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Netherlands Third in the World in Business Funding
Phil Baty
Singapore
South Korea
Times Higher Education
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University of Leiden
World Academic Summit Innovation Index
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 09:49
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NL Third in the World in Business Funding

The World Academic Summit Innovation Index presented by Times Higher Education shows that the Netherlands is third in the world in businesses funding. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"25838","attributes":{"class":"media-image size-medium wp-image-4715 ","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"300","height":"227","alt":"Pieter de la Court "}}]] The Pieter de la Court building of the University of Leiden in Leiden, the Netherlands, serving as Faculty for Social Sciences of Leiden University
Photo by Tubantia/Wikimedia Commons Universities in the Netherlands have attracted an average of £46,921, following Singapore at £54,462. The top spot went to South Korea, with £62,780-worth of research and innovation funding from companies for each scholar. The country’s standing indicates its consistent performance in other Times Higher Education rankings. 12 of the 13 Dutch universities are included in the top 200 list even though Leiden only ranked 64. “It tends not be investment in traditional university research these days,” he said.  “Companies are evolving their approach to universities, so they might put their own researchers on a university campus or build a unified campus with a university,” Chief Executive of Council for Industry and Higher Education Dr. David Docherty said during the Times press release. “Working with business and industry to move their discoveries and ideas from the ivory towers into the real world – and to make a real social and economic impact – has become one of the most important functions of a modern university,” Times Higher Education World University Rankings Editor Phil Baty said. "For some, an ability to attract funding from big business could even be a case of sink or swim in this age of austerity,” Baty added.

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