<h2> Introduction </h2>
<p>The University of Maryland was founded in 1856 as a land grant institution and the state’s flagship public research university. The University of Maryland, College Park is the largest institution in the University System of Maryland. As of Fall 2013, the University’s undergraduate enrollment was 26,487 and its graduate enrollment totaled 10,500 students. The university offers over 100 undergraduate majors and 120 graduate degrees. The University has strong ties to its region in the greater Washington Metropolitan area, including strong research partnerships with the federal government. </p><p>In Princeton Review’s 2014 rankings for the Top 50 Entrepreneurship colleges and business schools, University of Maryland ranked #15 for undergraduate and #16 for graduate schools. </p>President Wallace D. Loh has committed to support the growth of S.T.E.M. majors, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship including integrating technology commercialization operations with the University of Maryland, Baltimore. There is clearly momentum to encourage the number of start-up companies that may emerge through the support of the University’s educational and research-oriented atmosphere.
<h2> Student innovation and entrepreneurship </h2>
<h2> Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship </h2>
<h2> University technology transfer function </h2>