Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development

The University of Utah’s research and scholarly activity ranked #82 in the world and #47 in the U.S. in the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities (http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010.jsp)

The University of Utah was ranked 1st in the country at creating startups based on research, ahead of MIT, Johns Hopkins, and Columbia. (The Association of University Technology Managers, 2009)

#50 among public U.S. universities in total research and development funding (2007) (www.nsf.gov/statistics)

80 research groups at the university are the most highly cited in the world in their specific research areas

Research and training awards in 2009-10 generated $450.6 million