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Home to more than 150 leading research centres, globally renowned researchers and generous government incentives, there is no better place to conduct research and development (R&D) than Waterloo. With a unique intellectual property (IP) rights policy at the acclaimed University of Waterloo, which allows inventors to own their own ideas, we are one of the most patent intensive communities in the world. There are 15 patents granted per 10,000 residents - 11 times the national average. Click the links below to learn more about our leading research and development facilities/centres:
- Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR) has 125 faculty leading the largest university-based automotive research centre focused on connected and autonomous vehicles, light weighting, fabrication, software, data and more.
- The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) harnesses the quantum laws of nature to develop powerful new technologies and drive future economies.
- The David Johnston Research + Technology Park provides a powerfully supportive base for radical, high impact research. More than 70% of the world's GDP runs on software created by companies such as OpenText and SAP who are located in R + T Park.
We offer a unique environment of collaboration where R&D, academic institutions and industry form a powerful innovation ecosystem. For a full list of our R&D resources, view our Industry Map and Support Organizations.
