Manchester is the birthplace of innovation. A place that dares to dream new ideas and challenge convention. World-class universities where Nobel Prize winners mix with global businesses to create new products. From science labs to industrial workbench, Manchester is the perfect location to research and design, develop and test new products and services.
Research and development starts with an idea, something that we have plenty of. The University of Manchester has a global reputation for being at the forefront of innovative and enterprising research. The breadth and depth of pioneering research means that Manchester is a magnet for world-class minds, with more Nobel Prize winners based here than any other British university. The results of the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) confirmed that The University of Manchester had smashed the ‘Golden Triangle’ of research universities traditionally dominated by Oxford, Cambridge and London, and is well on the way to becoming one of the top universities in the world. Manchester offers the greatest breadth of research in the country with more than 100 subjects covered in 16 institutes with 37 dedicated research facilities.
The University of Salford also achieved an impressive set of results in the RAE 2008, with 83% of its research being ‘internationally recognised’. The University’s investment in high quality research facilities over the past decade fosters innovation and creativity and reflects Salford’s focus on real world research and development. Salford’s facilities include The Research Hotel and Digital Media Performance Lab both in the unique setting of MediaCityUK.
Industrial R&D centres are in evidence across the city-region, with new projects such as Siemens’ plans to bring a number of key R&D projects to Manchester in particular around environmental technology and renewable energy. Other recent investments include a new R&D centre for ENER-G, a global leader in clean technology a University of Manchester spin-out; a new £26m innovation and production centre at consumer goods giant PZ Cussons; and IBM who chose to base their systems software development laboratory here.
Damien Roberts
Business Development Manager
Specialist in the biomedical sector.
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