Research park
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A Research park is a research facility that is often linked with a major research university
. Throughout North America
, there are more than 170 research parks. They exist to create linkages between the university, industry and the community. The first research park was started at Stanford University
, and was followed shortly thereafter with the development of Research Triangle Park in North Carolina
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Combining the knowledge assets of a community with local business expertise in order to create high-paying jobs is the raison d'etre of research parks. Today, there are major research parks in many countries.
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
. Throughout North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, there are more than 170 research parks. They exist to create linkages between the university, industry and the community. The first research park was started at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, and was followed shortly thereafter with the development of Research Triangle Park in North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
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Combining the knowledge assets of a community with local business expertise in order to create high-paying jobs is the raison d'etre of research parks. Today, there are major research parks in many countries.
Belgium
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Haasrode Research-Park ]The Haasrode Research-Park business and research park in Heverlee is just outside the Brussels periphery. Divided in a research and science park and a trade park it houses an important variety of industries... Initialis Science Park The Initialis Science Park is a business incubator and science park located in Mons in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia . The science park is associated with the three universities of Mons; the University of Mons and the Facultés universitaires catholiques de Mons... Limburg Science Park The Limburg Science Park is a business incubator and science park located in Diepenbeek on the campus of Hasselt University. The organisation was founded in 1989 at the initiative of the University of Hasselt, the Board of the Provincial Government and the Regional Development Society Limburg... Liège Science Park Liège Science Park is a business incubator and science park of the University of Liège and is located on the territories of the municipalities of Seraing and Liège .-History:... Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park Created in 1971, Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park is the first of its kind in Belgium and is the largest in Wallonia... Mercator Research Park The Mercator Research Park is a science park located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium and it is being managed by the Brussels Regional Investment Company... |
Qualitis Science Park The Qualitis Science Park is a business incubator and science park of 250,000 square metres located in Enghien, Wallonia, . The science park comprises three technopoles: food processing with the Agrofood Valley, Life Sciences and tourism. The science park was founded in 1996 with a focus on ICT and... Vesalius Research Park The Vesalius Research Park is a science park located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium and it is being managed by the Brussels Regional Investment Company... Waterfront Researchpark The Waterfront Researchpark is a business incubator and science park located in Niel associated with the University of Antwerp . The researchpark of about 320,000 square metres is located on the clay quarry site of the former Kapittel brickwork factory... Zwijnaarde science park The Zwijnaarde science park is a science park of Ghent university, located in Zwijnaarde near Ghent . The science park has an area of 52 hectare and comprises the Ardoyen campus of the University of Ghent and the Ardoyen science park . The Ardoyen campus comprises several institutes of the... |
North America
- Stanford Research ParkStanford Research ParkStanford Research Park is a technology park located in Palo Alto, California on land owned by Stanford University. Built in 1951, as Stanford Industrial Park, it claims to be the world's first technology-focused office park...
- Central Florida Research ParkCentral Florida Research ParkThe Central Florida Research Park, is a research park abutting the main campus of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, United States...
- Research Triangle ParkResearch Triangle ParkThe Research Triangle Park is a research park in the United States. It is located near Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina...
- Cummings Research ParkCummings Research ParkCummings Research Park, located primarily in the city of Huntsville, Alabama is the second largest research park in the United States, and the fourth largest in the world. The Research Triangle Park in North Carolina is the only research park in the United States that is larger. Cummings Research...
- Purdue Research ParkPurdue Research ParkThe Purdue Research Parks are a network of four research parks located in Indiana, United States. The flagship West Lafayette park is located less than north of Purdue University's West Lafayette campus, and is the largest university-affiliated research park in the United States. The other...
- University Research Park
- Piedmont Triad Research ParkPiedmont Triad Research ParkThe Piedmont Triad Research Park , in Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA, is a highly interactive, master-planned innovation community developed to support life science and information technology research and development...
- Sandia Science and Tech Park
- University City Science CenterUniversity City Science CenterThe University City Science Center is the first and largest urban research park in the United States. It was established in 1963 with its headquarters in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia...
, Philadelphia, PA - University of Pittsburgh Applied Research CenterUniversity of Pittsburgh Applied Research CenterThe University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center, commonly known as U-PARC, is a one-million-square foot , high-security research park campus of the University of Pittsburgh that is located from Downtown Pittsburgh in Harmar Township, Pennsylvania adjacent to the Route 28 expressway and I-76,...
(U-PARC) - University of Utah Research ParkUniversity of Utah Research ParkThe University of Utah Research Park is located on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, United States.-History:In 1970, of land was declared as surplus by Fort Douglas and was set aside for the creation of the research park....
- Centennial Campus
- South Dakota State University Innovation CampusSouth Dakota State University Innovation CampusThe South Dakota State Innovation Campus in Brookings, South Dakota was founded in 2006 and is the first research park located in South Dakota. The Innovation Campus aims to foster collaboration and partnerships between South Dakota State University, business, industry and government.The park...
- University of Kentucky Coldstream Research Campus
- University of Illinois Research Park