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By the Numbers
By the Numbers
Highlights
FY15
$640M
$640M
Total Research and Development Expenditures
FY14
$111M
$111M
Corporate Support of Campus
$67.8 Million in corporate contracts,
$43.4 Million in corporate philanthropy
100+
Start-ups
Start-ups
Entrepreneurial teams and start-ups receiving support from university resources that enable entrepreneurship
756
Doctorates
Doctorates
2013 Earned Doctorates, 6th Nationally
24M+
Holdings
Holdings
Library Holdings, world’s 2nd largest academic library
Economic Development
#18 out of 100
In 2014, the University (all campuses) was #18 on the list of top 100 worldwide universities granted U.S. patents.
967
Invention disclosures in the last five years.
$879,000,000
Amount of venture capital and angel investment funding by startup companies since the opening of the EnterpriseWorks incubator in 2003.
Research Park
A dynamic environment for tech-based businesses
- Created in 2001
- Tech hub for start-up companies and corporate R&D operations
- 90+ companies, including ADM, Caterpillar, Deere & Co., Ameren, Yahoo, AbbVie, State Farm, AB InBev, Dow, Abbott, and many others
- Home to EnterpriseWorks: Business incubator/accelerator for start-up companies; 160+ companies since 2003