Research
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education classifies Drexel University as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest research activity," [10] the highest category which includes just 37 private institutions. General research areas at the College of Engineering include advanced manufacturing, cyber and physical infrastructure, health and medicine, automation, computation, engineering education, materials, and systems engineering. [11]
Translational and novel research is supported by grants and funding from extra-University sources such as the National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Institutes of Health, the Office of Naval Research, and the Army Research Laboratory.
Research expenditures for the college in 2018 were $20,081,937. In 2017, Drexel University was ranked 54th (tie) in the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted US Utility Patents by the National Academy of Inventors. [12]
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