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Business and Industry

From small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, student start-ups to well-established companies, ¾ÅÓεç×Ó provides a variety of opportunities for businesses and industries to partner with the University to solve unique challenges, develop new products, recruit top talent, and make a lasting impact.

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Research and Innovation

Solve complex, technical problems, utilize world-class facilities, connect with one of our 5,000 research faculty members, and take advantage of the results of our $1.239 billion annual research expenditure. A research partnership with ¾ÅÓεç×Ó can help your business achieve more.

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Recruiting Talent

Recognized as a trusted partner by corporate recruiters, ¾ÅÓεç×Ó manages one of the largest recruitment programs in the country. With nearly 90,000 undergraduate and graduate students University-wide, employers can build a robust engagement plan to meet and exceed recruitment goals.

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License Technologies

In fiscal year 2021-22, ¾ÅÓεç×Ó researchers conducted $1.034 billion in research, disclosed 204 new inventions, received 47 patents, and executed 15 technology licenses. These research discoveries, patents, and technologies may solve business challenges, enhance products, or provide a business with a competitive edge. The Invent ¾ÅÓεç×Ó Venture and IP Conference provides additional access to ¾ÅÓεç×Ó emerging technologies and startups.

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Executive and Continuing Education

The ¾ÅÓεç×Ó Smeal College of Business and ¾ÅÓεç×Ó World Campus offer a variety of programs to help your organization stay competitive by developing leaders to drive change. Online and in-person opportunities, for individuals and groups, are available and taught by nationally recognized faculty.

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Entrepreneurship

¾ÅÓεç×Ó's burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem was developed to help drive economic development. This network consists of a blend of entrepreneurship-focused academic programs, business startup training, funding for commercialization, and university-industry collaborations. With an innovation hub located in every undergraduate campus community, opportunities to tap into this ecosystem are available throughout Pennsylvania and beyond.

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Philanthropy

Corporate philanthropy supports programs, scholarships, research endeavors, and faculty development. ¾ÅÓεç×Ó is committed to partnering with businesses, like yours, to find the best and most appropriate opportunity to make a lasting impression on the University through philanthropy.

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Innovation Park

Innovation Park at ¾ÅÓεç×Ó is a unique campus environment where business, education, and research come together. A vibrant community of 118 acres with more than 1,000,000 square feet of office, manufacturing, and research space provide tenants with access to ¾ÅÓεç×Ó’s scientific, engineering, technology, and business resources. Innovation Park is home to eighty-three companies, including twenty-five startups, a 2,050-person workforce, and the ¾ÅÓεç×Ór Conference Center Hotel—a 300-room hotel with world-class conference facilities. Just a few miles from the University Park Airport and directly off of Interstate-99, the Park is easily accessible for

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