Centro de Desarrollo Tecnológico de la Universidad de Cantabria (CDTUC)

Contact:
Luigi dell´Olio - Managing Director

Constitution date:

Technical data:

The Technological Development Centre of the University of Cantabria (CDTUC) is located on the campus of the University of Cantabria and was built in 1999. It has a space of 6,500 m² for the development of R&D initiatives, many of them arising from the university’s research environment.

It currently has a total of 25 companies, mostly from the ICT and engineering fields, 4 R&D support entities and 2 research groups from different areas of knowledge of the University of Cantabria.

Infraestructures and Spaces

The CDTUC offers rental workspaces, with a wide variety of sizes, for companies and researching groups, all of which are equipped with the following elements:

• Voice and data access ports.
• Central heating.
• Standard furniture (laboratory type). In the event that it does not respond to the needs of users it can be withdrawn.
• Cleaning.
• Security.
• Card control access.
• Meeting room.
• Incubator with spaces of 40 m².
• Videoconference room.
• Santander International Entrepreneurship Center (CISE).
• Regional Automotive Initiatives Group (GIRA).
• Materials Characterization Service (SERCAMAT).
• Leonardo Torres Quevedo Foundation (entity for the CDTUC´s management).

Support Services to park entities

The CDTUC offers the following complementary services that aim to help entrepreneurs and companies:

• Supporting the business project development at every stages, offering special guidance to start-ups (technological incubator available).
• Information on calls and sources of funding.
• Dissemination activities and possibility of participation in programs and activities leads by both national and international entrepreneurship and technology transfer networks, (CDTUC is already a member).
• Collaboration agreements with UC researching groups.