Working with BCIT

BCIT works with business and industry to develop innovative solutions in a wide range of research areas.

• Our researchers have developed hundreds of practical solutions to industry's challenges, some of which are currently available for licensing through our Applied Research Liaison Office.
• Our Commercialization Assistance Programs help SMEs and entrepreneurs develop their ideas into successful business ventures.

What we do

Drawing on faculty from more than 200 technical programs within six BCIT schools, the full-time research staff of our Technology Centre, and the research and commercialization assistance experts in our Applied Research Liaison Office, we can assemble project teams with multi-disciplinary skills and expertise. Research projects conducted at BCIT typically involve:

• Design and development of prototype devices, systems and applications
• Analysis, testing and evaluation of new technologies
• Commercialization and licensing of new technologies and products

BCIT’s research clients range from the independent entrepreneur with a unique prototype idea, to established companies and organizations developing new products and services.

If you have a potential project in mind, please fill out and submit a Research Project Enquiry form or a Business Assistance Request, or contact the Applied Research Liaison Office directly.