Problems between Universities and Educational Research and Development Companies at Techno Centers

Problem Statement: University ? industry relationship is one of the issues which have diverse effects on the academicians working there. Purpose of the study: In this study it is aimed at finding out the problems that the owners of the educational research and development companies at the techno centers of the universities have encountered. Method: The qualitative research method was used. Data were collected through interviews and they were analyzed via the content analysis. This analysis provided the codes, main themes and sub-themes. Findings and Results: At the end of this process, in line with the problems, the main themes as following were obtained: ‘not considering the education as one of the fields that research and development can be conducted, synergy brought about by the techno centers in the university setting, the descriptions for the techno centers and their own companies as an organization, sales and marketing, counseling and guidance, the laws and regulations and their implementation, and communication problems faced by the owners of the companies’. Conclusion and Recommendation: This study pointed out that there had been major problems among the parties, which focuses on entrepreneurial university.