Cooperation opportunities for companies
- A shortcut to knowledge, expert help and highly qualified employees.
AAU offers a wide range of possibilities for business companys - small, mediumsized or large - to start a productive cooperation with Aalborg University.
The possibilities range from cooperation with students about projects or internships, to networking with researchers and practitioners (within specific fields), oppertunities to use the laboratory facilities, and to more obligating cooperations about research and development. The common nominator is the scientific focus and an approach that in most cases ensures success for both researchers and the business companies.
Matchmaking
It can seem diffficult to find the right person or unit within Aalborg University, that can help your business project to succeed. Therefore AAU has established a strong network of "matchmakers", that can guide you through to the right type of cooperation with the researchers, students and testfacilities.
On our Matchmaking website you may read more about finding the right cooperation form with AAU. You are always welcome to contact the Matchmaking secretariat, if you have a project that requires access to researchers, students or laboratories.
Download folder about cooperating with AAU.
Research projects
Researchers and industrial partners collaborate on producing new knowledge.
Research projects involving both industrial partners and university researchers constitute long-term collaborations focusing on innovation, development or problem solving in the participating
companies or within a shared subject area.
The course of the project is jointly planned by the participating companies and researchers, ensuring that everybody’s needs are met. This means that the research performed focuses on the actual needs industry is experiencing, while at the same time the companies’ experiences can contribute to the researchers’ knowledge and present them with new challenges.
See the folder for more information.
Patent & Commercialisation
Access to the latest inventions from Aalborg University.
Research from Aalborg University has repeatedly been shown to hold a large commercial potential – and this can mean added value for companies. The Patent Unit at Aalborg University is responsible for patenting and commercialising inventions made by the university’s
researchers, and as such it serves as a direct link between the researchers’ inventions and the business world.
Being in contact with the Patent Unit is thus an easy way for companies to gain
access to the latest technology within their specific field.
Laboratory facilities at Aalborg University
Aalborg University's first class laboratory facilities are not only for the use of AAU researchers and students. External users are also welcome in our laboratories where they have the added advantage of securing optimum use by drawing on university laboratory technicians and researchers who are familiar with the lab facilities.
Aalborg University has many different types of laboratories. Here are some examples:
- Nano laboratory with 1000 m2 clean room, bio and physics laboratories
- E-learning laboratory
- Green Power laboratory
- Anechoic and radio anechoic rooms
- 3D laboratory (cutting facilities for plastic models)
- Laboratory for bearing structures
- Wind mill laboratories
- Creativity laboratory
On our Matchmaking website you may read more about our large number of laboratories and find contact information. You are always welcome to contact Matchmaking if you have a project that requires access to specific laboratories.
Access to the use of AAU laboratories
Business companies and organisations have the following possibilities if they wish to use AAU laboratories:
- Through research cooperation
In this model AAU may co-finance research activities. - By purchasing consultancy service from AAU.
This will be on market conditions, as AAU must not engage in anti-competitive activities/state support. - ‘Embedment’ of the company in the AAU research environment through research cooperation.
