The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship has been maintained its top spot in the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index rankings for the second consecutive year.
The research into the incubators was performed by a Sweden-based institute, also called UBI Index, which is now in its second year of operation. UBI assessed 800 incubators from around the globe for the rankings. The incubators were measured over 60 key performance indicators and seven framework categories, including economy enhancement, talent retention, access to funds, competence development, access to network, incubator offer, and post incubation performance.
Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alliance, said: “Rice University has had a long culture as an entrepreneurial university, having been founded by one of Houston’s most successful entrepreneurs – William Marsh Rice – over 100 years ago. The Rice Alliance is proud to support the educational mission of the university in teaching entrepreneurship while providing mentoring and an entrepreneurial ecosystem for aspiring entrepreneurs throughout the university, throughout Houston and throughout the Texas region to create startups and jobs, and to help build a robust economy. We are honored to be recognized for our efforts by UBI Index.”
Climbing up the rankings to the number two spot is SetSquared, a business incubator alliance between the UK universities of Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Surrey, and Southampton. The move up the rankings makes SetSquared the number one incubator in the UK and Europe.
This year’s top 25 are:
|
# |
Incubator |
University |
Country |
|
1 |
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship |
Rice University |
United States |
|
2 |
SETsquared |
University of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton, Surrey |
United Kingdom |
|
3 |
SCUT National University Science Park |
South China University of Technology |
China |
|
4 |
ATP Innovations |
University of Sydney; University of Technology, Sydney; Australian National University; University of New South Wales |
Australia |
|
5 |
Digital Media Zone |
Ryerson University |
Canada |
|
6 |
IncubaUC |
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
Chile |
|
7 |
Center of Industry Accelerator and Patent Strategy |
National Chiao Tung University |
Taiwan |
|
8 |
Encubator |
Chalmers University of Technology |
Sweden |
|
9 |
Instituto Genesis PUC-Rio |
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
|
10 |
TEC Edmonton |
University of Alberta |
Canada |
|
11 |
INiTS Universitäres Gründerservice Wien |
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna University “Alma Mater Rudolphina” |
Austria |
|
12 |
DTU Symbion Innovation |
Technical University of Denmark |
Denmark |
|
13 |
Melbourne Accelerator Program |
University of Melbourne |
Australia |
|
14 |
Hust Science Park Development Corporation |
Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
China |
|
15 |
Incubatore di Imprese Innovative del Politecnico di Torino (I3P) |
Politecnico di Torino |
Italy |
|
16 |
Hefei University National University Science Park
|
Anhui University; Hefei University of Technology; University of Science and Technology of China |
China |
|
17 |
VentureLab |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
United States |
|
18 |
Uppsala Innovation Centre |
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; |
Sweden |
|
19 |
NDRC |
Dublin City University; Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology; National College of Art and Design; Trinity College Dublin; University College Dublin |
Ireland |
|
20 |
PSU Business Accelerator |
Portland State University |
United States |
|
21 |
Dean L. Hubbard Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
|
Northwest Missouri State University |
United States |
|
22 |
Western Research Parks |
Western University |
Canada |
|
23 |
Chrysalis |
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso |
Chile |
|
24 |
National Chiao Tung University Business Incubation Center
|
National Chiao Tung University |
Taiwan |
|
25 |
iMinds |
University of Antwerp; University of Leuven; |
Belgium |
