2. Stanford produced the largest number
of founders/Co-Founders
Source ： http://info.crunchbase.com/2013/08/12/entrepreneurs-and-universities/
This statistics created by the data of 6,150 founders from 4,885 companies
4. What makes Stanford such an unique
and a successful university
• History
• Academics
• Policy
• Geography
5. History
Stanford is founded by an entrepreneur,
Leland Stanford and his wife Jane in 1891
(From the left) Leland Stanford , his wife Jane, and Leland Stanford, Jr.
6. History
Fred Terman, the dean of engineering school, encouraged
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard to found a company
(From the left) Dave Packard , Bill Hewlett , and Fred Terman
Since 1939
7. History
Post WWⅡ, a research grant from a government
accelerated numbers of researches at Stanford
Year
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2009
A research grant from the
governm ent
1,
267
14,
803
57,
043
118,
942
245,
244 87.
5%
391,
156 84.
3%
582,
274 77.
3%
Unit : $ K
Percentage represents the ratio of a research grant amount provided by
the U.S. government out of a total research grant amount provided
8. Two institutes became a hub for Stanford
to collaborate with companies
Stanford Research Institute since 1946
Stanford Research Park since 1951
9. What makes Stanford such an unique
and a successful university
• History
• Academics
• Policy
• Geography
10. Academics
Stanford’s seven school has been top
ranked among universities in the world
Name of School
Undergrad
Students
Graduate
Students
No of
Faculty
-
928
230+
134
309
55
-
365
52
883
3,452
240+
2,320
2,162
500+
School of Law
636
140+
School of Medicine
927
830
8,779
2,000+
Graduate School of Business
School of Earth Sciences
Graduate School of Education
School of Engineering
School of Humanities & Sciences
Total
6,887※
※ Including 3,550 students who have not decided their major
Data: Undergrad student and Graduate student – as of 2010/11, Faculty – web search
12. What makes Stanford such an unique
and a successful university
• History
• Academics
• Policy
• Geography
13. Unique policies make Stanford be
different and be successful
• Collaboration with industry
• Investing in startups
• “Stopping out”
• Plenty of resources
Policy
14. 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
Rank
1
2
3
10
27
N am e of colege
l
N orthw estern
C ol bi
um a
N YU
S tanford
H arvard
Li
censi
ng
N o. of
N o. of N o. of fied Total research
l
i
ncom e
Startups Li
censi
ng
patent
budget
162
3
31
128
400
154
13
51
57
604
113
5
38
29
308
65
9
77
128
833
12
8
65
46
704
As of 2009/10, unit : $M
15. Policy
Start X, non profit organization, provides
a path for students to start a business
87 companies founded Since 2011
16. What makes Stanford such an unique
and a successful university
• History
• Academics
• Policy
• Geography
