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. Nationally Recognised Research Centres Engineering and Physical Sciences Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials (BCSECM) Birmingham Energy Institute High Temperature Research Centre (HTRC) National Buried Infrastructure Facility (NBIF) National Centre for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR) Quantum Technology Hub Life and Environmental Sciences Henry Wellcome Centre for Bimolecular NMR Phenome Centre Birmingham Medical and Dental Sciences Centre for Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit (BCTU) Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicines Centre (ECMC) Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit (CRCTU) Centre for Human Reproductive Sciences (ChRS) Medical Research Council Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (Trauma) Scar Free Foundation Centre for Conflict Wound Research The Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathogenesis Centre of Excellence Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research University Recognised Research Centres Arts and Law Birmingham Research Institute for History and Cultures Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies Centre for Corpus Research (CCR) Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing International Centre for Heritage Shakespeare Institute Engineering and Physical Sciences Birmingham Centre for Nuclear Education and Research Centre for Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine Healthcare Technologies Institute (HTI) Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Science and AI Life and Environmental Sciences Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) Centre for Computational Biology Centre for Developmental Science Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH) Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain Centre for Urban Wellbeing Environmental Sciences Institute for Mental Health Institute of Microbiology and Infection Water Sciences Medical and Dental Sciences Centre for Computational Biology Centre for Health Data Science Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE) Centre for Primary Care Improvement Centre for Patient Reported Outcome Research (CPROR) Centre for Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine Centre for Trauma Sciences Research Institute of Applied Health Research Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences Institute of Clinical Sciences Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy Institute of Inflammation and Ageing Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research Institute of Microbiology and Infection Institute of Translational Medicine WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women's Health Social Sciences BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing Centre on Household assets savings and management (CHASM) City Regional Economic Development Institute (City-REDI) Institute for Conflict Cooperation and Security (ICCS) Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRIS) Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) Specialist Research Areas Arts and Law B-Film - Birmingham Centre for Film Studies Birmingham Eighteenth Century Centre Centre for Health Care Law, Science and Policy Institute for German and European Studies (IGES) Centre for Modern British Studies Sexuality and Gender Studies Engineering and Physical Sciences Advanced Manufacturing Centre Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage (BCES) Birmingham Centre for Cyber Security and Privacy Centre for Formulation Engineering (CFE) Partnership for Research in Simulation of Manufacturing and Materials (PRISM2) Vehicle and Engine Technology Research Centre Medical and Dental Sciences Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology (BCGB) Birmingham Surgical Trials Consortium (BiSTC) Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Centre (CIIC) Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (CEDAM) Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research Centre for Patient Reported Outcome Research (CPROR) Centre for Rare Disease Studies WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women's Health Social Sciences Autism Centre for Education and Research (ACER) Centre for Research in Race and Education (CRRE) Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) Vision impairment centre for teaching and research (VICTAR)