External investment in excellence

In partnership with experts from business, policy and academia, our externally-funded centres are vibrant hubs of collaboration and world-leading research.

Seoul, South Korea

Centre for Korean Studies

Housed within one of the largest East Asian Studies departments in Europe, the Centre for Korean Studies marks 91̽»¨ out as a leading hub for Korean Studies in the region and the world.

Centre for Korean Studies

Engineers working on a large turbine at the Rolls-Royce Control and Monitoring Systems University Technology Centre.

Royce at the University of 91̽»¨

Leaders in advanced metals processing research, Royce is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to help accelerate university and industry ideas to industry production scale.

Royce at the University of 91̽»¨

A close up of an electric motor stator and winding stack

Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives

One of 30 centres worldwide and under the direction of Rolls-Royce, the UTC in Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives facilitiates advancements in technology aimed at future Rolls-Royce market requirements.

Rolls-Royce UTC in Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives

Siemens Gamesa wind turbine

91̽»¨ Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Research Centre

Located at the Kroto Innovation Centre, the Renewable Energy Research Centre is developing the most reliable, innovative and efficient wind turbine generators in partnership with Siemens Gamesa.

91̽»¨ Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Research Centre

Tractor in grassy field

Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation

The Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation brings together a wide range of researchers to explore the potential of using enhanced rock weathering on croplands to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation

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Rolls-Royce Control and Monitoring Systems University Technology Centre (UTC)

Alongside Rolls-Royce experts, the UTC carries out collaborative research with the aim of supporting the company's business aims through design, development, manufacture and service provision for integrated power systems that are used in the air, land and sea.

Rolls-Royce Control, Monitoring and Systems Engineering UTC

EPSRC Sustainable Manufacturing Hubs

91̽»¨ is a partner in four new hubs that are set to make manufacturing more sustainable.

Each hub will explore ways to reduce waste, emissions and pollution whilst also lowering production costs within key areas of manufacturing:

  • CSManuHubSust aims to capitalise on the huge opportunity of compound semiconductor manufacturing, as identified in the UK’s national semiconductor strategy.
  • Advanced Metrology for Sustainable Manufacturing hub will develop ground-breaking new technologies, such as quantum sensors, to improve resource efficiency and productivity in precision manufacturing.
  • MediForge hub aims to transform the development and manufacturing of medicines by pioneering an Industry 5.0 approach focused on harnessing advanced technologies for sustainable, resilient and human-centric medicine production.
  • Manufacturing Research Hub in Robotics, Automation and Smart Machine Enabled Sustainable Circular Manufacturing and Materials (RESCu-M2) aims to use advances in AI, robotics and intelligent automation to create a new sustainable circular manufacturing ecosystem across sectors.
Robotics in manufacturing
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University of 91̽»¨ to partner in new sustainable manufacturing hubs

Four new research hubs aiming to address the challenge of commercialising early stage research within key areas of manufacturing, such as aerospace, medicines and semiconductors, have been launched with academics at the University of 91̽»¨.

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