CRIA is the Division of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer of the University of Algarve, aiming to promote relations between the university and the industry, increase the technology and knowledge transfer, support the establishment of new firms, generalize the use of industrial property rights mechanisms and developing technological infrastructures to enhance specific research fields in the Algarve.CRIA was born in 2003, from the need of creating a service to support the development of advanced business ideas and inventions born at the university that could migrate to the market.The intervention areas of CRIA are: Intellectual Property (IP) and Licensing Support, Commercialization and Technology Transfer, Entrepreneurship and Business Development, European Projects and Studies.

The UALG TEC CAMPUS - Business Accelerator of the University of Algarve has as its main objective the dynamization and expansion of the technological ecosystem of the region (Algarve Tech Hub), at the national and international level, for the areas of information technology, promoting a favourable change in the economy and society at regional and national levels.