Edinburgh Research and Innovation Ltd

Working with industry

Edinburgh Research and Innovation has established 2,270 industrial collaborations in the past five years, to transfer the University’s knowledge and expertise to support business innovation through sponsored research, licensing and consultancy.

Working with industry

Enterprise creators

Edinburgh Research and Innovation has helped staff and students set up 162 new spin-out/start-up businesses in the past five years, many award-winning, thereby strengthening the University’s position as one of the top-performing enterprise universities in the UK.

Enterprise creators

Boosting the UK economy

An economic impact report has shown that Edinburgh Research and Innovation’s commercialisation activities generates over £164.5 million GVA per annum for the UK economy (over £201.6 million globally), and supports over 2,800 jobs (over 3,500 globally).

Boosting the UK economy

Encouraging enterprise

The University’s technology transfer office (currently Edinburgh Research and Innovation) has an enviable track record of successful commercialisation and notable achievements over 45 years including the creation of over 300 new companies; with 81% still trading.

Encouraging enterprise

Leader in innovation

Edinburgh Research and Innovation is one of the UK leaders in the successful commercialisation of the intellectual property generated from the University’s world-class research, through licensing technologies to existing companies and new University spin-outs.

Leader in innovation

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Support for UofE staff

Edinburgh Research and Innovation provides a complete range of pre-award research and commercialisation services for the University's academic community.

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A UK leader in commercialising research and entrepreneurship

Working with industry

Enterprise creators

Boosting the UK economy

Encouraging enterprise

Leader in innovation

Latest opportunity

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Support for UofE staff