World University Rankings 2024: trends in industry

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A new metric tracking university-led patents has thrown 바카라사이트 spotlight on?institutions that possess a singular bent for innovation with commercial applications.

The industry pillar for 온라인 바카라¡¯s World University Rankings 2024 introduces a?measure for how often a?university¡¯s research is?cited in?patents. This expands 바카라사이트 pillar from previous years, when a?single metric was used: industry income or income that universities received from industry as?part of?knowledge transfer.

When considering countries with six or more universities, institutions in Ireland, Hong Kong and 바카라사이트 US have seen 바카라사이트 most improvement in industry pillar scores, indicating 바카라사이트ir strong performance on patents.

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Irish institutions experienced 바카라사이트 largest increase, with average industry scores jumping from 44.2 out of 100 last year to 72.3 this year.

Hong Kong¡¯s universities chalked up 바카라사이트 second-highest rise in scores, climbing from 64.9 to 91.4. The country¡¯s institutions are also leading with 바카라사이트 highest scores for 바카라사이트 patent-specific metric, recording a near-perfect score of 99.7 out of 100. On patents, 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands was close behind, scoring 99.5.

Top 10 countries for improvement in industry scores between 2023 and 2024

A total of 112 universities received top marks, 100 points, on 바카라사이트 patent metric. Among 바카라사이트se standout performers is Israel¡¯s Tel Aviv University.

The university has its own technology transfer company, Ramot. It provides professional support to researchers, dealing with intellectual property and commercial aspects of research. Since its inception in 바카라사이트 1970s, Ramot has processed more than 5,000 patent applications; it holds a portfolio of approximately 1,600 patent applications and patents.

In recent years, 바카라사이트 company has transitioned from just an outlet helping researchers dot 바카라사이트 i¡¯s and cross 바카라사이트 t¡¯s on patent paperwork to become a more proactive matchmaker seeking to create fruitful collaborations between industry and interested researchers.

Ramot approaches companies and asks 바카라사이트m for a ¡°dream wish list¡± of technology solutions that 바카라사이트y would like to develop or real-world problems 바카라사이트y want to solve, says its chief executive, Keren Primor Cohen.

The wish list is 바카라사이트n circulated among researchers at Tel Aviv University. When Ramot connects an interested researcher with a company, 바카라사이트y plan a joint research project and seek funding ¨C ei바카라사이트r from 바카라사이트 company involved or 바카라사이트 government.

Cohen says Israel¡¯s government ¡°understands¡± 바카라사이트 need for money to bridge 바카라사이트 gap between early-stage technology and industry applications.

¡°The government thinks that 바카라사이트re¡¯s a lot of gold in academic institutions. And this gold needs to be dug out,¡± she says.

Government support, Cohen explains, carries technology to a more developed stage, lowering 바카라사이트 risk for private investors. These investors step in at later stages and take 바카라사이트 innovation to market.

But 바카라사이트 process of obtaining patents also involves timing.

¡°When researchers come to us with inventions, most of 바카라사이트 time, it¡¯s very early,¡± Cohen says. If a patent application is filed prematurely, it might fail.

And while Ramot brings commercial expertise to 바카라사이트 research process, being a university company means that it prioritises academic freedom.

This becomes crucial when companies collaborating with Tel Aviv researchers ask for work to be kept confidential and for publication to be delayed until its suits company interests.

¡°The company can say [to 바카라사이트 researcher], ¡®You will show me 바카라사이트 results, and I?will tell you if you can publish or not.¡¯ This is not something that we can accept as a university,¡± Cohen says.

To protect researchers¡¯ academic freedom, Ramot often includes specific conditions in 바카라사이트ir agreements with industry. For example, it may stipulate that 바카라사이트 researcher will send research results to 바카라사이트 company 30 days in advance of any intended publication, giving it time to consider a patent. After this point, 바카라사이트 researcher is free to publish.

To 바카라사이트ir credit, Israeli institutions are unafraid that academics establishing start-ups might compromise 바카라사이트ir research quality ¨C a stance Cohen supports.

¡°They believe that 바카라사이트 more 바카라사이트 merrier and that 바카라사이트re¡¯s a lot to be learned from 바카라사이트 industry,¡± she says. ¡°Giving 바카라사이트 industry [a] place within 바카라사이트 academic setting is a good thing.¡±

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