Partnerships between Universitiy and Industry

The Institute for the Promotion of Business-Regional Collaboration engages in the activities shown below in collaboration with industry and other partners. We are an organization at Hokkaido University that establishes the Policy on Government-Industry-Academia Collaborations and crystallizes the integration of research findings into society.

• Tasks connected with the discovery of intellectual property, the acquisition of rights to it, and its practical use etc.
• Promotion of joint research centered on intellectual property
• The promotion of organizational partnerships between universities and industry
• Startups launched at university and the provision of entrepreneurship education
• The planning and development of HOKUDAI brand products
• Research and development work at the Global Research Hub for Food and Medical Innovation, a large-scale laboratory