What we do?

Through the transfer of a wide range of knowledge to the benefit of Society, the mission of UC Business is to transform UC into an essential partner to the business sector, carrying out joint projects with different business structures (start-ups, spin-offs, SMEs, large companies and associations), within the multiple areas of knowledge of the University of Coimbra.

UC Business organizes its action in three pillars:

• Valuing the different assets of the University of Coimbra, materials and immaterials, such as the knowledge of researchers, students and technologies.
• Commitment to innovation in the medium and long term, strategically enhancing and enhancing the University of Coimbra.
• Development of solid and sustainable partnerships, which reinforce the operation capacity and presence in strategic sectors at national and international level.

The main UC Business core areas are:

• Innovation
• Entrepreneurship
• Intellectual Property (IP)
• Technology and Service Platforms (TSP)
• Provision of Specialized Services (PSS)
• Private Non-Profit Associations (PNPA)

Which are articulated in the following ecosystem:

It is the responsibility of UC Business:

• Evaluate technologies resulting from R&D with potential for innovation and/or commercialization;
• Develop commercial knowledge enhancement strategies, identifying partners;
• Monitoring all phases of the licensing process for the developed technologies;
• Ensure the management of Industrial Property;
• Manage partnerships in the field of innovation and support the creation of university spin-offs;
• Encourage the conduct of joint projects between the University and external entities;
• Support, monitor partnerships and carry out activities, in conjunction with the Interdisciplinary Research Institute;
• Manage the University's participation in international networks of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer;
• Research, identify and disseminate community support, or others, which can be applied to the University's development projects;
• Disclose the conditions for accessing scholarships, courses, programs and R&D projects;
• Manage the Provision of Specialized Services;
• Manage the Technology and Service Platforms.

UC Business thus establishes the University-Industry synergy by intervening and mediating in accordance with the Entity Cycle, which needs a certain technology in a certain space-time, and with the Researcher Cycle, willing to work towards the transfer of knowledge to satisfy those needs.

Added to this knowledge are the practices and soft skills, immaterial, immeasurable and intangible assets of the managers of the various UC Business work cores, always willing to open and immediate dialogue.