UdeG strengthens ties with the productive sector during a visit to Jabil Guadalajara

With the objective of to strengthen collaborative ties between academia and industry, authorities of the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), led by Rector Karla Planter Pérez, carried out a Visit to the Jabil Guadalajara facilities in the Technology Park, where they met the company activities, its innovation processes and collaboration opportunities to promote new partnership projects.

During the meeting, company executives They presented the main lines of work. of the company, as well as its expectations for continue developing joint actions with the University of Guadalajara, especially in the area of ​​talent development, specialized training and professional development.

Planter Pérez highlighted the relationship between this House of Study and Jabil It represents one of the most successful cases of linkage between the institution and the productive sector.

“This initiative is one of the most successful experiences we have had in linking with such an important company with an international reach; This is a synergy in which we have become partners to build training projects "directed at the workers of Jabil," he stated.

He recalled that, as a result of this collaboration, Several university-level technical degree programs have already been developed, from which many students have graduated; in addition to courses and workshops, and he announced that soon Two new diploma programs will be launched as a result of this strategic relationship..

Planter Pérez emphasized that This experience is already a benchmark for the university. in its purpose of strengthening the permanent link with the business sector.

"This experience has become a benchmark for what we want to do and what we are also working on with other companies“The issue of university-industry partnerships is not just for a short time, but permanent, meaning even after our students graduate. We are also learning about the industry's needs in terms of talent development, so that we, from the classroom, can rethink what we need to do,” he noted.

The rector emphasized that, in a context of constant transformation, It is essential that educational institutions maintain a close dialogue with the indispensable and necessary productive sectorsIn order to respond appropriately to current challenges, he also highlighted the importance of young people having early contact with work environments that complement their academic training.

"It is essential that students become familiar with the realities of the working world from an early age.“It’s not just about theoretical training, but about understanding how that theory is applied in practice and how they can prepare themselves to face the needs they will encounter in their professional lives,” he stated.

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Text: Laura Sepúlveda Velázquez
Photography: Fernanda Velazquez