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Babbage Building: use our facilities
Facilities available for research, commercial and public use
Work with us
Housing contemporary specialist equipment and laboratories, the Babbage Building unites engineering, science and the arts under one roof, enabling innovative hybrid solutions for your business or enterprise.
- Babbage Building is a £63 million facility located in the centre of Plymouth
- We develop solutions to specific business needs
- We engage in research at technology readiness levels 1–9
Outstanding facilities to support your enterprise
Energy and Sustainability Laboratory
A 180kph sub-sonic wind tunnel, rolling road dynamometer, and numerous other experimental equipment
Heavy Structures and Geotechnics Laboratory
Perform structural testing of large engineering components, fabricated from a range of engineering materials
Immersive Visualisation Suite
A hybrid, virtual reality enabled visualisation system
Materials Analysis and Characterisation Laboratory
A state-of-the-art facility dedicated to exploring the structure and properties of materials
Autonomous Systems Test Laboratory
Supporting research in robotic vehicles and control systems
Nanomaterials and Devices Laboratory
A cutting-edge facility dedicated to research and development in nanotechnology
Composites Engineering Laboratory
A facility for manufacturing and evaluating engineering components with thermoset composite materials
Teaching facilities
View the laboratories where our students are working with our experts to develop their skills and solve real-world issues
Explore our teaching, research and support facilities
The Babbage Building is just one of many sites at the University that is helping us to advance research and support our students' learning.
We offer state-of-the-art research laboratories and specialised equipment to facilitate collaborative research projects, experiments, data analysis, and the development of groundbreaking solutions to real-world challenges.
