Our Research Institutes and Centres

Our Institutes and Centres are advancing discovery and undertaking world-leading research.


Interdisciplinary Research Institutes

The Institute for Global Innovation (IGI) and Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) together constitute the University of Birmingham’s major platform for supporting cross-College, multidisciplinary Research.

The IGI aims to inspire, support and deliver world-leading, challenge-led research that seeks to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges that affect humanity at a global level. The IGI’s challenge areas were established in 2018 and will remain the Institutes focus over the longer term. The IAS combines expertise from across the breadth of the University of Birmingham, and beyond, to build innovative collaborations, address major cross-cutting themes and support new “blue skies” research.

University Recognised Research Centres

Arts and Law


Engineering and Physical Sciences


Life and Environmental Sciences


Medical and Dental Sciences


Social Sciences