Examples of highly successful science industrial parks are found in Massachusetts and California. The Massachusetts development serves such cities as Boston, Cambridge and Brooklyn and centers around Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
科學工業園區在國外有兩個非常成功的例子：一個位於美國的麻塞諸塞州，圍繞波士頓、劍橋、布魯克蘭等城；園區內有哈佛大學、麻省理工學院等著名學府，人才薈萃、技術交流，且有公路經過，各種工業相繼遷入，遂成世界科技發展中心之一。