Reuters has ranked The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill No. 6 on its list of the Most Innovative Universities in the World. The annual list identifies and ranks educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and power new markets and industries.
Carolina rose three spots from last year’s rankings – moving up from number nine in 2018. As examples of the many commercial innovations taking place at UNC, the study mentions the work of two: the FABRIC project and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center partnership with IBM Watson.
The study cites 379 patents filed by UNC inventors between 2012-2017 and a 35 percent success rate when measuring the ratio of patents filed that were ultimately granted by patent offices. The study also rates UNC-Chapel Hill with a 52.5 commercial impact score, an indicator of how often basic research originating at an institution has influenced commercial R&D activity, as measured by academic papers cited in patent filings. Carolina’s commercial impact score was well above the average score for other institutions, which was 40.5.
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For more information about how Carolina innovators and entrepreneurs are making a social and economic impact, see the Innovate Carolina I&E impact dashboard.
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