The University Mohammed V (UM5R) was founded in 1957 as the first university in Morocco and is still the leading university in Morocco. The university plays an important role as a forerunner for developments in the Moroccan academic arena, paving the way for other universities.

École Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs (EMI) is a large engineering school located in Rabat, Morocco. It is affiliated to the Mohammed V University of Rabat and is therefore part of the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation. EMI was founded in 1959 by the King Mohammed V as Morocco's first polytechnic, it's the largest institution of higher education in technology and one of the leading technical schools in Morocco.

UM5R did build up a leading entrepreneurship centre and will bring its knowledge in this field into H2-Markets project. In October 2017, the University Mohammed V initiated, together with 14 partners from Morocco, Tunisia, Belgium, France and Romania, the SALEEM project, an Erasmus+ project which created centers for the support of student entrepreneurship until 2020. The project made it possible to integrate a business creation project into the university curriculum. The DAAD project ADENIN with the university of Cologne did build on the results of the SALEEM project to establish co-incubator structures between the start-up centers in Cologne and Rabat until 2023.

Within the framework of the roadmap made by the Moroccan government, universities have their role to play as a space for knowledge production, research and analysis to accompany the change and the strategy of Morocco in terms of energy transition, behavioural change and technologies. Mohammed V University in Rabat is working to develop knowledge and technologies in these areas that are part of the strategies for adaptation to climate change. A responsibility and a strong commitment to train and prepare the new generations who are the actors and decision makers of today and tomorrow. On the research level, an orientation of scientific research on technological developments and cost savings to seize the opportunities of new markets in renewable energies. An innovation, partnership and entrepreneurship strategy has been adopted for several years at UM5R. On the applied research level, oriented market needs have allowed a proximity with the industrial world and a facilitated rise of the problems and needs. The transfer of expertise from the university and the dissemination of new knowledge in the fields of renewable energy to industrial, private and public companies are part of the major missions of the University to accompany the change and support the energy strategy of Morocco in partnership with the actors of the ecosystem and by the deployment and visibility of technologies in these areas.