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With our state-of-the-art technical facilities and specialist equipment you can't find anywhere else in the UK, we can help your organisation develop new products and services, solve research and development problems and find new, efficient ways of working.
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Marine
COAST laboratory
The Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory offers world-class test facilities, including an ocean basin, a coastal basin, two wave and current flumes (35 m and 20 m), a light fluid teaching area as well as various small flumes and tanks.
Cyber-SHIP Lab
Our Cyber-SHIP lab is a unique, hardware-based maritime cyber security research and development platform. We are seeking additional partners to collaborate with us in building maritime cyber threat resilience.
Maritime Simulation Laboratory
Our Maritime Simulation Laboratory is a world-leading facility for research and development in the marine field. The Laboratory offers an innovative networking solution to allow real-time collaboration between multiple simulators, software, or hardware.
Marine Station
Situated on the shores of Â鶹´«Ã½ Sound as part of our Waterfront Campus, the Marine Station offers labs and classrooms extending out into the natural environment. It is the base for our research vessels, available to external organisations for research and operational purposes.
Health
Brain Research & Imaging Centre
The Brain Research & Imaging Centre (BRIC) is the most advanced multi-modal brain research facility in the South West and represents a sea-change in research capability in the field of human neuroscience.
Nanomaterials and Devices Laboratory
The Nanomaterials and Devices Laboratory provides a 'clean room'-based laboratory for leading-edge research in nano-spintronics, computer memory and data storage technology, nano-functional materials, and biosensors.
Â鶹´«Ã½ Electron Microscopy Centre (PEMC)
Â鶹´«Ã½ Electron Microscopy Centre (PEMC) provides expert and specialist support to industry. We have a comprehensive range of light and electron microscopes which cater to a wide range of disciplines.
InterCity Place
InterCity Place's facilities for health professions, nursing and midwifery provide industry with access to clinical skills and simulation suites, as well as a range of health technologies and digital innovations, including our Anatomage Room.
Engineering
Composites Engineering Laboratory
The Composites Engineering Laboratory enables the manufacturing and evaluation of engineering components with thermoset composite materials using industry-standard equipment and testing methods.
Â鶹´«Ã½ Electron Microscopy Centre (PEMC)
Â鶹´«Ã½ Electron Microscopy Centre (PEMC) provides expert and specialist support to industry. We have a comprehensive range of light and electron microscopes which cater to a wide range of disciplines.
Energy and Sustainability Laboratory
The Energy and Sustainability Laboratory provides commercial clients with engineering experimentation and analysis in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics using modern laboratory equipment, instrumentation, and data capture techniques.
Nanomaterials and Devices Laboratory
The Nanomaterials and Devices Laboratory provides a 'clean room'-based laboratory for leading-edge research in nano-spintronics, computer memory and data storage technology, nano-functional materials, and biosensors.
Heavy Structures and Geotechnics Laboratory
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Hexapod (Stewart Platform) can apply motions on payloads up to 500 kg in six degrees of freedom. This includes linear translations up to ± 400 mm and rotations up to ± 40 degrees.
Lovelace System HPC
Our high performance computing (HPC) facility gives local industry professionals access to the skills, expertise and computing time needed to upskill and develop their businesses and institutions.
Immersive Visualisation Suite
The Immersive Visualisation Suite features a hybrid, virtual reality enabled visualisation system that will support a diversity of users from across the University and the wider industrial community.
Materials Analysis and Characterisation Laboratory
The Materials Analysis and Characterisation Laboratory supports materials characterisation and analysis techniques using industry-standard equipment and testing methods.
Tour the Babbage Building
The £63 million Babbage Building brings STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) subjects together to support collaboration and innovation through access to specialist equipment and facilities.
See the facilities for yourself and find out how the University can support your business or organisation on a free tour:
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Hire a space
Our flexible office, laboratory, meeting and event spaces can support you to reduce your costs, meet clients and grow your organisation.
Tenants can collaborate on grant funded research, knowledge transfer partnerships, and through employment links with students and graduates.
offers rented offices and laboratory units for Science and Technology businesses as well as access to co-working and meeting spaces.
provide managed office and desk facilities with a vibrant community for networking and collaboration.