What we do
UCL Business PLC is responsible for technology transfer and commercial transactions for University College London.
Offering world-class expertise in areas ranging from biomedicine to engineering, from the arts to the built environment, we work to make commercial connections between the expertise and innovations of UCL’s academics and the needs of industry and the wider marketplace.
We facilitate the transfer of emerging technologies into commercial applications – the realisation of research.
Licensing Technologies
For businesses seeking specific technology solutions, UCL Business provides the commercial expertise, legal and administrative support required to broker licensing agreements, allowing companies to fully exploit unique technologies with the knowledge that exclusivity and market advantage is preserved. Through UCL Business, academics who wish to license technology have access to comprehensive support services, with Business Managers assisting throughout the process from initial negotiation to concluding contracts.
Creating Spin-Out Companies
UCL Business has a long and successful track record in creating some of the most successful spin-out businesses in key new industries. From discovery disclosure, to commercialisation strategy and business plan development, contractual advice and formalisation, and through to incubation support including recruitment of management teams and identification of investors, our services cover the entire process, end-to-end.
Collaborative Commercial Research
UCL Business has significant experience in enabling collaborative research between UCL and commercial enterprises in order to develop new, industrially relevant knowledge. We help establish the right team, and handle the IP and legal milestones that need to be covered in order to create productive and beneficial collaborative projects.
Providing Expert Consultancy
UCL Consultants Ltd, (UCLC) is the consultancy office of UCL representing UCL staff undertaking private consulancy work for external organisations. UCL C contracts with industry, governments and global corporations, as well as public bodies and SMEs on projects that can range from a short-term, one-day consultancy, through to large multi-party projects. UCLC is both the source of and the gateway to critical specialist knowledge available across the University’s 72 departments. Our aim is to provide an efficient and responsive service to clients seeking help and advice in the solving of their technical problems.
