University of Liverpool
Companies at the Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus have special access to world-class scientific expertise through a strategic partnership with the University of Liverpool.
The university has an extensive portfolio of international quality research projects, currently worth over £101 million per annum and attracts commissions from a wide range of national and international organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors.
In 2005/6 the university delivered on over 2,000 contracts for external organisations and engaged in over 280 projects to assist locally based small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) through regional regeneration.
As a partner in the Cockcroft Institute (National Centre for Accelerator Science), the 4th Generation Light Source (4GLS) and Superstem (the Super Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope), the University of Liverpool is also a major contributor to the existing Daresbury knowledge base.
A recent £8.2 million investment into the university’s Centre for Materials Discovery will help SMEs to streamline the development of new materials and accelerate their growth. An additional £2.3 million has been invested in the NanoCentral project to help facilitate the uptake and commercialisation of nano-materials.
The Faculty of Engineering has a five star Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) rating and is currently investing £36 million into modernising its infrastructure and research facilities. The faculty has always had a strong industrial focus and has links with many of the UK’s biggest engineering companies.
Helathcare accounts for almost 50% of the research carried out at the University of Liverpool. Our expertise is underpinned by a unique portfolio of life-sciences, including veterinary science and the internationally renowned Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. We are also currently investing £20 million into building the UK’s new centre of excellence in infectious diseases – The Biomedical Research Centre.
Companies can access the world-class expertise of the University of Liverpool through licence agreements, collaborative or contract research facilities, high quality graduate placements and the award winning Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.
For more information, and access to the university’s wealth of scientific excellence, visit the University of Liverpool Business Gateway.