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The University of Southampton
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Business and Enterprise

The University of Southampton encourages a spirit of enterprise and innovation in science and in keeping with this ethos, Chemistry has developed strong links with business and industry.

We have a wide variety of complex and custom-designed equipment and specialist services to support our breadth of research and teaching activity. This equipment and expertise is available to other groups within the University and also to institutions and industries in general, and we have an extensive portfolio of commercial clients to whom we have been providing analytical services for many years.

Our relationships with industry help to widen the experience of our students and increase employability. This is demonstrated by our impressive list of industrial collaborators and the diverse placement areas taken by our fourth year undergraduates.

Our academic staff also have a fantastic record of successful exploitation of research ideas into spin-out companies, with Karus Therapeutics, Ilika and ATDBio all originating within the University of Southampton.

Karus Therapeutics

Karus Therapeutics investigates the biological properties of a series of novel compounds that have particular interest as potential treatments for a number of different cancers.

Curve Therapeutics

Curve has developed a powerful and proprietary discovery platform that is being used to identify a new generation of cancer drugs with significant clinical potential.

Ilika

Ilika is a spin-out company that investigates new materials prepared by a technology that allows for surfaces to be covered in a highly controlled fashion, with monolayers or a variety of metal atoms.

ATDBio

ATDBio is an independent company that operates from Chemistry. It synthesises a wide range of modified oligonucleotides and oligonucleotide analogues, and is able to make oligonucleotides that other suppliers cannot produce. 

ViridiCO2

ViridiCOdelivers innovative, disruptive technology, capable of addressing the lack of mitigative Carbon Capture Utilisation (CCU) technology.  We do this by transforming carbon dioxide into a variety of high-value chemical intermediates. 

Data Revival

Data Revival is a unique AI end-to-end data structuring and retrieval system, giving you unprecedented, contextual access to all your complex data sources.

We have an excellent track record of innovation and enterprise. As well as working closely with many companies both in the UK and internationally to address specific challenges, we also seek opportunities to translate research originating from within Chemistry into innovative solutions, including spinning out several successful independent companies.

Facilities

We provide outstanding in-house facilities and services to researchers and commercial partners who require complex and custom-designed equipment and specialist support

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Research

World ranking research in chemistry

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