Haute-Savoie is home to 28 public laboratories and more than 30 private laboratories
A land of researchers, the department has 1,500 researchers and 202 published patents (in 2007). The business/research synergy is promoted particularly through the Arve Industries Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc competitiveness cluster.
Research laboratories focused primarily on the department's trades: particle physics, computer-integrated production, mechanics, management, mechatronics, biotechnologies.
Some of the laboratories at University of Savoie laboratoires
LISTIC, Laboratory of Information Technology, Systems, and Information and Knowledge Processing :
www.listic.univ-savoie.fr
SYMME, Laboratory of Systems and Materials for Mechatronics :
www.symme.univ-savoie.fr
IREGE, Management Research Institute :
www.univ-savoie.fr/labos/irege
Other R&D laboratories and platforms laboratoires
LAPP, Annecy-le-Vieux Laboratories of Particle Physics :
lappweb.in2p3.fr/LAPP2004
LAPTH, Annecy-le-Vieux Laboratory of Theoretical Physics :
lappweb.in2p3.fr/lapth-2005
INRA (National Institute of Agronomic Research) - Institute of Limnology - Thonon-les-Bains Lake Hydrobiology Unit :
www.thonon.inra.fr
Les Houches Physics Centre :
www.ujf-grenoble.fr/HOUCHES
City of Moving Images (CITIA) :
www.citia.info
Centre for Integrated Circuit Design (C4I) :
www.c4i.fr
Centre for Information and Communication Technologies (CITIC) :
www.citic74.org
Technical Centre for Bar Turning (CTDEC) :
www.ctdec.fr
Pharmapeptide Research Laboratory
Thésame Mécatronique et Management :
www.thesame-innovation.com
Archamps Biopark
Le CERN :
See the "International Environment " section