UniversityGreater Orlando

University of Central Florida

University · Orlando, FL

Public research university in Orlando — engineering, optics/photonics, simulation.

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Greater Orlando

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About Orlando

Orlando is built around Walt Disney World, but the region also holds the largest concentration of military modeling-and-simulation companies in the country, tied to the training commands based nearby — theme-park engineering and defense simulation share more underlying technology than the two industries' public images suggest. UCF, one of the largest universities in the U.S. by enrollment, anchors both sides of that work, including its photonics research.

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Total firms 17

VC / investors 2

Companies 13

Schools 2

Known For

Simulation

Photonics

Theme-Park Tech