In this notebook we explore how much money is made from licencing IP, particularly software licences at UK higher education providers. Academic years covered are from 2014/15 through to 2019/20. All money values are in millions of £ unless otherwise stated.

Source code here https://github.com/RSE-Sheffield/soft_income

Source data

Sources:

Top Ten IP Income

Average IP income over all available academic years (6 years).

HE Provider Mean IP Value (million £s)
The University of Oxford 35.5
The Institute of Cancer Research 34.6
The University of Sheffield 10.7
The University of Cambridge 10.5
University College London 8.3
Queen’s University Belfast 6.0
Newcastle University 5.2
Oxford Brookes University 3.5
The Open University 3.5
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 2.8

All data from Top Ten IP

Time series split by IP type for top ten institutions.

Top Ten Software Income

Average software licencing income over all available academic years (6 years).

HE Provider Mean Software IP Value (millions £)
The University of Cambridge 1.5
The University of York 1.1
The University of Glasgow 1.0
University College London 0.7
Loughborough University 0.7
The University of Oxford 0.5
The University of Hull 0.4
The University of Sheffield 0.3
The University of Greenwich 0.3
Swansea University 0.3

All data from Top Ten software

Time series software licencing income for top ten institutions.

Top Ten Research Income

Average research income over all available academic years (5 years).

HE Provider Mean Research Income (millions £)
The University of Oxford 587.9
The University of Cambridge 526.6
University College London 483.1
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 358.4
The University of Manchester 284.5
The University of Edinburgh 279.9
King’s College London 195.1
The University of Glasgow 180.4
The University of Sheffield 175.2
The University of Bristol 162.4

All data from Top Ten research income

Time series research income for top ten institutions.