Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education
The University of Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) has been transforming the rail industry for over 50 years. A team of 140 experts blends academic excellence with real-world innovation through industry collaboration. Our focus is on whole systems thinking across rail and in the context of wider transportation. BCRRE is academic lead for the U.K. Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) and it helps shape the future of railways globally. Join us on the journey.
About us
Meet the Team
Meet our staff
UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN)
We are the lead academic partner for UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN)
Our Blog
Read about what we’ve done and how it started from a variety of people
Our videos
Videos explaining our work and global impact
UK Rail Research and Innovation Network building facility
A new purpose-built centre delivering specialist research in digital railway engineering
Aerodynamics facilities
Our facilities enable a variety of research and commercial projects
RaisE
RaisE is an exciting partnership between industry, public sector and academia
Railway research
Centre of Excellence in Digital Systems
Bringing together academic and industrial capabilities to support transformational change in rail technology across the globe.
Broad Research
We are here to support the requirement for the UK to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050.
Spinouts
Our academic expertise and inventions have gone from leaving the desk, to leaving the lab to entering the market
International collaborations
We engage with established international organisations to improve rail innovation.
Education and professional development
Postgraduate
Choose from established Railway Systems Engineering and Integration Masters courses to specialised study opportunities in Safety & Control.
PhD opportunities
Explore doctoral opportunities
