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UCF is ranked in the top 25 alongside institutions such as Columbia University, MIT and Carnegie Mellon University in the report from The Milken Institute, a nonprofit think tank. UCF, the University of Florida (No. 3) and the University of South Florida (No. 19) are the only universities in Florida to rank in the top 25. Only one other university in the state is listed in the top 100: Florida State University, at No. 88.
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In fiscal year 2016, UCF had 90 patents issued, 34 licenses and options executed and $1.8 million in license income.
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UCF, UF and USF are keenly focused on tech transfer. The three research universities are partners in the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, an economic development initiative to foster high-tech industry and innovation through partnerships that support research, marketing, workforce and entrepreneurship.
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The report found that university research funding supports the creation of both middle- and high-skill industry jobs through innovation, commercialization and technology transfer, with varied and significant multiplier effects.
A 2014 study of the economic impacts of UCF 麻豆精品 S檚 Business Incubation Program found that the incubator was responsible for facilitating the creation of more than 3,700 jobs in the region. Also, client and graduate companies have generated more than $2.5 billion in total economic output since the program 麻豆精品 S檚 inception in 1999.