OUR HISTORY

CIE reaches a milestone with 10,000 users having completed induction into its makerspaces Kura Matahuna Unleash Space and 5G lab Te Ahi Hangarau.

The University of Auckland is the only institute outside North America to take out a USASBE award. CIE is awarded for Entrepreneurship Education Excellence for innovation in co-curricular education, in recognition of its Summer Lab programme.

CIE wins an award from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centres (GCEC) for Outstanding Student Engagement and Leadership. The GCEC is a consortium of 250 leading university entrepreneurship programmes that work together to assist each other in advancing, strengthening and celebrating the role of universities in educating the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. The Student Engagement and Leadership Award was for the category of schools with more than 5,000 students. It is the first time a university from the southern hemisphere has won a GCEC award in its 20 year history.

The University of Auckland is named Entrepreneurial University of the Year, the ultimate award at the Asia-Pacific Triple E Entrepreneurship and Engagement Excellence Awards in Higher Education. The competition received over 300 entries, with 60 finalists from 17 countries. Professor Thorsten Kliewe, Chair of ACEEU and the Triple E Awards, said “the University of Auckland is a great example on how entrepreneurship can be at the heart of a higher education institution.”

The University of Auckland’s state-of-the-art innovation hub and maker space opens. Unleash Space was founded as a partnership between the Business School and the Faculty of Engineering. Its creation was led by the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, empowered through the support of generous donors Sir Owen G Glenn, Beca, Chau Hoi Shuen Foundation, Hynds Foundation, Li Ka-Shing Foundation and PwC. Rereata Makiha, the University of Auckland Business School Kaumatua gifts Unleash Space it’s Māori name, Kura Matahuna – The journey into the future.