What Makes Stanford Special

Stanford University

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Stanford produces the largest number of Founders/Co-Founders

Source ： http://info.crunchbase.com/2013/08/12/entrepreneurs-and-universities/

http://info.crunchbase.com/2013/08/12/entrepreneurs-and-universities/



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What makes Stanford successful?

• History• Academics• Policy• Geography

Stanford was founded by an entrepreneur, Leland Stanford (and his wife Jane)

(From the left) Leland Stanford , his wife Jane, and Leland Stanford, Jr.

History

Fred Terman, the dean of engineering, encouraged Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard to found a company

(From the left) Dave Packard , Bill Hewlett , and Fred TermanSince 1939

History

After WW2, government research grants accelerated technology development at Stanford

History

Year

1950 1,2671960 14,8031970 57,0431980 118,9421990 245,244 87.5%2000 391,156 84.3%2009 582,274 77.3%

A research grant from thegovernment

Unit : $000Percentage represents the ratio of a research grant provided bythe U.S. government out of total amount provided

Stanford collaborates with industry

Stanford Research Institute: 1946

Stanford Research Park: 1951

What makes Stanford so successful


Stanford’s 7 schools ranked among the top universities in the world

Academics

Name of School Undergrad Students

Graduate Students

No of Faculty

Graduate School of Business - 928 230+School of Earth Sciences 134 309 55Graduate School of Education - 365 52School of Engineering 883 3,452 240+

School of Humanities & Sciences 2,320 2,162 500+

School of Law 636 140+

School of Medicine 927 830

Total 6,887※ 8,779 2,000+

※ Including 3,550 students who have not decided their majorData: Undergrad and Graduate students – as of 2010/11, Faculty – web search

Multidisciplinary learning creates value at Stanford

Academics



Unique policies distinguish Stanford from its competitors

Policy

• Collaboration with industry

• Investing in startups

• “Stopping out”

• Plenty of resources

Industry-academia collaboration has been very active at Stanford

・ Stanford Research Park and Stanford Research institute・ Stanford Technology Licensing Office founded in 1970・ The Bayh-Dole Act in 1980・ Licensing income comparison

As of 2009/10, unit : $M

Rank Name of collegeLicensingincome

No. ofStartups

No. ofLicensing

No. of filedpatent

Total researchbudget

1 Northwestern 162 3 31 128 4002 Columbia 154 13 51 57 6043 NYU 113 5 38 29 308

10 Stanford 65 9 77 128 83327 Harvard 12 8 65 46 704

Student-run accelerator StartX helps students start their businesses

Policy

87 companies founded Since 2011



Venture Capital up the roadGeography

The Future of Stanford