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. The research park has two campuses; bwtech@UMBC North, located just south of the main campus and adjacent to the campus gateway, and bwtech@UMBC South, located in UMBC's South Campus complex off of Rolling Road.

History

Bwtech@UMBC was established as the first university research park in the entire state of

, in 1991. The research park has grown considerably since then by expanding the North campus to include several new buildings.

Programs

Bwtech@UMBC focuses on four main areas;

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s, and training programs. For clean energy, the research park houses the Maryland Clean Energy Technology Incubator (CETI). For cyber security, the research park includes a variety of programs such as the Cyber Incubator, which utilizes the park's

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