The Taiwan (Taipei and Hsinchu) R&D ecosystem
Taiwan (Taipei and Hsinchu) is ranked number 35 of 392 R&D ecosystems in the 311 Institute directory, with 59 labs within about 120 kilometres: 30 research institutes, 18 government, 7 corporate, 3 university and 1 military. Leading organisations include Academia Sinica, Taiwan government, National Center for Theoretical Sciences and National Science and Technology Council, focused on semiconductors, molecular biology, nuclear and high energy physics and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.
Part of the 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory. Compiled by Matthew Griffin. Last updated .
#35world rank
59labs
28organisations
1country
Why these labs matter
TSMC Global R&D Center: Most of the world's leading-edge chips depend on TSMC, making this lab strategically critical.
All 59 labs
| Lab and organisation | Location | Type and sector | Focus | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Research CenterDelta Electronics | Taipei, Taiwan | Corporate Energy and resources | Power electronics | |
| Hon Hai Research InstituteFoxconn | Taipei, Taiwan | Corporate Industrials and manufacturing | AI, Semiconductors, Quantum | 2020 |
| MediaTekMediaTek | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Corporate Technology | Chips, 5G | 1997 |
| Quanta Research InstituteQuanta Computer | Taoyuan, Taiwan | Corporate Technology | AI servers | |
| TSMC Global R&D CenterTSMC | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Corporate Technology | 2nm process, Packaging | 2023 |
| TSMC Research and DevelopmentTSMC | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Corporate Technology | Semiconductors | |
| United Microelectronics Corporation R&DUMC | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Corporate Technology | Semiconductors | 1980 |
| Architecture and Building Research Institute, Ministry of the InteriorArchitecture and Building Research Institute, Ministry of the Interior | New Taipei, Taiwan | Government Industrials and manufacturing | Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction | 1995 |
| Animal Health Research InstituteCouncil of Agriculture | Taipei, Taiwan | Government Agriculture and food | Food Science, Microbiology, Animal Science and Zoology | 1905 |
| Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, National Science and Technology CouncilHsinchu Science Park Bureau, National Science and Technology Council | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Government Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Biomedical Engineering | 1980 |
| Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station Council of AgricultureHualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station Council of Agriculture | Chi-an, Taiwan | Government Agriculture and food | Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science | 1939 |
| Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety And Health, Ministry of LaborMinistry of Labor | Taipei, Taiwan | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Occupational Therapy, Cancer Research, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis | 2014 |
| National Atomic Research InstituteNational Atomic Research Institute | Taoyuan, Taiwan | Government Multidisciplinary research | Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Aerospace Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 2023 |
| National Institutes of Applied ResearchNational Science and Technology Council | Taipei, Taiwan | Government Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics | 2003 |
| National Science and Technology Center for Disaster ReductionNational Science and Technology Council | Taipei, Taiwan | Government Environment and climate | Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change | 2003 |
| National Science and Technology CouncilNational Science and Technology Council | Taipei, Taiwan | Government Basic science | Materials Chemistry, Oceanography, Condensed Matter Physics | 1959 |
| National Taiwan Craft Research and Development InstituteNational Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute | Nantou City, Taiwan | Government Social sciences and humanities | Museology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Occupational Therapy | 1954 |
| Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research InstituteTaiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute | Taichung, Taiwan | Government Agriculture and food | Food Science, Molecular Biology, Pollution | 1985 |
| Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute Council of Agriculture, Executive YuanTaiwan Agricultural Research Institute Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan | Taichung, Taiwan | Government Agriculture and food | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Cell Biology | 1895 |
| Academia SinicaTaiwan government | Taipei, Taiwan | Government Basic science | Multidisciplinary | 1928 |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)Taiwan government | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Government Technology | Semiconductors, Applied research | 1973 |
| National Center for High-performance ComputingTaiwan government | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Government Technology | Supercomputing, AI | 1991 |
| National Synchrotron Radiation Research CenterTaiwan government | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Government Basic science | Synchrotron | 1983 |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI)Taiwan government | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Government Technology | Semiconductors | 2019 |
| Taiwan Space Agency (TASA)Taiwan government | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Government Aerospace, defence and space | Satellites | 1991 |
| National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and TechnologyTaiwan government | Taoyuan, Taiwan | Military Aerospace, defence and space | Defence | 1969 |
| National Taiwan UniversityUniversities in Taiwan | Taipei, Taiwan | University Multidisciplinary research | Semiconductors, Medicine | 1928 |
| National Tsing Hua UniversityUniversities in Taiwan | Hsinchu, Taiwan | University Multidisciplinary research | Semiconductors, Nuclear | 1911 |
