCG capstones or ENSA engineering projects.

What it offers

• Pre-incubation: idea-stage support, mentoring, validation.
• Annual innovation award for student start-ups.
• Hackathons in partnership with ADD, OCP, Maroc Telecom.
• Bridge to Bidaya, Technopark Agadir, 212 Founders for graduating teams.
• Access to UIZ labs & FabLab equipment.

Faculties feeding the pipeline

• ENCG Agadir — National School of Commerce & Management.
• ENSA Agadir — National School of Applied Sciences (engineering).
• FST — Faculty of Science & Technology.
• FSJES — Law, Economics, Social Sciences.
• FLSH — Letters & Human Sciences.
• ENS — École Normale Supérieure.

How to engage

1. Reach out to your faculty’s entrepreneurship liaison or the StartUp Hub via the central UIZ portal.
2. Pitch your idea at the next call.
3. Join a hackathon or innovation week.
4. Graduate to a Souss-Massa incubator (Technopark, Bidaya).

Linked resources

• Business plan templates
• Raise pre-seed in Morocco