University Of Dundee

Researchers at the University of Dundee’s Schools of Medicine and Life Sciences have received $4.4 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help discover potential contraceptives that work by affecting the sperm once they have entered the female reproductive system.

Dr David McBeth, Vice-Principal (Enterprise & Economic Transformation), discusses how the University of Dundee has come out on top of other UK institution for producing successful spinout companies, particularly in life and biomedical sciences, and outlines the factors contributing to this

The University of Dundee has been lauded as the best in the UK for fostering spinout businesses, outshining other prestigious institutions.

Each cohort of international students living in Dundee’s two parliamentary constituencies generates £275 million for the UK economy, according to a new report published today. ‘The benefits and costs of international higher education students to the UK economy’ estimated the

The University of Dundee has announced that later this month it will host an event to celebrate 50 years of teaching accounting and finance. The institution started out as a college when it was founded in 1881 and became an independent university in 1967 when it separated from St Andrews University.

The University of Dundee has announced the completion of its divestment from fossil fuels – less than 12 months after declaring its intention to do so. The University has also confirmed that half of its managed investments have been moved to a sustainable investment portfolio, with the remaini

Yvonne Evans, senior lecturer in Law at the University of Dundee, author of the Trusts, Trustees and Judicial Factors reissue of the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia and member of the Law Society of Scotland's Trusts and Succession Committee, reflects on the importance of trusts to the Scottish economy,

Exscientia, a University of Dundee spin-out, has completed a $225 million Series D funding round. SoftBank Vision Fund 2i led the Series D and was joined by previous round lead investors, Novo Holdings and funds managed by Blackrock.

A £911,000 investment will help University of Dundee spin-out company Ten Bio Ltd to commercialise the human skin culture system it developed to provide a viable alternative for many experiments currently performed on animals. Led by TRICAPITAL LTD and with matched funding from Scottish Enterp

Amphista Therapeutics, a University of Dundee spin-out company, has announced a £38 million investment round that will further its work to develop new drugs for a range of diseases. Amphista is a biopharmaceutical company creating first-in-class therapeutics that harness the body’s natur

The University of Dundee has received over £1 million as part of a multi-million-pound investment in research organisations across the UK. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has provided £213m to expand and upgrade existing infrastructure across disciplines. Dundee will benefit through tw

Three spinout projects from the University of Dundee with the potential to deliver significant healthcare benefits have received more than £250,000 from Scottish Enterprise to support their development. Softech received funding via Scottish Enterprise’s in-year High Growth Spin-out Progr

A round-up of business news from across Scotland featuring: Smith Anderson's 16% turnover rise, Hope Box Project's distribution of arts and crafts boxes, Glen Mhor Hotel and Apartments' reduced key worker beds, Dundee University's £5 million coronavirus drug research funding, the clo

Amphista Therapeutics, a University of Dundee spin-out, has announced a multi-million-pound deal to develop first-in-class cancer therapeutics that harness the body’s natural processes to selectively and efficiently degrade and remove disease-causing proteins. The spin-out has announced the cl

A business academic at the University of Dundee will next month host an event aiming to encourage more ethnic minority women in the city to embrace entrepreneurship. Dr Norin Arshed, senior lecturer in entrepreneurship and innovation at the University’s School of Business, received fundin