Helping you get connected
UW Corporate Relations is here to help. We serve as a central point of contact for navigating the university’s three campuses in Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma. We will connect you with expertise and a range of other resources, coordinate campus visits and engagement opportunities, and help you find solutions to your organization’s challenges and needs.
UW Corporate Relations helps you:
- Navigate the complex university ecosystem
- Identify collaboration opportunities and resources
- Connect with student talent, faculty expertise and more
Connect with student talent
Critical thinking. Hands-on experience. Technical know-how. With these skills and more, UW students can be assets to your project or organization. The UW is preparing our students to be multidisciplinary problem solvers and leaders in industry, research and the global community. We have many opportunities for your company to engage with our student and alumni talent.
Capstone projects
Capstone projects provide a structured opportunity for UW students and companies to tackle real-world, multidisciplinary problems. These projects are a low-risk, low-cost opportunity for your company to collaborate with a team of creative, talented students on solutions to your company’s challenges. The benefits of supporting a capstone project include:
- Developing creative ideas and solving your real-world problems
- Identifying key UW student talent for recruitment
- Boosting your brand visibility on campus
- Providing mentoring experience for your staff
- Networking and building meaningful connections with UW faculty
- Identifying future research projects
UW Corporate Relations will connect you with a specific capstone program on campus that matches the problem you want solved.
Internships and full-time careers
Students are the UW’s most important resource; their knowledge and innovative ideas span UW strengths in technology, climate, medicine, civic health and more. Whether you’re looking for an intern or an employee, there are many ways to connect with talented students and alumni across our three campuses.
Join the multitude of companies involved with on-campus activities to recruit our students at career fairs or post your open internship and full-time positions through our online systems.
Recruiting resources
Visit the following sites to learn more about partnering with our career centers for recruiting on our three campuses:
UW in Seattle
- Seattle Campus Career Center
- Career Center @ Engineering
- Information School Recruitment
- Foster School of Business Career Services
UW Bothell
UW Tacoma
Other ways companies can engage with students
- Guest speaking, classroom talks, interactive workshops or leading tech talks
- Mentoring, coffee chats or panel discussions
- Interacting with student-led organizations to deepen student relationships
- Sponsoring a student campus event or judging a competition
- Ask us for more student engagement ideas!
Advance your research interests
As a leading public research university, the University of Washington is committed to leading discovery-based science and translating discoveries into public benefit. Supported by more than 280 specialized research centers, our researchers, staff and students collaborate to discover next-generation solutions to today’s challenges.
To learn more about participating in the programs below, contact UW Corporate Relations. We can introduce you to researchers working in your areas of interest and help get your program started.
Support research
Companies play an integral role in supporting an array of diverse research projects at the UW. Sponsored programs offer an innovative way for companies to tap UW research expertise, explore broad research interests and hone in on solutions to technical challenges. Industry sponsors work directly with world-class faculty to define custom research projects that align with their needs and interests. Learn about the steps involved in the sponsored project agreement process.
Faculty consulting
As one of the world’s foremost research institutions, the UW is home to more than 5,000 faculty experts who span the fields of medicine, art and design, policy, ethics, law, business, engineering and the physical sciences. Many faculty consult for outside organizations, including companies. Hiring a UW faculty member as a consultant is an excellent, cost-effective approach to addressing company challenges.
Affiliate programs
Affiliate programs offer companies opportunities to learn about the latest UW research, exchange ideas with faculty and students, and network with industry colleagues. Members may enjoy access to resources that foster meaningful long-term engagement.
Quick Guides to partnering on research
Supporting research
Discover next-generation solutions to today’s challenges by partnering with UW researchers, staff and students.
Faculty consulting
Partner with faculty experts to address your complex challenges with specialized expertise.
What to expect when sponsoring research
Explore the steps required to define your customized sponsored research project.
Washington Innovation Advantage Program
Learn about the up-front options for licensing intellectual property generated as part of a sponsored project.
Upskill & train your workforce
The University of Washington is committed to fostering partnerships that support workforce needs and contribute to the economic strength of our region while giving your company a competitive edge.
The UW provides a range of opportunities for workforce education, professional/executive development, interdisciplinary collaborations and continuing education. These programs give your workforce access to our world-class faculty and cutting-edge expertise in key technologies like AI, robotics, biomedical research, clean energy and quantum computing, helping you meet your evolving workforce needs and stay competitive with the pace of change.
Explore our educational offerings through the following programs or work with us to develop a custom-designed program to solve your workforce education requirements.
Explore educational resources
Engineering Executive and Custom Programs
Foster School of Business Executive Education
UW Professional & Continuing Education
Explore innovation & licensing opportunities
Throughout more than 150 years of history, the University of Washington has demonstrated an extraordinary track record of inventions and discoveries with impact across the globe. Consistently ranked the most innovative public university in the world, there is no limit to what we can achieve.
The UW has spun out more than 300 companies in Washington state and beyond. We have the experience and infrastructure to help you license UW technologies or protect your sponsored research inventions. We can also connect you with our startup ecosystem or help you launch your company in one of our incubators.
Learn more about where UW innovates
CoMotion: The UW’s Innovation Hub
Connect with the UW innovation ecosystem to guide ideas into impactful innovations. Partner with CoMotion and UW researchers on their commercialization journey.
Licensing & Agreements
Create impact from UW research that serves the public good. Explore our licensing products to find the one that best fits your business plan.
Licensing Marketplace
CoMotion’s Licensing Marketplace is an online catalog of innovations available to license, exclusively or non-exclusively by companies or individuals, and ready-to-purchase express digital content end-user agreements.
Boost your brand
As a multi-campus institution with a world-class academic medical center, the University of Washington is a focal point of the Puget Sound region’s intellectual and cultural life and a key contributor to Washington’s increasingly global reputation as a center of innovation and change.
Coupled with our enthusiastic breadth of audiences, including world-class faculty, staff, students and sporting and cultural event attendees from across the region, we provide your company with many opportunities to build brand awareness and expand your reach.
Discover how to increase impressions for your brand and strengthen your relationships with meaningful alignment and in person interaction through the following opportunities.
Enterprise sponsorships
The UW is proud to build strong strategic relationships with our partners that strengthen our shared vision to serve Washington and the world. These UW-wide sponsorships are contractual partnerships that provide benefit to the UW in exchange for strategic visibility for the company in an exclusive or preferred status.
Athletics sponsorships
Connect on a different level with our loyal and passionate Husky fan base across athletics teams and venues at the UW. We can connect you with opportunities to boost your brand through venue signage, event sponsorships and promotion, corporate hospitality, radio, digital engagement and more.
Access facilities
Facilities Use
As a public institution, the University of Washington is committed to public service. Many of our research lab spaces, technical facilities and meeting rooms are available for your company to use. Industry can access specialized research and development facilities at locations across campus.
Start with us to explore facilities that can meet your needs.
Campus event spaces
Find labs and facilities
Let us help you navigate and connect
Our team is ready to help you find the right connections, resources and solutions at the UW. The central corporate relations team serves as a concierge for company inquiries, ensuring you get the information you need quickly.