European Companies Search Engine
Innovation Ranking
North Data publishes the most innovative companies and research institutions in Germany every year. The number of registered patents, the number and volume of research projects and also trademark registrations are used to calculate the ranking. All of these key figures are indicators of the innovative strength of large and established companies, which includes the ability to manage research projects, to obtain funding for them, to secure a market position through patents and finally to establish new products on the market, which can be seen in the trademark registrations.
Below we present the winners of the year and the top 50 in the table for the two categories of business and research. Finally, we explain the calculation basis and offer the raw data for free download.
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Winners
Top 50
| Rank |
Previous Rank |
Company |
Patent applications |
Funded projects |
Funding Amount (EUR) |
Trademark applications |
Score |
Previous Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
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1 | Rolls-Royce plc | 241 | 11 | 85,154,990 | 1 | 69.25 | 52.49 |
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2
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13 | King's College London | 19 | 101 | 97,002,996 | 0 | 48.25 | 11.01 |
|
3
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5 | Unilever Global IP Ltd. | 263 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.08 | 22.06 |
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4
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2 | Nicoventures Trading Ltd. | 154 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 30.01 | 48.15 |
|
5
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4 | Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. | 78 | 5 | 7,650,249 | 238 | 26.45 | 23.69 |
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6
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15 | Airbus Operations Ltd. | 137 | 2 | 1,779,750 | 0 | 24.29 | 9.18 |
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7
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9 | Imperial Tobacco Ltd. | 100 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 19.88 | 15.01 |
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8
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39 | Astrazeneca UK Ltd. | 0 | 14 | 46,322,845 | 2 | 16.49 | 2.15 |
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9
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10 | British Telecommunications Ltd. | 85 | 4 | 343,098 | 3 | 15.37 | 14.50 |
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10
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8 | BAE Systems plc | 84 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14.61 | 16.31 |
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11
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12 | Imperial Tobacco Group Ltd. | 64 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11.92 | 11.95 |
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12
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22 | Edwards Ltd. | 34 | 2 | 14,319,856 | 0 | 10.54 | 4.08 |
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13
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102 | Vernalis (R&D) Ltd. | 4 | 2 | 29,897,910 | 0 | 10.23 | 0.18 |
|
14
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28 | Coopervision International Ltd. | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.77 | 2.87 |
|
15
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11 | Dyson Technology Ltd. | 31 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 8.67 | 13.16 |
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16
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7 | Centre for Process Innovation Ltd. | 0 | 19 | 16,677,989 | 1 | 8.02 | 17.74 |
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17
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16 | Johnson Matthey plc | 33 | 9 | 1,509,844 | 4 | 7.62 | 8.30 |
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18
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17 | Zeroavia Ltd. | 1 | 4 | 21,117,596 | 0 | 7.30 | 6.39 |
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19
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23 | Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd. | 35 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7.25 | 3.70 |
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20
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19 | ARM Ltd. | 37 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7.11 | 5.09 |
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21
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30 | Micromass UK Ltd. | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.16 | 2.61 |
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22
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41 | Mclaren Automotive Ltd. | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.94 | 2.13 |
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23
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29 | J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltd. | 32 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.94 | 2.66 |
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24
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20 | Ocado Innovation Ltd. | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.35 | 4.93 |
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25
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6 | NPL Management Ltd. | 2 | 30 | 960,364 | 0 | 5.09 | 19.33 |
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26
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24 | Convatec Ltd. | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.92 | 3.60 |
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27
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14 | Renishaw plc | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.60 | 9.32 |
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28
