STEM-focused public R1 university in Rolla, Missouri, featuring an on-campus nuclear research reactor, the Experimental Mine, the Missouri Protoplex for prototype-scale manufacturing, and Innovation Park’s Technology Development Center. Robust co-op pipelines connect companies to talent.
Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public, STEM-focused Carnegie R1 research university in Rolla with an applied-research culture and extensive laboratories and testbeds. Industry engages on campus through prototype-scale development at the Missouri Protoplex, the on-campus nuclear research reactor, and the long-standing Experimental Mine. Innovation Park, the campus research park, houses the Technology Development Center incubator and co-locates companies with faculty and students; a formal co-op program builds steady talent pipelines. Sponsored programs are backed by competitive federal funding, including NSF, DOE, DoD, and NASA. The Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development supports IP, licensing, an SBDC, and startup formation.