r+d - research and development

Key figures of Madrid region:

• 288.800 workers in High Technology Sectors (10.7% of the working population)
• Madrid region R&D expenditure: 1.76% of GDP (2.4 billion €)
• 39.537 R&D workers (1.5% of the working population)
• 14 Universities and more than 50 academic research centres
• 230,000 college students and around 2,000 new PhDs every year
• 27.3% of all the scientists in Spain and produces more than 31 % of the international scientific publications in Spain
• More than 20 technology transfer organizations
• 3 scientific/research parks in operation and 3 under construction