REC has helped companies by, for example, setting up the loan system in cooperation with the local bank, and has made efforts to nurture them in the joint research and development, so REC was ranked the first in fiscal 2000 at the number of venture companies incubated in the university, and thereafter it has remained in the top group.
銀行との連携による企業への融資制度などを設け、共同の研究開発による企業育成にも努めており、大学発ベンチャー企業数では2000年度トップとなり、以後も常に上位にある。