Centres & institutes
School research institutes
Two schools organise and manage research via Research Institutes:
School of Built Environment:
School of Engineering & Physical Sciences:
- Biological Chemistry, Biophysics & Bioengineering
- Chemical Sciences
- Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering
- Photonics and Quantum Sciences
- Sensors, Signals and Systems
Multi-disciplinary research centres
We facilitate inter-disciplinary research via a number of research centres addressing research for economic and societal benefit.
- Energy Academy
- Water Acacdemy
- Centre for Advanced Energy Storage and Recovery
- Centre for Finance & Investment
- Genetics and Insurance Research Centre
- George Davis Centre for Retail Excellence
- Centre for Gas Hydrate Research
- International Centre for Brewing and Distilling
- International Centre for Carbonate Reservoirs
- International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT)
- James Watt Institute for High Value Manufacturing
- Logistics Research Centre
- Centre for Marine Biology and Biotechnology
- Ocean Systems Laboratory
- Centre for Research on Work and Wellbeing
- Scottish Institute for Solar Energy Research
- Studies in European and International Cultures and Societies
- Centre for Translating and Interpreting Studies in Scotland

