Established in 1984, URP, a University of Wisconsin-Madison affiliate, is an internationally recognized research and technology park that supports early-stage, and growth-oriented businesses in a range of sectors, including engineering, computational and life sciences.



By 2020, University Research Park’s footprint, the portfolio of labs and offices we manage, will be 40% larger than it was in 2010. From nascent research in lab petri dishes to scaling players investing in new facilities, Madison’s technology cluster is booming.
Learn about startups, scaleup and growth at leading biotech companies, with panelists Ana Hooker of Exact Sciences, Tom Foti of Aldevron, Carter Cliff of Vascugen, and Cathy Rasmussen of the Forward B
Madison cancer diagnostics company Exact Sciences Corp. is working on a test that would screen for multiple types of cancer with a single blood draw. It's aiming to help people catch early-stage cance
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is the highest ranking national public university and fourth overall in Washington Monthly’s 2021 College Guide and Rankings. The ranking is based on three criteria
Five early-stage companies with connections to the University of Wisconsin-Madison participated in the summer cohort of gBETA Madison, a free accelerator program run by Wisconsin-based gener8tor, acco