Cooperation with Business Community and Society

Wave energy, new materials, solar cells, cancer vaccine, robots, smart windows, machine translation, 3D optics, PET technology, micromotors ... These are some examples of activities and products that have grown out of the University’s research. In the last ten years, a hundred new companies have been created from research at Uppsala University.
Uppsala University plays an active role in society, promoting growth and innovation. UU Innovation is Uppsala University’s tool for developing collaboration with the business community. In the last ten years some one hundred new companies have been created to develop research breakthroughs.
- supporting research collaborations between the university and industry
- supporting the development and commercialization of ideas from research at Uppsala University.
At UU Innovation you find expertise in areas such as project management, commercial development, and patent and contract law.
If you represent industry
Please contact us to discuss research collaborations, contract research, or commercialization collaborations.
For those of you who are researchers
We offer advice, support, funding and business contacts when you have an idea that you want to commercialize, or if you want to start collaborative research with companies outside the university.