The Arenberg Research-Park is a

science park A science park (also called a "university research park", "technology park”, "technopark", “technopole", or a "science and technology park" (STP)) is defined as being a property-based development that accommodates and fosters the growt ...

founded by the

KU Leuven KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, ...

in 2004. The science park is in the immediate vicinity of the Arenberg campus of the university in

Heverlee Heverlee () is a town in Belgium. It is a borough of the city of Leuven. Heverlee is bordered by Herent, Bertem, Oud Heverlee and several other municipalities that are part of Leuven (including Leuven proper and Kessel-Lo). The town is the loca ...

(

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UZ Leuven Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven or University Hospitals Leuven, often shortened to UZ Leuven, is an academic hospital in Leuven, Belgium, associated with the university KU Leuven. It consists of three campuses as of 2022; Gasthuisberg, Pellenberg a ...

campus Gasthuisberg and

IMEC Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) is an international research & development organization, active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies, with headquarters in Belgium. Luc Van den hove has served as President an ...

. The park is 13 hectares and consists of different cluster-areas, with amongst others a bio-incubator for

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of the university and space for companies active in research and development.

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The bio-incubator housing is the prime of the biotech & pharmaceutical spin-offs of the KU Leuven university. Bio-incubator Leuven offers 40,000 sq. ft., but expansions to 80,000 sq. ft. is currently ongoing. Today it houses startups like Aelin Therapeutics, miDiagnostics, Antleron, scaleups like reMYND and Nasdaq-listed companies like Oxurion. In addition, translational and innovative research activity such as the centre for drug design & discovery (CD3) are active on premises. The development of the site is by private entrepreneurship in the Leuven region, and the buildings themselves have been sponsored with grants by the

Flemish region The Flemish Region ( nl, Vlaams Gewest, ),; german: Flämische Region usually simply referred to as Flanders ( nl, link=no, Vlaanderen ) ; german: link=no, Flandern is one of the three regions of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and t ...

and Europe (EFRO-support).

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Eerstesteenlegging Wetenschapspark Leuven-Arenberg
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Auditeur keurt Wetenschapspark af - Raad van State buigt zich opnieuw over de ontwikkeling van Wetenschapspark Arenberg
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Vlaams en Europees geld voor hightech
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KU laat grond op wetenschapspark Arenberg saneren
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Heverlee Bedrijven wachten niet op verdict Raad van State over Arenberg
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Leuven krijgt tweede bio-incubator
(Dutch)

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Bio-incubator Leuven

Haasrode Research Park
Science parks in Belgium Flanders {{Belgium-struct-stub

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