The University of Utah Research Park is located on the campus of the University of Utah

University of Utah

The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...

 in Salt Lake City, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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History

In 1970, 320 acres (1.3 km²) of land was declared as surplus by Fort Douglas

Fort Douglas, Utah

Camp Douglas was established in October 1862 as a small military garrison about three miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah, for the purpose of protecting the overland mail route and telegraph lines along the Central Overland Route. In 1878, the post was renamed Fort Douglas. The fort was officially...

 and was set aside for the creation of the research park

Research park

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...

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As of 2007 the park houses 42 companies, 69 academic departments and approximately 7,531 employees in 37 buildings. The annual in-state productivity of park residents exceeds $550 million.

Companies

The following companies and institutes are current or former residents of research park:

• Evans and Sutherland
• Sarcos
  Sarcos
  Sarcos is an American engineering and robotics firm based in the University of Utah Research Park in Salt Lake City, Utah. It specializes in robotics, microelectromechanical systems, medical devices, artificial limbs, and powered exoskeletons...
  
  
• Goldman Sachs
  Goldman Sachs
  The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
  
  
• ARUP Laboratories
  ARUP Laboratories
  ARUP Laboratories is a leading national reference laboratory and a nonprofit enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. ARUP offers more than 3,000 tests and test combinations, ranging from routine screening tests to highly esoteric molecular and genetic assays...
  
  
• NPS Pharmaceuticals
• Idaho Technology
  Idaho Technology
  Idaho Technology, Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company located in the University of Utah Research Park in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in 1990, Idaho Technology licensed a pioneering technology from the University of Utah for the world's fastest DNA based biological agent and pathogen...
  
  
• Myriad Genetics
  Myriad Genetics
  Myriad Genetics, Inc. is a molecular diagnostic company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Myriad employs a number of proprietary technologies that permit doctors and patients to understand the genetic basis of human disease and the role that genes play in the onset, progression and treatment of disease...
  
  
• Echelon Research Laboratories
• Utah Center for Reproductive Medicine
• Utah Poison Control Center
• Rockwell Collins
  Rockwell Collins
  Rockwell Collins, Inc. is a large United States-based international company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, primarily providing aviation and information technology systems and services to governmental agencies and aircraft manufacturers.- History :...
  
  
• Huntsman Chemical Corporation
• University Neuropsychiatric Institute
  University Neuropsychiatric Institute
  The University Neuropsychiatric Institute , located in University of Utah Research Park, is a 90 bed mental health and substance abuse treatment institute for psychiatric treatment. They provide inpatient, day treatment, intensive outpatient and outpatient services for children, adolescents and...