| National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityUniversities in Taiwan | Hsinchu, Taiwan | University Multidisciplinary research | Semiconductors, Biomedicine | 2021 |
| Biodiversity Research Center, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Environment and climate | Oceanography, Aquatic Science, Ecology | 2004 |
| Biomedical Translation Research CenterAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology | 2019 |
| Genomics Research Center, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Hepatology | 2003 |
| Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics | 2010 |
| Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Basic science | Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry | 1995 |
| Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | 1981 |
| Institute of Chemistry, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry | 1928 |
| Institute of Economics, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Public policy and analysis | General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Statistics and Probability | 1962 |
| Institute of Ethnology, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology | 1965 |
| Institute of European and American Studies, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Political Science and International Relations, Transportation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 1972 |
| Institute of History and Philology, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Sociology and Political Science, Geography, Planning and Development, Paleontology | 1928 |
| Institute of Linguistics, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology | 2004 |
| Institute of Physics, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics | 1928 |
| Institute of Sociology, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Demography, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science | 1928 |
| Institute of Statistical Science, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Basic science | Statistics and Probability, Genetics, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics | 1987 |
| Research Center for Applied Science, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry | 1999 |
| Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia SinicaAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Public policy and analysis | Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Economics and Econometrics, Social Psychology | 2004 |
| Taiwan BiobankAcademia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Oncology, Molecular Biology | 2012 |
| Agricultural Technology Research InstituteAgricultural Technology Research Institute | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Food Science, Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine | 2014 |
| Animal Technology Institute TaiwanAnimal Technology Institute Taiwan | Miaoli, Taiwan | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 2004 |
| Chung-Hua Institution for Economic ResearchChung-Hua Institution for Economic Research | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Public policy and analysis | General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management | 1981 |
| Taiwan Forestry Research InstituteCouncil of Agriculture | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Agriculture and food | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science | 1896 |
| National Center for Theoretical SciencesNational Center for Theoretical Sciences | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geometry and Topology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 1997 |
| National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Mathematics DivisionNational Center for Theoretical Sciences | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Basic science | Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics, Applied Mathematics | 1997 |
| National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Physics DivisionNational Center for Theoretical Sciences | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics | 1997 |
| National Center for Instrumentation ResearchNational Institutes of Applied Research | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Biomedical Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computational Mechanics | 1974 |
| National Research Institute of Chinese MedicineNational Research Institute of Chinese Medicine | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Plant Science, Complementary and alternative medicine, Molecular Biology | 1963 |
| Taiwan Centers for Disease ControlTaiwan Centers for Disease Control | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine | 1999 |
| Taiwan Mouse ClinicTaiwan Mouse Clinic | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Physiology, Sensory Systems, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 2008 |
| Taiwan Textile Research InstituteTaiwan Textile Research Institute | Taipei, Taiwan | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Polymers and Plastics, Building and Construction, Biomaterials | 1959 |
Countries
Organisations
Other leading ecosystems
- Paris and Saclay
- Beijing and Tianjin
- Washington DC and Maryland
- Greater Tokyo and Tsukuba
- Moscow
- Grenoble
- London and the Golden Triangle
- Greater Bay Area (Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong)
- Shanghai and Suzhou
- Provence (ITER and Cadarache)
- Silicon Valley and the Bay Area
- Singapore
- Zurich, Basel and Aargau
- Randstad (Amsterdam, Delft, Leiden)
- Stuttgart and Karlsruhe
Questions and answers
How big is the Taiwan (Taipei and Hsinchu) R&D ecosystem?
It has 59 labs from 28 organisations, ranking number 35 worldwide in the 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory.
Which organisations have labs in Taiwan (Taipei and Hsinchu)?
They include Academia Sinica, Taiwan government, National Center for Theoretical Sciences and National Science and Technology Council.
What does the Taiwan (Taipei and Hsinchu) ecosystem specialise in?
Its main focus areas are semiconductors, molecular biology, nuclear and high energy physics and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.
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