Science Port Holland

Science Port Holland is an international Centre of Excellence for High Tech knowledge exchange and innovation, located in the Rotterdam-Delft region, one of the most vibrant and dynamic economic regions in the Netherlands and Europe.

Science Port Holland is organized around the highly advanced technological innovation clusters located in the region. Its focus is on the key challenges currently facing society: Clean Technology and Medical Technology.

As for Clean Technology, Science Port Holland concentrates on innovations in Industrial Biotechnology, Energy & Climate and Water & Delta Technology. In Medical Technology, its focus is innovative developments in advanced medical equipment and instruments, such as Imaging and Image Guided Medicine, Interventions and Care, and Targeted Molecular Technology.

Science Port Holland will accommodate renowned knowledge institutes, start-ups and international companies active in its focal areas. The primary goal is to provide an attractive environment in which technology innovators can bring breakthrough innovations to market and achieve commercial success.

A unique cluster of top experts from leading High Tech entrepreneurs, corporations and knowledge institutes, works closely together in the various Science Port Holland locations, which are firmly embedded in one of Europe's leading regions in innovation, economic and infrastructure development.

Within the Rotterdam-Delft region, Science Port Holland and its locations provide:
  • A highly attractive and stimulating environment for cooperation and knowledge transfer in open innovation networks
  • A unique cluster of international technology corporations, knowledge institutes and entrepreneurs in the immediate vicinity of two Universities
  • An International community of leading companies and institutes, active in Clean Technology and Medical Technology
  • A location which is firmly embedded in one of Europe's key infrastructure and logistics hubs
  • A sustained long-term commitment of local, regional and national government to the development of and investment in a knowledge & innovation region
Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University (especially Erasmus Medical Center) have joined forces with the municipalities of Rotterdam and Delft in their ambition to develop Science Port Holland.
Science Port Holland is an initiative of:
TU Delft University of Technology City of Delft City of Rotterdam