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CITTRU — Jagiellonian University Centre for Technology Transfer (Kraków)

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 89% 48/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Founded in 2002 at Poland's oldest university, CITTRU runs Jagiellonian University's tech-transfer pipeline: in 2021 alone it produced 68 knowledge-transfer agreements (incl. 9 licenses) and 19 Polish plus 49 international patent applications, from a 150+ product portfolio.

19
Polish patent applications (2021)
49
International patent applications (2021)
37
Polish patents granted (2021)
17
International patents granted (2021)
68 agreements, incl. 9 licences
Knowledge-transfer agreements concluded (2021)
150+ market-ready products/services
Commercialisation portfolio

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Jagiellonian University
Period
2002–present
Region (NUTS)
PL21
Keywords
technology transfer, intellectual property commercialisation, academic spin-offs, licensing

Context

CITTRU (Centre for Technology Transfer) was established in 2002 at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków — Poland's oldest university, founded in 1364 — to build a portfolio of university technologies and research results and connect them with business. It was formally reorganised as a university-wide unit by Senate resolution in 2015.

Activities

Core functions span identifying commercially promising research results, securing patent and IP protection, analysing market potential, and negotiating licensing, sale or spin-off agreements. CITTRU also runs the public ScienceMarket inventions database and oversees the AIP UJ academic-entrepreneurship incubator plus further incubation programmes (Inkubator Rozwoju, Inkubator Innowacyjności 4.0).

Results

In 2021, CITTRU produced 19 Polish and 49 international patent applications, plus 37 Polish and 17 international granted patents, and concluded 68 knowledge-transfer agreements including 9 licences; the university's overall commercialisation portfolio comprised more than 150 market-ready products and services.

Conclusions

These figures are self-reported university statistics, year-specific rather than only cumulative claims, but they are not an externally audited evaluation of downstream economic impact.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
CITTRU technology-transfer office staff, Jagiellonian University (reorganised as a university-wide unit by 2015 Senate resolution)

Conditions for success

  • Full in-house pipeline covering IP protection, licensing/spin-off negotiation and market-potential analysis
  • Public ScienceMarket database of university inventions and research services
  • Academic-entrepreneurship incubator (AIP UJ) plus further incubation programmes (Inkubator Rozwoju, Inkubator Innowacyjności 4.0)

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