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Innovation & business services
Partner up with businesses
Researchers often collaborate with SMEs, large companies, and associations, including with regional or European research projects. They are also attentive to specific needs that businesses might express.
Create spin-offs
Many researchers also have an entrepreneurial spirit, and some decide to create a spin-off company based on their innovation. ULB has 40 active spin-offs, mainly in biotechnology and engineering.
Take part in the region's development
Innovation, technologies, and researcher expertise contribute to the economic, social, and cultural development of with regions where ULB is implanted: the Brussels-Capital Region, and Wallonia - especially Charleroi.
Be an active innovator
Research and innovation are tightly interwoven: no matter the field, researchers must be creative and innovative. Sometimes their work leads to the development of a new technology, and some new technologies are commercially viable. ULB is behind 115 technologies, more than 90 of which are protected by a series of patents.
Partner-oriented research
ULB is involved in many oriented research projects in partnership with various socio-economic organisations. It also works on specific projects with businesses and associations.
Expertise & technology platforms
Researchers often share their skills and equipment, for instance through consulting missions and analyses on technology platforms.
Technology offers
Certain technologies created by researchers can be used by companies though agreements, contracts, etc.
Spin-offs
Research can occasionally lead to the creation of a spin-off company. ULB has created 56 spin offs, 40 of which are still active.
Innovation ecosystem
ULB-TTO is part of an innovation ecosystem, alongside business incubators, public organisations, investment funds, etc.
Research projects
ULB researchers take part in the region's innovation, by running research projects with support from the EU, the Brussels-Capital Region, and Wallonia, among others.