Entrepreneurship
We collaborate closely with UCLB, UCL's commercialisation company, and its partner NHS Trusts to foster an entrepreneurial culture among staff, students, and alumni. Meet some of the visionary entrepreneurs who are developing groundbreaking technologies and innovations to enhance people's lives.
BoobyBiome founders make the 2024 Forbes Under 30 list
BoobyBiome, the pioneering female-founded startup dedicated to revolutionising infant health, proudly announces that its founders have been named in the prestigious Forbes Under 30 list for 2024.
Girl with deadly inherited condition is cured with UCL spinout gene therapy
A girl born with a rare and fatal genetic condition has been potentially cured of her disease thanks to a revolutionary gene therapy developed by UCL spinout Orchard Therapeutics (Orchard).
Expertise and consultancy
Our institutes offer extensive expertise across diverse and specialised fields. Through pioneering cross-disciplinary research, advanced technologies, and holistic healthcare strategies, we are dedicated to revolutionising the future of population health.
New national research centres to unlock tests and treatments for rare diseases
UCL scientists will work to help thousands of people living with rare diseases get access to improved diagnostics, treatments and potentially cures, thanks to funding for four new research centres.
Partnerships
We collaborate with a diverse array of global partners from the public, private, and third sectors to unite people and organisations in transforming population health and wellbeing. In partnership with organisations like Cancer Research UK and NHS England, our research breakthroughs are advancing our understanding of disease.
Details of UK’s first menopause education and support network announced in Parliament
Experts at UCL have teamed up with leading women’s health charities to design a new education and support programme for women across the country experiencing menopause.
UCL launch WHO Collaborating Centre in TB
The UCL Institute for Global Health is incredibly proud to host a World Health Organisation Collaboration Centre for TB Research and Innovation at UCL.
Students and alumni
Our inspiring students and graduates demonstrate innovative thinking and creative problem-solving to make a real difference. Here, we highlight the remarkable achievements of the students and alumni dedicated to creating a better future for all.
MPH student recognised among BBC's 100 exceptional women
UCL MPH student Jennifer Uchendu, is recognised among the BBC's prestigious lineup of 100 inspiring and influential women worldwide for 2023.
Technology and licensing
Through licensing, joint IP development, industry research partnerships, and launching spin-out companies, we are pioneering truly revolutionary technologies.
Wearable tech, AI and clinical teams combine to change the face of clinical trial monitoring
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers, involving several UCL scientists, has developed a way to monitor the progression of movement disorders using motion capture technology and AI.
UCL IHI and GOSH DRIVE have teamed up to exchange health informatics expertise
UCL IHI and GOSH DRIVE have agreed on a formal relationship which will enable the two world-leading teams to work more closely to accelerate health informatics and improve patient outcomes.
Contact
UCL Innovation and Enterprise
Click to email. enterprise@ucl.ac.uk
Innovation and enterprise support for UCL staff
Click to email. enterprise@ucl.ac.uk
Entrepreneurship support for UCL students
Click to email. entrepreneurship@ucl.ac.ukWays to work with us
Advice for academics
- The UCL Translational Research Office provides wide-ranging support for the development of industry partnerships and translational research.
- Andy Duncan is the Consultancy Manager covering FPHS and represents a first point of contact for academics wishing to undertake consultancy work and clients wishing to work with FPHS.
Advice for external partners
- UCL Consultants provides a one-stop service for the provision of academic consultancy, expert witness, testing & analysis and bespoke training and short course services to external clients on behalf of UCL academics and departments.
- UCLB is the commercialisation company of UCL and its partner NHS Trusts. We bring to market truly world-leading, world-changing technologies, and innovations that have a real and positive impact on people's lives.
- UCLPartners is an academic health science partnership, that brings people and organisations together to transform the health and wellbeing of the population.
- For more information on ways of working with our researchers, please visit the Enterprise pages on the UCL School of Medical and Life Sciences website.