Analysis of wealth generation by a university campus in its nearest manufacturing environment

Abstract

[EN] The ultimate purpose of a conveniently located university campus in an industrial zone is to train future workers that can nurture existing companies in the county or region. There must be, therefore, a strong relationship between companies and universities; but unfortunately, for various reasons, this is not happening in many countries nowadays. The present work is going to study a particular case: Campus of Alcoy of the Universtitat Politècnica de Valencia, as an example of university located in an industrial area. This example can be extrapolated to any European region away from a major city and heavy industrialization. The results of a recent study in which both agents got involved are showed.