Research areas

We're one of the leading new universities in the UK for research, with an international reputation in areas such as materials science, art and design, sports science and engineering, biomedicine, and economic and social research.

Each of our four research institutes supports several specialist centres, as well as research within specific academic departments.

Culture and Creativity Research Institute

Centres

• Art and Design Research Centre
• Communication and Computing Research Centre
• Humanities Research Centre
• Lab4Living

Department links

• Art and Design
• Media Arts and Communication
• Humanities

Health Research Institute

Centres

• Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre
• Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre
• Health and Social Care Research

Department links

• Nursing and Midwifery
• Social Work, Social Care and Community Studies
• Allied Health Professionals
• Sport and Physical Activity

Industry and Innovation Research Institute

Centres

• Materials and Engineering Research Institute
• Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre
• National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering
• CENTRIC

Department links

• Biosciences and Chemistry
• Engineering and Mathematics
• Computing

Social and Economic Research Institute

Centres

• Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research
• Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology
• Centre for Development and Research in Education
• Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice

Department links

• Teacher Education
• Education, Childhood and Inclusion
• Natural and Built Environment
• Law and Criminology
• Psychology, Sociology and Politics
• Finance, Accounting and Business Systems
• Management
• Service Sector Management