Empowering Partnerships. Advancing Innovation. Building Futures.
BatStateU Aboitiz LIMA Campus is home to strategic centers that drive innovation, collaboration, and applied learning. Each center is designed to strengthen the University’s linkages with industry, advance research and technology development, and create platforms where knowledge translates into real impact.
About the IPC
The Industry Partnership Center (IPC) is the main coordinating hub for industry academe
collaboration at BatStateU Aboitiz LIMA Campus. It facilitates engagements in curriculum codesign, faculty immersion, professional placement, and collaborative research. The IPC ensures that partnerships are strategic, sustained, and mutually beneficial.
Objectives
The Center aims to:
- Establish and Formalize Strategic Partnerships
Identify, assess, and engage potential partners aligned with the University’s vision and priorities. Manage formal agreements (MoUs/MoAs) that clearly define roles, responsibilities, and mutual benefits. - Integrate Industry Expertise into Learning
Support academic units in connecting with industry experts for course co-delivery, capstone and mini-project assessments, mentorship programs, and professional placements. - Enhance Stakeholder Engagement and Continuous Improvement
Facilitate diverse partnership activities—including grants, sponsorships, job fairs, networking events, and international initiatives. Ensure transparent communication, regular reporting, and ongoing evaluation to maximize sustainable impact and alignment with campus goals.
Key Units
Industry Partnership Development
Builds and formalizes relationships with industry and government partners, supporting co-created projects, joint initiatives, and industry immersion programs.
Grants and Strategic Partnerships
Secures funding, sponsorships, and strategic collaborations to support research, infrastructure, and innovation initiatives.
Career Placements and Mentorship
Facilitates professional placements and mentorship programs that equip students with real-world skills, technical expertise, and workplace readiness.
Why Partner with Us?
Partnering with the University means gaining access to:
- A highly motivated and technically trained talent pipeline
- Joint R&D and innovation projects with faculty and students
- Capacity-building opportunities for workforce upskilling
- Engagement in curriculum and program development
- Strategic co-branding and national visibility through institutional partnerships
Connect with Us
The University invites progressive companies, innovation-driven enterprises, and public sector organizations to codesign the future of work and learning. Together, we prepare learners not just to adapt to change—but to lead it.
Industry Partnership Center
Batangas State University Aboitiz LIMA Campus, Biz Hub at LIMA Estate, Lipa-Malvar, Batangas
About CAIST
At the core of BatStateU’s digital transformation, the CAIST is a pioneering hub driving the University’s bold AI vision. Strategically located at the BatStateU Aboitiz LIMA Campus and surrounded by innovation-driven industries, CAIST leads the integration of AI across education, research, governance, and public service, anchored on the BatStateU AI Strategy 2025.
Research Thrusts
CAIST redefines AI not merely as a tool, but as a catalyst for reimagining higher education, empowering communities, and delivering societal impact. Through its interdisciplinary programs and research thrusts, CAIST serves as a platform for cutting-edge research, real-world applications, and talent development—turning vision into action across the following thematic research thrusts:
1. EduTech: Revolutionizing Education through AI-Powered Learning Systems
CAIST’s EduTech research thrust is dedicated to transforming the educational experience through AI and data-driven innovation. It envisions an intelligent learning ecosystem that supports student success through personalized academic guidance, adaptive assessments, and data-informed teaching strategies.
Projects under this thrust are designed to enhance student learning outcomes by integrating real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, and smart interventions. These systems empower educators and learners alike, making education more responsive, inclusive, and impactful.
2. EnviTech: Smart Environmental and Utility Management for Sustainable Campuses
EnviTech initiatives harness the power of IoT technologies and AI-enabled digital twins to optimize campus operations and environmental stewardship. By creating digital replicas of physical systems—such as water distribution, energy grids, HVAC, and air quality sensors—this research thrust enables continuous monitoring, analysis, and decision-making.
The system provides real-time insights that support energy efficiency, early fault detection, and evidence-based sustainability interventions—turning BatStateU campuses into living laboratories for smart infrastructure and environmental innovation.
3. AgriTech: Smarter Agriculture through AI, IoT, and Precision Farming
CAIST’s AgriTech research thrust is committed to advancing agricultural productivity and climate resilience through cutting-edge technologies. Integrating sensor networks, drone imaging, and AI-powered analytics, the system enables real-time monitoring of soil health, crop status, pest activity, and weather dynamics.
Actionable insights help optimize irrigation, fertilizer use, and harvest scheduling—resulting in improved yields, reduced input waste, and more resilient farming systems. It also fosters community engagement through pilot farms and supports agripreneurship among students and rural stakeholders.
