THE University of Southampton has been named as one of the top higher education institutions in the world for providing services to accelerate businesses and boost enterprise.

The University of Southampton-based SETsquared incubation centre has been named the number one university business incubator in Europe and second best in the world. The centre is part of a collaboration between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey which provides services to accelerate businesses and boost enterprise.

The ranking, published by the University Business Incubator index, places SETsquared as one of the world’s leading three incubators.