The University of Barcelona is the leading Spanish university in terms of European patent applications

At the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation we connect university
and business to transfer innovation to society

What we do

Contract Research

We provide customized research services for companies

Business Creation

We promote innovative new companies

Technologies, materials, and licences

We commercialize the technologies developed by researchers to make them available to companies

Who can benefit from our services

Researchers

We help you so that your research has an impact on society

Companies

We propose to improve the competitiveness of your business through innovation

Investors and mentors

We provide you with opportunities as an investor, business angel, or mentor

Results

667

companies and institutions innovate with us

29.4M€

for the UB in contracted revenue

1,929

active projects

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Success Stories

Virtual simulations to learn how to speak in public

Chiara, an application developed using UB technology allows you to work on your speaking skills autonomously and without teachers

A website to warn of the interactions derived from combining cardiovascular drugs with certain types of food

The professionals can search by therapeutic or drug group, food, medicinal plant or supplement

Virtual reality to increase empathy with victims

Participants enter the body of a woman who experiences a domestic aggression through glasses and an immersive virtual reality device

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News

The University of Barcelona is the leading Spanish university in terms of European patent applications

According to the report of the European Patent Office (EPO) published this week, the UB is the leading Spanish university...

The FBG awards €100,000 for the valorisation of four UB research projects

On 5 March, the FBG awarded the Valorisation Fund (FVal) grants of the Fund for the Promotion of Innovation (F2I)....

A project on artificial intelligence enables the improvement of colorectal cancer screening

The project Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Diagnosis by AI, led by researchers of the University of Barcelona, was among the five...

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