Corporate Relations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Higher EducationIllinois, United States2-10 Employees

The Office of Corporate Relations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign works with companies to assess their needs and identify the academic units, programs, laboratories, researchers, and students that can help them meet their objectives.  The OCR serves as a valuable resource to companies both in the U.S. and abroad in facilitating access to the extensive human and technological resources available on campus that can enable companies to become more successful in an increasingly global economy.  The OCR helps companies develop meaningful relationships and interactions with these resources and fosters the growth of partnerships between companies and academic units at the university 

In our model of corporate engagement at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the OCR emphasizes seven dimensions of involvement.  We facilitate company interactions on our campus along all seven of these key dimensions:

•	Engaging students

•	Leveraging research

•	Transferring technology and innovation

•	Accessing professional education opportunities

•	Providing targeted solutions

•	Optimizing corporate philanthropy

•	Fostering economic development

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