Collaboration plays a crucial role in research and innovation, driving progress by bringing together diverse expertise and resources. This is essential to address the complex global challenges with which we are faced today. Collaboration is vital for advancing research and creating a more dynamic, inclusive, and sustainable research environment, as well as helping build a positive research culture by promoting trust and shared accountability. At the same time, collaboration with industry, governments, and the third sector is essential for translating research into practical solutions, allowing for an alignment with policy goals and effective implementation of research outcomes at a societal level.

Collaboration is at the heart of Imperial's mission to advance science for the benefit of humanity. We thrive on interdisciplinary work, recognising that the complexity of global challenges demands integrated solutions. Imperial fosters connections across faculties and departments and with other universities and research institutions, enabling ground-breaking research and innovation at the intersections of different fields. Collaboration extends beyond academia, with partnerships designed to tackle grand challenges through global networks and local communities, as well as industries and governments.

The links below highlight some of the teams and programmes at Imperial promoting knowledge sharing activities, collaborative research, and exchanges between academia and business, industry or public or third sector bodies: