Higher Ed and the World Connect Here.
Discover expertise. Share opportunities. Solve real-world needs.
University-Connect is a two-way marketplace that makes it easier for businesses, nonprofits, government agencies and communities to discover and engage higher education—and easier for those organizations to bring their needs, challenges and opportunities back to campus.
How University-Connect Works
A simple pathway to discover capabilities, bring forward needs, and activate partnerships with higher education.
Explore (No Registration Required)
Browse participating institutions, faculty expertise, lab capabilities, training programs, research opportunities, and more—no account required. See what's available before deciding to engage.
Create Your Account
When you're ready to engage, register as a university, faculty member, employer, nonprofit, government agency, or other participating organization. An account is required to publish resources, post needs, and connect through the platform. Just click “Sign Up” at the top of the page.
Discover and Connect
Use structured filters to find expertise, capabilities, talent, and opportunities. Each listing shows what's available, who the contact is, and how engagement works. Request information, initiate collaboration, or book directly where available—without having to figure out where inside the institution to start.
Bring Forward What You Have—or What You Need
Institutions can publish faculty expertise, labs, facilities, research opportunities, talent, and other approved resources. External partners can post challenges, research needs, consulting opportunities, training needs, and other requests.
Structured pathways help the two sides find each other, connect, and create value together. Click Post Resource to create a new resource or opportunity.
Features
One Institutional Front Door
One Clear Place to Start — External partners shouldn't have to understand an institution's organizational structure to engage it. Employers, agencies, nonprofits, and community organizations can discover capabilities or bring forward what they need through one clear entry point, with connections routed to the appropriate people and pathways.
Dual-Sided Marketplace
Connect What Higher Education Has With What the Outside World Needs — Institutions publish faculty expertise, labs, facilities, research opportunities, student talent, and other approved capabilities. External partners can discover those resources or post their own challenges, needs, and opportunities—creating more ways for the two sides to find each other and create value together.
Structured Engagement Pathways
Move From Discovery to Engagement — Listings can show what's available, who owns it, availability, pricing where appropriate, and how engagement works. Institutions define the pathway while external partners gain a clearer understanding of what to expect and what to do next.
Insitutional Memory That Survives Transitions
Relationships Shouldn't Disappear When People Change — External engagement too often depends on individual relationships, email histories, and institutional knowledge. University-Connect helps preserve resources, pathways, and engagement information so connections don't have to start over when people or roles change.
Who Uses University Connect
See how different stakeholders benefit from our platform
Higher Education Institutions
“"Make What You Already Have Easier to Discover and Engage" — Give the outside world one clear place to discover institutional capabilities or bring forward what it needs. Connect faculty expertise, research, facilities, student talent, and other approved resources with external needs and opportunities—while maintaining institutional control over what is visible and how engagement occurs.
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- Activate faculty expertise, labs, facilities, student talent, and other institutional capabilities
- Create a clearer front door for external engagement
- Connect external needs and challenges with the right people and resources
- Preserve institutional knowledge as people and roles change
Faculty & Research Staff
“"Make Your Expertise Easier to Find—Without Becoming a Marketer" — Make approved expertise, research interests, consulting capabilities, and other resources more discoverable to organizations looking for them. Create new pathways for applied research, consulting, industry collaboration, and student opportunities without relying entirely on personal networks or individual promotion.
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- Greater visibility without the individual promotional burden
- New pathways for research, consulting, and collaboration
- Connections to external needs and opportunities
- Institutionally supported pathways for engagement
Employers, Agencies & Community Partners
“"Start With What You Need—Not With Who You Know" — Discover faculty expertise, labs, facilities, student talent, research capabilities, and other resources across participating institutions. Or bring forward your own challenge, need, or opportunity and create another pathway for higher education to find you.
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- Search capabilities across participating institutions
- Bring challenges, needs, and opportunities directly to higher education
- Find clearer pathways to the right people and resources
- Build relationships that don't depend entirely on knowing whom to call