La place de l’université dans le nouveau modèle de développement Cas de l’université Marocaine

Abstract

Before the XIXth century, the society expects the university to provide high quality higher
education and research, and to contribute to the development of knowledge and learning,
which are the two traditional missions of the university. Today, however, society expects the
university to contribute to economic, social, political and cultural development. This is the
third mission delegated to the university in the service of the community.
Moreover, the participation of the university world is the opportunity for companies to
complement and strengthen its capacity for innovation. And putting the university at the heart
of the innovation ecosystem is an essential condition for regional and national development.
The objective of this article is to better understand how the place of the Moroccan university,
has been structured in the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem, and what are the
strategies and policies launched by Morocco to put the university at the heart of the ecosystem
and ambitious their role in the new Moroccan development model.