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Colleges and Universities Constructing the Most New Space for Science and Engineering Research

August 21, 2011

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Space in academic research facilities also expanded by 4 percent from 2006 to 2009, a reversal of slowing growth in previous years.

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HOME: ▶ Almanac 2011	SECTIONS: ▶ Finance	▶ The Profession	▶ Student Demographics
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Space in academic research facilities also expanded by 4 percent from 2006 to 2009, a reversal of slowing growth in previous years.

Institutions	Square feet constructed in FY 2008 and 2009
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	355,000
U. of Pennsylvania	308,000
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	300,000
Johns Hopkins U.	297,000
U. of Wisconsin at Madison	265,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	238,000
U. of Central Florida	234,000
Mount Sinai School of Medicine	234,000
U. of Oklahoma	229,000
Florida State U.	204,000
Institutions	Square feet planned for FY 2010 and 2011
U. of Massachusetts at Worcester	500,000
U. of Pittsburgh system	464,000
U. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa	380,000
Cornell U.	328,000
Arizona State U.	317,000
Indiana U. system	309,000
U. of Wisconsin at Madison	288,000
South Carolina State U.	250,000
U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	250,000
U. of California at San Diego	246,000
Note: Based on a survey of 495 colleges and universities that spent at least $1-million on science and engineering research and development in the 2008 fiscal year. Survey was conducted in the 2009 fiscal year. Construction projects included were started but not necessarily completed in the respective fiscal years.
Source: National Science Foundation