The University Research Program (URP) is Toyota Research Institute’s long-running collaboration with top academic institutions, launched in 2016. The program brings together TRI researchers and university teams to tackle major societal challenges, including aging society, climate change, and human understanding.
1,250+ research papers generated
69 active projects
104 faculty members & 88 TRI researchers
How it works :
- Joint projects pairing TRI researchers + university labs to work side by side as co–investigators
- Close collaboration bridging academia and industry
- Focus on high-impact, high-risk research that can translate into real-world applications
Goals:
- Advances Toyota core technologies in human-centered AI, advanced driving technologies, robotics, and energy and materials
- Contributes to the global research community
- Develops next-generation researchers and talent pipeline
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
DePaul University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stanford University
The Pennsylvania State University
The University of Texas at Austin
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Southern California
University of Toronto
University of Virginia
University of Washington