DTU Fotonik has a strong tradition for industrial collaboration in Denmark and across the borders. This is shown by the considerable amount of research collaboration between DTU Fotonik and private or public companies. DTU Fotonik also has a lasting tradition for offering students research projects in collaboration with industries. This enables the student to build up a personal network and to get inspired by actual and exciting ideas in everyday life.
DTU Fotonik wants to pave the way for innovations for the Danish society, by acting as a communicator of knowledge between university and industry. DTU Fotonik has procedures for handling intellectual property rights in connection with external collaboration. A well-formulated focus on protection of patent ideas among others, forms the basis for the generation of a possible industrial product.
DTU Fotonik attaches importance to the transfer of knowledge between university and industry, aiming for existing industries and start-up companies. Since 1999, 7 new companies have spawned from DTU Fotonik.