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Links with industry
The University develops and maintains close links with the industrial and commercial sectors, and has established itself as a force in commercial research and innovation.
Our tradition of excellence consistently serves the needs of industry and commerce, and we strongly encourage the commercial development of research from our academics.
We were one of the first universities in the UK to actively develop commercial links with industry, government and the professions.
The award-winning Wolfson Microelectronics is one of the University’s best-known spinout companies, with offices in the UK, US, Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea.
In 2004, MTEM Ltd became the largest-ever spinout from a Scottish university, raising an initial investment of £7.4 million.
The University’s innovative work and commercial success reaches throughout the whole of the UK and the world.
Our partnerships with other leading institutions, such as Stanford University, demonstrate our reputation for excellence.
Edinburgh Research and Innovation
Edinburgh Research and Innovation (ERI), based at the University, helps promote and commercialise the University’s research.
ERI has extensive experience of working with external organisations and can help postgraduate researchers build on research successes.
ERI supports the first steps to market research and maximise commercial opportunities, whether it be through collaborative research, licensing your technology to another company, forming your own company or providing consultancy services.
Two groups of our students were among the 2006 prizewinners at the Scottish Institute for Enterprise's Business Plan Competition, with their projects ThinkTank and Tee Genius.
This article was published on Mar 14, 2008