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What MU Can Do For You
The University of Missouri offers businesses access to resources such as faculty expertise and research capabilities, state-of-the-art facilities, skilled graduates, an extensive alumni network, strong industry relations and an international presence.
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Businesses partnering with Mizzou can gain access to:
- A single point of contact through the Office of Economic Development.
- Meeting space for businesses and on-campus contacts.
- A high-level administrative response team that can help ensure responsiveness and delivery of requested services and programs, meeting periodically with business administrators to provide a continuous communication network
Workforce Development and Education
Mizzou can provide:
- Recruiting support for new and experienced scientific, engineering, management and technical employees.
- Access to undergraduate and graduate students to fill internships, co-op needs and employment opportunities.
Training
Mizzou offers access to credit and non-credit programs through:
- Mizzou Online
- MU Extension’s Continuing Education
- MU in the Evening
- Missouri Business Development Program
- Missouri Training Institute
- Customized training programs developed with help from academic departments or faculty
Conference Facilities and Services
Mizzou's conferencing capabilities include:
- Complete conference planning and coordination services on or off campus through the MU Conference Office.
- Videoconferencing facilities on campus, at the Mizzou Center and around the state through select MU Extension offices.
Research and Discovery Benefits
A business or organization's relationship with MU may include:
- A master research agreement covering contractual aspects of the relationship, which can facilitate multiple projects businesses may pursue with MU.
- Joint leveraging of research-and-development capabilities to aid in solving problems quickly and possibly in acquiring competitive federal funds.
- Direct access to the University of Missouri’s vast library system, which offers collections considered among the best in the country.
- Access to research facilities, including state-of-the-art equipment and laboratories if such use does not conflict with university research and/or educational programs.
Why Missouri?
- Missouri ranked first in the North West Central Region for new facilities and expansions in 2013. (Site Selection Magazine)
- Commercial electricity costs are 15% lower than the U.S. average, at 8.72 cents/kWh (EIA, 2013).
- A better overall tax climate for business than most of its surrounding states, including Kansas, Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma, as well as the 7th best property tax index in the U.S. & 7th best corporate income tax index in the U.S. (Tax Foundation)
- Missouri is one of only eight states to receive the highest bond rating by all three rating agencies — Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poors and Moody’s Investor Service — in 2011.
- Eleven Missouri companies were included in 2011's Fortune 500: Express Scripts, Emerson Electric, Monsanto, Reinsurance Group of America, Ameren, Charter Communications, Peabody Energy, Smurfit-Stone Container, O'Reilly Automotive, Graybar Electric and Centene.
- Missouri has the fourth-most diversified economy in the U.S., with a GDP of more than $244 billion (BEA) and exports totaling more than $12.9 billion (WiserTRADE).
From Missouri Partnership.
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Research & Policy
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Outreach
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