Use our equipment and facilities

Access state-of-the-art technical facilities and specialist equipment to solve organisational challenges
BRIC MRI
 


With our state-of-the-art technical facilities and specialist equipment you can't find anywhere else in the UK, we can help your organisation develop new products and services, solve research and development problems and find new, efficient ways of working.
Contact enterprisesolutions@plymouth.ac.uk to talk to us about our facilities.
 
 
 
 

Specialist services for your commercial sector

 

Marine

COAST lab
COAST laboratory

The Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory offers world-class test facilities, including an ocean basin, a coastal basin, two wave and current flumes (35 m and 20 m), a light fluid teaching area as well as various small flumes and tanks.
Cyber-SHIP Lab
Cyber-SHIP Lab

Our Cyber-SHIP lab is a unique, hardware-based maritime cyber security research and development platform. We are seeking additional partners to collaborate with us in building maritime cyber threat resilience.
Immersive Visualisation Suite, Babbage Building
Immersive Visualisation Suite

The Immersive Visualisation Suite features a hybrid, virtual reality enabled visualisation system that will support a diversity of users from across the University and the wider industrial community.
Maritime Simulation Laboratory
Maritime Simulation Laboratory

Our Maritime Simulation Laboratory is a world-leading facility for research and development in the marine field. The Laboratory offers an innovative networking solution to allow real-time collaboration between multiple simulators, software, or hardware.
 

Health

Immersive Visualisation Suite, Babbage Building
Immersive Visualisation Suite

The Immersive Visualisation Suite features a hybrid, virtual reality enabled visualisation system that will support a diversity of users from across the University and the wider industrial community.
Nanomaterials and Devices Lab
Nanomaterials and Devices Laboratory

The Nanomaterials and Devices Laboratory provides a 'clean room'-based laboratory for leading-edge research in nano-spintronics, computer memory and data storage technology, nano-functional materials, and biosensors.
Abstract close up on microscopy machinery
Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre (PEMC)

Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre (PEMC) provides expert and specialist support to industry. We have a comprehensive range of light and electron microscopes which cater to a wide range of disciplines.
InterCity Place
InterCity Place

InterCity Place's facilities for health professions, nursing and midwifery provide industry with access to clinical skills and simulation suites, as well as a range of health technologies and digital innovations, including our Anatomage Room.
 

Engineering

Composites Engineering Laboratory
Composites Engineering Laboratory
The Composites Engineering Laboratory enables the manufacturing and evaluation of engineering components with thermoset composite materials using industry-standard equipment and testing methods.
Abstract close up on microscopy machinery
Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre (PEMC)
Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre (PEMC) provides expert and specialist support to industry. We have a comprehensive range of light and electron microscopes which cater to a wide range of disciplines.
Wind tunnel in the Energy and Sustainability Laboratory, Babbage Building
Energy and Sustainability Laboratory
The Energy and Sustainability Laboratory provides commercial clients with engineering experimentation and analysis in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics using modern laboratory equipment, instrumentation, and data capture techniques.
Nanomaterials and Devices Lab
Nanomaterials and Devices Laboratory
The Nanomaterials and Devices Laboratory provides a 'clean room'-based laboratory for leading-edge research in nano-spintronics, computer memory and data storage technology, nano-functional materials, and biosensors.
Heavy Structures and Geotechnics Laboratory
Heavy Structures and Geotechnics Laboratory
The University of Plymouth Hexapod (Stewart Platform) can apply motions on payloads up to 500 kg in six degrees of freedom. This includes linear translations up to ± 400 mm and rotations up to ± 40 degrees.
High performance computing equipment
The Lovelace System HPC
Our high performance computing facility gives local industry professionals access to the skills, expertise and computing time needed to upskill and develop their businesses and institutions.
Immersive Visualisation Suite, Babbage Building
Immersive Visualisation Suite
The Immersive Visualisation Suite features a hybrid, virtual reality enabled visualisation system that will support a diversity of users from across the University and the wider industrial community.
Inside a scanning electron microscope – a highly effective imaging tool for a wide range of nanoscale and microscale structures
Materials Analysis and Characterisation Laboratory
The Materials Analysis and Characterisation Laboratory supports materials characterisation and analysis techniques using industry-standard equipment and testing methods.

Tour the Babbage Building

Dedicated to teaching and research, the £63 million Babbage Building brings STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) subjects together to support academic collaboration and innovation.
To explore how the University's facilities can support your business or organisation, please book a behind-the-scenes tour with us.
Babbage Building

Hire a space

Our flexible office, laboratory, meeting and event spaces can support you to reduce your costs, meet clients and innovatively grow your organisation.
Tenants can collaborate on grant funded research, knowledge transfer partnerships, and through employment links with students/graduates.
Plymouth Science Park offers rented offices and laboratory units for Science and Technology businesses as well as access to co-working and meeting spaces.
Brixham Laboratory has office and lab space and is home to a number of growing businesses, especially in the marine/maritime sector.
Cornwall Innovation Centres provide managed office and desk facilities with a vibrant community for networking and collaboration.
If you would like to connect with these research-intensive work hubs, please get in touch.
 

Work with us

For more information on using our facilities or the support and services University of Plymouth can offer businesses, please contact Enterprise Solutions: