As with all previous editions of the CWTS Leiden Ranking, TU/e has a place in the global top 10 of universities with the strongest research collaboration with industry. In the fields of Mathematics & Computer Science and Biomedical & Health Sciences, TU/e even comes in at third worldwide.
The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2023 compares the scientific output of over 1,400 universities from 2018 to 2021. During that period, 15% of all scientific TU/e publications came about in tandem with industrial partners. 61% of all scientific TU/e publications arose from international research collaborations during the same period.
In terms of the strength of research collaboration with industry, TU/e ranks sixth worldwide. This is mainly the result of TU/e’s very strong ties with the high-tech industry in the Brainport region, with companies such as ASML, Philips, NXP and Signify.
"The CWTS figures again demonstrate how strong and important TU/e’s position is in Brainport’s innovation ecosystem," says TU/e President Robert-Jan Smits. "And this position is only getting stronger. In the past year, we signed agreements with ASML , and Thermo Fisher Scientific in order to strengthen our research collaboration. ASML is even bringing its R&D to the TU/e campus and building a new cleanroom here to this end. In addition, the ranking clearly shows how especially strong our international character is."
