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Entrepreneurship at Imperial: Discover an ecosystem of support for you and your idea
Entrepreneurship at Imperial
Access a worldleading ecosystem
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Great ideas start with great people and, here at Imperial, we have them in abundance. Our community of innovative staff and students is passionate about turning ideas into impact and taking research and education out into the world for the benefit of society.
In February 2022, Imperial was named by City AM using Forbes 30 Under 30 data the best university in Europe for prospective entrepreneurs, and the fifth best worldwide, and that is because of our unique mix of STEM expertise and a world-class entrepreneurial ecosystem. From idea exploration to competitions, workspaces to funding, and expert support to incubation, we have everything you need to start and scale your venture, as well as a thriving community of innovators and entrepreneurs from all corners of the College.
Innovation and entrepreneurship centres
Imperial Enterprise Lab
Whether you want to test an idea, tackle a global challenge, develop new skills, start a business, or just meet interesting people, we are here to help. With competitions, skills seminars, hackathons, and expert mentors, we offer all the support you need to take your idea to the next level.
Imperial College Advanced Hackspace
The Advanced Hackspace at the White City Campus is Imperial’s world-class prototyping hub. Alongside our state-ofthe-art facilities, we are home to a lively community, offering advice, workshops, training programmes and grants to encourage innovation and experimentation.
Imperial White City Incubator
The White City Incubator helps science and technology businesses to survive and thrive. We are a community of talented and innovative entrepreneurs offering support, training and laboratory and office space to early-stage deep science startups.
Centre for Climate Change Innovation
A new centre for climate change innovation is an initiative of Imperial College London’s Grantham Institute and the Royal Institution to accelerate innovation of all forms that address the causes and effects of climate change.
Imperial-X
Imperial-X (I-X) provides a new co-located collaborative environment for research, education and entrepreneurship across artificial intelligence, data science and digital technologies, based at our White City Campus. It serves as a blueprint for the university of the future that is unencumbered by institutional and thematic silos, seeks impactful collaborations with industry and government, and delivers cross-cutting teaching programmes about and with digital technologies.
Wicked Acceleration Labs
Imperial College Business School, in partnership with the Royal College of Art and leading industry players, has established Wicked Labs. We aim to address the world’s wicked problems by igniting and sustaining economic renewal through circular economy innovation, moonshot design and orchestration, corporate new-venture engagement and deep tech acceleration.
Gandhi Centre for Inclusive Innovation
The Gandhi Centre seeks to act as a principal catalyst for linking innovation and entrepreneurship within, and between, companies and institutions globally. Our integrated and multidisciplinary approach, together with Imperial’s world-class expertise in applied research, provides a unique vehicle for corporate sector engagement – for undertaking research projects, executive education, corporate venturing and in the dissemination of nextgeneration innovation practices.
The Institute for Digital Molecular Design and Fabrication
DigiFAB is a unique institute dedicated to digital molecular design and fabrication. We capitalise on expertise and infrastructure already existing in the College, spanning molecular synthesis through to artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, sensor technologies and big data.
Imperial Enterprise Division
The Enterprise team helps businesses access the College’s resources, talent and expertise to address business and societal challenges. We support and encourage student entrepreneurship, and help academics find new ways to turn their expertise and research into benefits for society.
Institute for Deep Tech Entrepreneurship
We seek to understand and address the key barriers to the successful commercialisation of deep tech ventures. Building on Imperial’s strong research foundation, we strive to collaborate and support a thriving deep tech ecosystem across the UK and beyond.
Scale Space
A scale-up community based at White City, we bring together the UK’s leading venture builders and universities to help innovative businesses scale.
Institute of Global Health Innovation
The Institute of Global Health Innovation is a multidisciplinary team of pioneering people who break traditional research silos to tackle some of the greatest global health challenges facing the world today. Our approach is to identify, develop and implement evidence-based innovations, leading to sustainable improvements in health and care.