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40 | Smith & Nephew plc | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.32 | 2.15 |
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29
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42 | Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult Ltd. | 1 | 7 | 8,963,269 | 0 | 3.98 | 2.13 |
|
30
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67 | Optos plc | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.76 | 0.75 |
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31
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25 | Kohler Mira Ltd. | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.72 | 3.39 |
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32
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3 | GKN Aerospace Services Ltd. | 1 | 3 | 9,475,770 | 0 | 3.55 | 30.35 |
|
33
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83 | Environmental Resources Management Ltd. | 1 | 3 | 9,352,809 | 0 | 3.51 | 0.44 |
|
34
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68 | Intelligent Energy Ltd. | 4 | 1 | 7,942,150 | 1 | 3.33 | 0.74 |
|
35
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31 | T.J.Smith and Nephew Ltd. | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.08 | 2.58 |
|
36
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37 | Innospec Ltd. | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.07 | 2.31 |
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37
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107 | Fiberlean Technologies Ltd. | 1 | 4 | 7,198,248 | 0 | 2.99 | 0.15 |
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38
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47 | Perkins Engines Company Ltd. | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.61 | 1.54 |
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39
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34 | Pilkington Group Ltd. | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.52 | 2.45 |
|
40
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82 | Castrol Ltd. | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.52 | 0.44 |
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41
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69 | Ipsen Biopharm Ltd. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.49 | 0.71 |
|
42
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21 | Haleon UK IP Ltd. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2.49 | 4.20 |
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43
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43 | Nomad Foods Europe Ltd. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.44 | 2.13 |
|
44
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59 | Genome Research Ltd. | 4 | 8 | 1,834,292 | 0 | 2.44 | 0.99 |
|
45
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60 | Siemens Mobility Ltd. | 11 | 2 | 110,881 | 2 | 2.30 | 0.99 |
|
46
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58 | Subsea 7 Ltd. | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.22 | 1.10 |
|
47
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91 | Evolito Ltd. | 4 | 1 | 4,307,999 | 0 | 2.17 | 0.29 |
|
48
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61 | Assa Abloy Ltd. | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.13 | 0.98 |
|
49
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85 | FOX International Group Ltd. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2.12 | 0.42 |
|
50
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27 | Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Ltd. | 9 | 1 | 407,212 | 1 | 1.86 | 3.24 |
| Rank |
Previous Rank |
Organisation |
Patent applications |
Funded projects |
Funding Amount (EUR) |
Trademark applications |
Score |
Previous Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
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1 | University College London | 0 | 275 | 374,488,703 | 2 | 49 | 49.18 |
|
2
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2 | Oxford University Innovation Ltd. | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 45 |
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3
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7 | University of Southampton | 14 | 133 | 182,526,091 | 0 | 42.20 | 30.21 |
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4
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3 | University of Edinburgh | 7 | 154 | 180,722,374 | 0 | 33.04 | 44.28 |
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5
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5 | The University of Birmingham | 4 | 167 | 152,929,702 | 0 | 27.17 | 37.80 |
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6
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10 | University OF Exeter | 2 | 139 | 124,927,448 | 1 | 22.49 | 19.63 |
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7
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6 | University of Leeds | 5 | 117 | 102,289,421 | 0 | 21.83 | 34.14 |
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8
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4 | University of Bristol | 1 | 142 | 117,571,175 | 0 | 18.62 | 41.97 |
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9
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14 | The University of Manchester | 8 | 49 | 22,111,954 | 0 | 16.06 | 12.56 |
|
10
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38 | Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine | 0 | 93 | 84,491,611 | 2 | 15.84 | 3.04 |
|
11
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36 | The Queen's University of Belfast | 7 | 15 | 25,566,393 | 1 | 15.03 | 3.26 |
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12
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11 | University of Nottingham | 1 | 97 | 97,739,499 | 0 | 14.57 | 18.37 |
|
13
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16 | University of Leicester | 4 | 53 | 51,319,829 | 0 | 12.81 | 11.51 |
|
14
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19 | Cranfield University | 6 | 32 | 27,554,258 | 0 | 12.66 | 9.70 |
|
15
