Visit to the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Welcomed by President Prof. Hicham El Habti and Prof. Lhassan Hbdi, former President of the Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, Secretary-General Prof. Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari visited the Campus and expressed their great appreciation.
SG Capasso recalled his long friendship with the architect and colleague Riccardo Bofill, author of the project and recently deceased.
He began the visit with the comment:
"The Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) is an institution dedicated to applied research and innovation: oriented towards Africa, its ambition is to become one of the world's leading universities in various fields.
Its campus, located in the municipality of Ben Guerir near Marrakech, is at the centre of the Green City Mohammed VI and has a national, continental and international reach.
More than a traditional academic institution, the Mohammed VI Polytechnic is a platform for experimentation and a hothouse of opportunities for students that everyone likes to call "the school of life".
It is a reduced representation of the outside world, with its challenges, perspectives and promises, and aims to reveal the potential of young Moroccans and students from all over the world.
UM6P is of course a knowledge centre dedicated to research, high-level education and innovation, in the service of development: but it is also an innovative educational approach, which places learning through experimentation and practice at the heart of training and research.
Our teaching methods are designed to serve curious and creative minds, whether students, teachers or partners. This safe space welcomes life in all its diversity, complexity and opportunities: it is not simply intended to train engineers, architects or even managers but, above all, to address the challenges of the present moment."
