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Research centres and institutes
Home to a range of internationally recognised centres and institutes
Introduction
Each of our research centres and institutes is interdisciplinary and externally facing with industry, government bodies and charities.
Each demonstrates clear evidence of high quality research, supported by publications, research income and a thriving postgraduate community.
Centres and Institutes
Pan-Wales initiatives
Institute of Classics and Ancient History
Mental Health Research Network Cymru
Older People & Ageing Research & Development Network
Research Institute of Visual Computing (RIVIC)
Wales Insitute of Mathematics and Computational Sciences (WIMCS)
Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD)
Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (WICN)
College Centres and Institutes
College of Arts and Humanities
Research Institute for Arts and Humanities
Callaghan Centre for Power, conflict and Empire
Centre for comparative study of the Americas (CECSAM)
Centre for Contemporary German Culture (CCGC)
Centre for Egyptology and Mediterranean Archaeology (CEMA)
Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Research (MEMO)
Centre for Research into Gender in Culture and Society (GENCAS)
Centre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales (CREW)
Institute of Classics and Ancient History
Language Research Centre (LRC)
The Centre for research in ancient narrative literature. (KYKNOS)
The Richard Burton Centre for the study of Wales
College of Business, Economics and Law
Centre for Consumer Confidence (CCC)
Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology
Centre for Environment and Energy Law and policy (CEELP)
Institute for Entrepreneurship and Leadership (IFeL)
Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law
Richard Price Centre for the study of European and International Law
Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD)
Welsh Economy Labour Market Evaluation & Research Centre (WELMERC)
College of Engineering
Strategic Technology Centres
Civil and Computational Engineering Centre (C2EC)
Materials Research Centre (MRC)
Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre (MNC)
Thematic Research Centres and Groups
Centre for Complex Fluid Processing
Electronic Systems Design Centre
Institute of Structural Materials
Research Centre in Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM)
Swansea Materials Research and Testing Ltd (smART)
Sustainable Product Engineering Centre for Innovative Functional Industrial Coatings (SPECIFIC)
Wales Institute of Mathematics and Computational Sciences (WIMCS)
Centre for Water Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research (CWATER)
Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating (WCPC)
College of Human and Health Sciences
Centre for Children and Young People's Health and Well-Being (CCYPHW)
Centre for Innovative Ageing (CIA)
Research Institute for Applied Social Sciences (RIASS)
Older People & Ageing Research & Development Network
Swansea Centre for Health Economics (SCHE)
Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (WICN)
College of Medicine
Centre for Health Information, Research & Evaluation (CHIRAL)
Clinical Research Unit based at Morriston Hospital
eHealth Industries Innovation Centre
EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Service Centre
Institute of Life Sciences (ILS)
Mental Health Research Network Cymru
College of Science
Centre For Migration Policy Research (CMPR)
Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research (CSAR)
Future Interaction Technology Lab (FIT lab)
Research Institute of Visual Computing (RIVIC)
Wales Insitute of Mathematics and Computational Sciences (WIMCS)
A-Z listing (by acronym)
C2EC - Civil and Computational Engineering Centre
CCC - Consumer Confidence
CCGC - Contemporary German Culture
CCYPHW - Children and Young People's Health and Well-Being
CECSAM - Comparative study of the Americas
CEELP - Environment and Energy Law and policy
CEMA - Egyptology and Mediterranean Archaeology
CHIRAL - Health Information, Research & Evaluation
CIA - Innovative Ageing
Clinical Research Unit based at Morriston Hospital
CMPR - Migration Policy Research
CNH - Nanohealth
CREW - English Literature and Language of Wales
Criminal Justice and Criminology
CSAR - Sustainable Aquatic Research
CUT - Urban Theory
CWATER - Water Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research
eHealth Industries Innovation Centre
EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Service Centre
FIT lab - Future Interaction Technology Lab
GENCAS - Gender in Culture and Society
IFeL - Institute for Entrepreneurship and Leadership
ILS - Institute of Life Sciences
Institute of Classics and Ancient History
Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law
KYKNOS - Ancient narrative literature.
LRC - Language Research Centre
MEMO - Medieval and Early Modern Research
MHRNC - Mental Health Research Network Cymru
MNC - Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre
MRC - Materials Research Centre
OPAN - Older People & Ageing Research & Development Network
RIAH - Research Institute for Arts and Humanities
RIASS - Research Institute for Applied Social Sciences
Richard Burton Centre for the study of Wales
Richard Price Centre for the study of European and International Law
RIVIC - Research Institute of Visual Computing
SCHE - Swansea Health Economics
WCPC - Welsh Printing and Coating
WELMERC - Welsh Economy Labour Market Evaluation & Research Centre
WICN - Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
WIMCS - Wales Insitute of Mathematics and Computational Sciences
WISERD - Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods
Major projects
APT in Bioscience - Advanced Professional Training (APT) in Bioscience
ArROW - Aerospace Research Organisation Wales
ASTUTE - Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies
ATM - Access To Masters
BEACON - Biorefining Centre of Excellence
BTG -
C3W - Climate Change Consortium of Wales
CNH - Centre for NanoHealth
DISEELS - Design and Implementation of Solid-State Energy Efficient Lighting Solutions
EnAlgae - Energetic Algae
Ecojel- Managing the opportunities and detrimental impacts of jellyfish in the Irish Sea
HE STEM - Higher Education STEM
HPC WALES - High Performance Computing Wales
ILS2 - Institute of Life Science 2
KESS - Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships
LEAD - Leading through enterprise and development
Marine - Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI) - Marine
MATTER - Manufacturing Advances Through Training Engineering Researchers
SAW - Software Alliance Wales
SEACAMS - Sustainable Expansion of Applied Coastal And Marine Sectors
SMART - Swansea Materials Research & Testing Ltd
SPARC WP1 power elect - Solar Photovoltaic Academic Research Consortium Cymru
SPARC WP3
SPECIFIC - Sustainable Product Engineering Centre for Innovative Functional Industrial Coatings
STRIP - Steel Training Research and Innovation Partnership
WIMCS - Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
WWORTH - West Wales Organisation for Rigorous Trials in Health & social care
Breakthrough
Download a low-resolution version of the 2013 Breakthrough publication showcasing the breadth of Swansea's research.
Swansea University is a member of the International Association Gerontology and Geriatrics Global Ageing Network
(GARN)