Research Centers & Facilities

The university establishes centers of excellence and facilities to raise the research profile of the university, focus strengths in areas where there is (or the university wishes to develop) a concentration of research excellence, including areas of applied research, and to maximize external research funding. As such, they help position and promote the university's areas of research excellence and build the university's research reputation. They also serve as vehicles for engaging with other research institutions and industry and facilitate interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary relationships.

Centers have the following characteristics:

• Consistent with the strategic interests of the university
• Central to university research strategy
• Aligned to the priorities of research funding entities and competitive with other bidders for that funding
• High quality
• Substantial (in both finance and research)

The university research facilities are made to raise the research profile of the University, focus strengths in areas where there is a concentration of research excellence, including areas of applied research, and to maximize external research funding. As such they help position and promote the University’s areas of research excellence and build the University’s research reputation. They also serve as vehicles for engaging with other research institutions and industry and facilitate interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary relationships.

Centers list: