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Hoping to collaborate on research with world鈥檚 most innovative firms? In Canada, pick UU直播

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Research and innovation in regenerative medicine is one of the areas in which UU直播 excels. Yonatan Lipsitz, a PhD student in the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, conducts research with stem cells (photo by James Poremba)

The UU直播 is the only Canadian institution to break into of top universities working with the world's most innovative companies.

The study, which examined universities that have co-authored the most papers with organizations on the , ranked UU直播 18th in the world, the only Canadian university on the list.

Using the Web of Science database for papers published since 1980, THE found UU直播 had published 513 papers with 25 top companies identified among Clarivate Analytics鈥 list of the Top 100 Global Innovators. That list includes global heavyweights in a number of fields such as 3M, Apple, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Honda, Merck, Symantec and Xerox. 

鈥淲e鈥檙e extremely proud to see UU直播 recognized for the quality of its research and its collaborative partnerships with some of the world鈥檚 top innovative companies,鈥 said Vivek Goel, UU直播鈥檚 vice-president of research and innovation. 鈥淯U直播 is consistently named the top Canadian university and ranked among the top 10 global public universities by international surveys, and these latest results underscore the excellence and global impact of our faculty and students鈥 research.鈥

UU直播 is known for its culture of innovation, research partnerships that span the globe, a diverse array of collaborations with private sector and public sector organizations and a vibrant entrepreneurship culture supported by a network of campus-linked accelerators and incubators, Goel said.

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The THE survey placed UU直播 one notch ahead of Johns Hopkins University and four above the University of Cambridge. The results are even more impressive when looking only at public universities: UU直播 falls within the top 15 public institutions in the world when it comes to research partnerships with the world's most innovative firms.

The survey found that UU直播's collaborative papers had a citation impact of 2.79, compared to a world average of 1.0.

Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, home of Philips and other multinational headquartered firms, placed first.

UU直播 has done well in 2016-2017 in several international rankings, consistently ranking among the top 10 global public universities:

  • placing 21st in U.S. News & World Report's ranking of top universities
  • 22nd on the prestigious THE annual rankings of top universities
  • 32nd in the QS World University Rankings
  • 27th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities report by Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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