United Kingdom

The University of Edinburgh (UoE) is one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, ranked 4th in the UK for research power (Times Higher Education, Overall Ranking of Institutions), with 83% of research activity classified as world leading or internationally excellent in the last Research Excellence Framework.

UoE is one of the UK leaders in the successful exploitation of intellectual property (IP) generated as a result of the University’s world-class research.

Through its commercialisation office, Edinburgh Innovations (EI), the University encourages the commercialisation of research and works to build value into the IP that emerges from the University’s research base. EI help commercial organisations to build innovative ideas using the right technologies, expertise and facilities at the university by building partnerships for mutual benefit and seeking to add value at every stage.