The cooperation between the School and local, national and foreign industries, local authorities, and public and private entities is usually developed through direct contact with Research and Development (R&D) groups of research centres and public or private interface organisations. The School of Engineering keeps this type of activity in high priority, which allows ensuring an understanding of the evolution of social needs, integrating graduates in business and selecting relevant national development topics to research.
This activity covers testing and consulting, audits, research and development aimed at the development of products or technologies, technology transfer, or intensive training programmes. The creation of R&D companies located on campus and cooperating with industrial and development sectors of national and international prestige is now materialised in four reference institutions:
