Research facilities

Our facilities are available to businesses and organisations across the globe.

To support our research, we invest millions to develop the latest facilities and the experts who run them. A lot of our equipment is available for hire or on a consultancy basis, at very competitive rates. Expert support and training can be provided to ensure you get the most out of your booking.

Our facilities range from environmental characterisation labs and biotechnology services to gas turbine combustors, lightning laboratories, and our Cardiff Innovation Campus.

Our key facilities include:

Advanced research computing

Advanced Research Computing at Cardiff (ARCCA) provides leading-edge hardware and software to help tackle the global research challenges of our time.

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) analysis

Our spectrometer combines next generation technologies to provide quantitative, real time parallel imaging with the highest resolution spectroscopy in all analysis areas.

Brain scanners

Our technology includes structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging, electro- and magneto-encephalography, and transcranial magnetic stimulation.