Independent journalism at the University of Twente
This year's Van den Kroonenberg Award for Young Entrepeneurship was awarded on the university's anniversary to Micha Mulder and Ronny van `t Oever. These two UT alumni founded Micronit Microfluidics in 1999 and, in less than six years, pushed it to an international top-three position in their field. Frank Schreve, chairman of the University of Twente Foundation, considers Micronit `a gem' of the UT. `They are completely qualified for this award.' Mulder and Van `t Oever already had no cause to complain about 2005. In October they entered the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of fifty technology companies with the largest increase of turnover, at thirteenth place. `The entrepreneurial university,' Mulder said, `is anything but an empty phrase.'
His colleague Van `t Oever also complimented the UT. `We used the knowledge that was already present. It gave us a flying start.' He also referred to the words of Rector Zijm. `Our customers use our technology to solve social problems. That would not have been possible without the support of the entrepreneurial UT.'
Trans. Jeroen Latour
This seventh edition of the 4TU Career Special is a shared publication by the news editors of Cursor (Eindhoven University of Technology), Delta (Delft University of Technology), Resource (Wageningen University and Research), and U-Today (University of Twente). The magazine came into being in collaboration with industry, and is explicitly aimed towards students who are either in the final phase of their studies, or have just graduated.
