Research expertise

How can our research expertise help your business?

Our skilled and professional researchers can empower you to change how your business works. Their real-world research can help you to:

• Influence the direction of your industry.
• Shape practical and managerial policies.
• Commercialise a new product.
• Develop new materials.
• Target potential clients.
• Grow your client base or product range.
• Develop new and existing products.
• Conduct economic and social evaluation studies.

 Contact us to find out how our research can help your business.

Why choose NTU?

We lead the world in a number of specialist fields and have invested significantly in our facilities and resources:

• 74% of our research is considered as 'internationally recognised' (latest 2008 RAE)
• 8% of our research is considered 'world-leading’ (latest 2008 RAE)
• The £5m purpose-built John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, established in 2008, uses the latest technology and is world leading in the field.

The quality of our research is also demonstrated by the funding we secure from global partners:

• The US National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Homeland Security have invested in our School of Science and Technology.
• The John and Lucille van Geest Foundation funds only two UK universities:
  • neuroscience at Cambridge
  • cancer research at NTU. 
• The  John and Lucille van Geest Foundation has donated £7.65 million to NTU, founding a unique research centre which has the potential to become a centre of excellence for cancer research in the UK. 
• In 2005, the Anthony Nolan Trust – the charity which manages the UK's most successful bone marrow register – established at NTU its only regional scientific centre outside London. 
• We are currently holding £22 million in research grants and contracts.