Queen's University Belfast (QUB) are a world-class international university built on teaching excellence, leading-edge research, innovation, collaboration and engagement. QUB has a proud history of conducting innovative, impactful and world-leading research that has positively changed people’s lives. Our ambition for 2030 is to further enhance our impact by strengthening our research position and working with industry to broaden our translational impact and innovation, ensuring we deliver high-quality, world-leading research, which addresses local and global challenges.

As Northern Ireland’s largest research delivery platform, we act as the central hub offering effective access to multi-disciplinary research stakeholders. We work closely with research partners across Trusts, governance, academia, charities, and commercial sponsors. We share knowledge, locally, nationally and internationally.

HSC Industry Engagement is a regional team of experienced Health and Life Science business development professionals promoting and advancing industry sponsored R&D and related activities across the HSC, based within the HSC R&D Division.  We facilitate and signpost inbound queries, connect with the most appropriate contacts in HSC and academic research partners, and provide continuity ensuring a consistent approach.  We identify and create pathways with internal and external stakeholders for efficient, effective and timely engagements, while ensuring strong networks with other parts of the HSC.  Through an impact-driven, intelligence-led approach, we strategically engage with industry to improve NI visibility, generating greater access to advances in health and life science.