University outreach

The Third Mission is defined as the set of activities by which the universities enter into direct interaction with society, flanking the traditional missions of teaching (first mission, which is based on interaction with students) and research (second mission, mainly in interaction with the scientific communities or peers). With the Third Mission, the universities come into direct contact with subjects and social groups further than those established and are therefore available to modes of interaction with content and form that are very variable and dependent on the context.