For our business partners
Our external partners are the route to real-world impact for our staff and students. We partner with all sizes of business, from the entrepreneur to the multinational corporate, charities and government organisations.
We can help you access our research outcomes to inform policy, support societal change and inform the public through knowledge exchange.
What we offer
We have range of programmes, frameworks and opportunities to make it easy for you to do business with us and gain the advantage of our talented staff and students, our excellent research facilities, our innovations and our networks.
Collaboration opportunities
Partner with us on a project and benefit from our expertise, arising IP, and our network of contacts.
Work with our students
Access the emerging talent of our students and find your next star hire
SETsquared Surrey
Grow your high-tech enterprise with us, benefiting from our established business support services and flexible office space
Consultancy
Hire our experts and facilities to test, improve and innovate your new products, services and processes.
Hire our scientific equipment and facilities
We welcome third party use of our state-of-the-art resources.
How we work with businesses
The University of Surrey collaborates with entrepreneurs and businesses to help them grow.
Learn more about our funded programmes that help companies and academic collaborate.
Discover how we work with business to support them to invest in R&D, innovate and grow
Discover our Blockstart Programme and our research excellence in blockchain innovation
The Great British Business case study on how we collaborate with entrepreneurs and businesses
Events for our business community
Visit Surrey Research Park for our full list of business events
We don’t currently have any upcoming events. Check back soon for further announcements.
Our researchers can help your business create its next amazing product
Search our database of licensable technologies.
Spotlight on our partners
Collaboration stories told from our partners point of view.
Interested in partnering with us? View our current collaboration opportunities.
Participate in a funded collaboration
Partnering with the University of Surrey can open up access to funding, intellectual property and our network of contacts
Collaborator explorer sessions
The Innovation Strategy team offers “collaboration explorer sessions" that can help you collaborate with us. In one session we can:
- Map out how our researchers could add value to your business
- Which academics would be interested in working with you
- Which kind of funding we could deploy to support a collaboration with your company.
All you need to do is email the team to book a session.