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53 | University of Lancaster | 1 | 12 | 5,575,413 | 5 | 12.55 | 0.82 |
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16
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9 | University of York | 1 | 83 | 67,462,199 | 0 | 11.38 | 19.88 |
|
17
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21 | University of Durham | 1 | 66 | 70,757,188 | 0 | 10.72 | 9.66 |
|
18
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13 | Cardiff University | 1 | 79 | 54,047,903 | 0 | 10.09 | 14.34 |
|
19
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8 | United Kingdom Research AND Innovation | 3 | 19 | 55,099,810 | 0 | 9.81 | 23.44 |
|
20
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22 | Swansea University | 1 | 38 | 53,150,963 | 1 | 9.78 | 9.35 |
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21
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12 | Newcastle University | 2 | 65 | 37,791,233 | 0 | 9.48 | 15.37 |
|
22
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29 | Queen Mary University of London | 5 | 21 | 13,217,408 | 0 | 9.46 | 5.54 |
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23
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33 | City St George's, University of London | 0 | 8 | 9,570,061 | 4 | 9.20 | 4.14 |
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24
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25 | THE University OF Sheffield | 5 | 16 | 11,865,972 | 0 | 9.08 | 7.98 |
|
25
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17 | Aston University | 1 | 40 | 15,763,406 | 2 | 8.90 | 10.33 |
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26
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32 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | 1 | 29 | 69,137,490 | 0 | 8.57 | 4.24 |
|
27
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24 | University OF Strathclyde | 2 | 17 | 7,983,522 | 2 | 8.47 | 8.39 |
|
28
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23 | University OF Northumbria AT Newcastle | 0 | 45 | 23,444,041 | 2 | 8.33 | 8.74 |
|
29
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43 | THE University OF Warwick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.81 | 2.09 |
|
30
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26 | University OF Sussex | 2 | 35 | 37,194,318 | 0 | 7.79 | 7.25 |
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31
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40 | University of Warwick | 2 | 41 | 31,519,271 | 0 | 7.66 | 2.71 |
|
32
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18 | The Francis Crick Institute Ltd. | 2 | 19 | 16,424,760 | 1 | 7.26 | 9.96 |
|
33
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20 | The University of Liverpool | 3 | 23 | 8,885,843 | 0 | 6.32 | 9.70 |
|
34
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41 | Queen Mary University of London | 3 | 18 | 12,021,612 | 0 | 6.30 | 2.66 |
|
35
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37 | Oxford Brookes University | 3 | 7 | 8,872,260 | 0 | 5.45 | 3.20 |
|
36
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51 | The James Hutton Institute | 0 | 8 | 5,851,514 | 2 | 4.91 | 1.09 |
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37
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49 | University of Lancashire | 3 | 4 | 1,043,593 | 0 | 4.66 | 1.20 |
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38
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39 | University of Newcastle Upon Tyne | 2 | 17 | 9,873,133 | 0 | 4.62 | 2.88 |
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39
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42 | Royal Holloway and Bedford New College | 1 | 31 | 17,292,747 | 0 | 4.53 | 2.26 |
|
40
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27 | Brunel University London | 1 | 36 | 13,055,282 | 0 | 4.46 | 6.31 |
|
41
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15 | The Open University | 0 | 21 | 12,155,777 | 1 | 4.12 | 11.99 |
|
42
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30 | University OF THE West OF England, Bristol | 2 | 17 | 2,941,515 | 0 | 4.07 | 5.13 |
|
43
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31 | University OF Plymouth | 1 | 26 | 12,361,290 | 0 | 3.86 | 4.61 |
|
44
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34 | University of Aberdeen | 1 | 20 | 9,915,722 | 0 | 3.34 | 3.69 |
|
45
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28 | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | 0 | 7 | 8,094,336 | 1 | 3.03 | 5.59 |
|
46
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48 | Institute of Cancer Research | 1 | 11 | 10,676,693 | 0 | 2.91 | 1.21 |
|
47
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45 | University of the West of Scotland | 1 | 11 | 8,550,996 | 0 | 2.74 | 1.45 |
|
48
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35 | The University of Huddersfield | 1 | 14 | 5,215,320 | 0 | 2.63 | 3.49 |
|
49
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52 | De Montfort University | 1 | 8 | 8,126,872 | 0 | 2.54 | 0.96 |
|
50
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44 | Heriot-Watt University | 1 | 11 | 4,043,316 | 0 | 2.38 | 2.07 |
Calculation basis
The following four performance indicators are taken into account when calculating the score:
| Indicator | Sources | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Patents | Epobase | 45 % |
| Number of public fundings | Fts Ukri Sat Hor | 15 % |
| Total public funding | Fts Ukri Sat Hor | 30 % |
| Trademarks | Euipotm Euipods | 10 % |
The highest value achieved for each key figure in the period under review is set as the maximum point value of 100. The two categories Economy and Research are evaluated separately. The period under review was the year 2025.
The performance indicators used are available together with financial figures as Deep Data Finance/Marketing/Tech via the North Data's Data Services.
An evaluation is required and only carried out if the respective organization is entered in the sources with the correct name and registered office. Subsequent changes are not permitted.
Data
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