- EnergyTech: AI-Driven Solutions for a Sustainable Energy Future
The EnergyTech research thrust develops intelligent energy systems that integrate AI, smart grids, and renewable technologies to support the University’s clean energy transition. It features a centralized platform for monitoring and optimizing energy production, distribution, and consumption across campuses and partner communities.
With capabilities in load forecasting, anomaly detection, and automated energy balancing, the system facilitates cost reduction and carbon footprint minimization. The platform also serves as a testbed for research in energy informatics, power electronics, and smart systems engineering.
- FinTech: Accelerating Financial Innovation through Intelligent Systems
CAIST’s FinTech research thrust explores the transformative potential of AI in financial services and economic inclusion. Focus areas include algorithmic trading, digital payments, fraud detection, credit scoring, financial literacy tools, and decentralized finance (DeFi). By leveraging big data, machine learning, and blockchain technologies, FinTech projects enable secure, efficient, and transparent financial solutions for individuals, enterprises, and underserved communities.
Why Collaborate with Us?
CAIST opens its doors to industries, startups, government agencies, and organizations seeking to shape an AI-enabled future. By working together, partners can transform concepts into solutions that matter and innovations into opportunities for long-term growth.
Collaborative Research Expertise
Work alongside faculty and specialists to advance cutting edge applications in AI and smart technologies.
Tailored Industry Solutions Translate research outputs into tools and systems that respond directly to operational and market needs.
Access to Skilled Talent – Connect with students and researchers trained in data science, automation, and emerging digital technologies.
Prime Location for Innovation – Partner within the BatStateU Aboitiz LIMA Campus, situated at the heart of a thriving economic estate.
Shared Commitment to Impact – Drive innovations that not only enhance business performance but also support sustainability and national growth.
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Center for Artificial Intelligence and Smart Technologies (CAIST)
Batangas State University Aboitiz LIMA Campus, Biz Hub at LIMA Estate, Lipa-Malvar, Batangas
About IFC
The Innovation Futures Center (IFC) at BatStateU Aboitiz LIMA Campus is a hub for collaborative research, technology commercialization, and industry-academe innovation. Strategically located within the LIMA Estate, the Center connects the University’s expertise with industry needs, fostering joint solutions, technological advancement, and entrepreneurial ventures.
It serves as a platform for co-development, co-ownership, and commercialization of technologies, supporting Innovation Challenge Labs, commissioned research projects, and intellectual property (IP) management aligned with the Technology Transfer Act of the Philippines (RA 10055).
Vision & Objectives
Vision:
To be a national leader in industry-driven innovation, research commercialization, and entrepreneurship, positioning BatStateU as a driver of inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
Objectives:
- Foster Joint Innovation: Enable collaborative research programs between BatStateU and LIMA Park industry locators to address real-world challenges.
- Establish Innovation Challenge Labs: Bring together faculty, students, and industry experts to co-create solutions, prototypes, and process improvements.
- Accelerate IP Commercialization: Facilitate co-development, co-ownership, licensing, and spin-offs.
- Facilitate Commissioned Research: Connect industry with faculty expertise for targeted problem-solving.
- Cultivate Innovation Culture: Support entrepreneurship, fellowships, incubation, and innovation capacity-building for students, faculty, and partners.
Key Programs & Components
1. Innovation Challenge Labs
- Co-designed with industry to solve technological and operational challenges.
- Multidisciplinary teams of faculty, students, and mentors follow an innovation cycle: ideation ‚Üí prototyping ‚Üí validation ‚Üí presentation.
- Promising projects may move to IP protection or pilot deployment.
- Intellectual Property (IP) Commercialization & Co-Ownership
- Joint R&D initiatives under shared IP ownership.
- Flexible licensing options (exclusive, non-exclusive, revenue-sharing).
- Support for startups and spin-offs incubated within the Center.
- Commissioned Research Program
- Industry partners commission research for product development, performance improvement, or new technology exploration.
- Formal contracts define scope, deliverables, timeline, and IP terms.
- Outcomes include prototypes, publications, reports, and joint patents.
- Faculty & Expert R&D Engagement
- Mobilize faculty expertise for research projects, consultancy, IP development, and technical mentoring.
- Opportunities for sabbaticals, collaborative grants, and participation in technical design reviews, IP clinics, and policy roundtables.
- Innovation Mentorship & Capacity Building
- Workshops on design thinking, innovation strategy, IP management, and technology transfer.
- Accelerator programs for student-led innovations, including prototyping and market readiness support.
- Entrepreneurial training modules and venture readiness programs for startups and research teams.
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Innovation Futures Center (IFC)
Batangas State University Aboitiz LIMA Campus, Biz Hub at LIMA Estate, Lipa-Malvar, Batangas
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Campus Address
Batangas State University Aboitiz LIMA Campus
Biz Hub at LIMA Estate, Lipa-Malvar, Batangas, Philippines
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