The UZH Innovation Hub is the platform for innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Zurich.
Innovation at the University of Zurich has a long tradition: basic research is the ideal ground for discoveries and innovative inventions. 13 Nobel Prize winners of the UZH have changed the world with their scientific achievements. And even today, numerous inventions from the university’s various disciplines successfully lead to new products, services and applications for the benefit of society. The innovative strength of the UZH is reflected not least in its manifold research collaborations with business and industry partners as well as more than 300 active licenses. And every 2 months a spin-off company is founded. To promote innovation and entrepreneurship even more systematically in the future, the UZH Innovation Hub serves the central platform for innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Zurich.
One goal of the UZH Innovation Hub is to boost intense innovation activity, such as the clusters Biomedicine and Life sciences, Digitalization, Space & Aviation, Research Infrastructure – with other strategic theme clusters to follow. The second goal is to assist UZH students and researchers to turn innovative ideas into a venture. To do so various building blocks are decisive: Skills & Knowledge, Infrastructure, Network & Advice and Capital & Financing. Accordingly, there are entrepreneurship programs, trainings as well as advice and consulting services for prospective company founders. Furthermore, in conjunction with specific funding and support, the UZH Innovation Hub seeks to help researchers and students take their first step on the path to starting a company and realizing their entrepreneurial vision.