Registry record · Manchester, North West
The University of Manchesteradvanced-materials
What it does
The University's innovation factory manages IP and spin-out creation, with Northern Gritstone as a founding investment partner.
Industries: advanced-materials · life-sciences · artificial-intelligence · engineering-biology
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Where it operates
The University of Manchester is recorded at Manchester, North West. Explore Manchester, North West: what the field looks like there, and what it is like to live there.
Evidence
- Record type
- university
- Verification
- verified
- Last verified
- 2026-08-18
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- Not matched
- First seen
- 2026-08-16
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Labs and research facilities
The University of Manchester
Materials characterisation · Manchester, North West
“- Internationally leading researchers delivering novel materials chemistry spanning biomaterials through to catalysts and bioanalytical spectroscopy.”
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Evidence: manchester.ac.uk · source university-facilities · last checked 2026-08-18
Labs and research facilities
The University of Manchester
Cleanroom · Manchester, North West
“- Home to the largest academic cleanroom facilities in Europe, providing researchers with the capability to work with 150 different types of 2D materials.”
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Evidence: manchester.ac.uk · source university-facilities · last checked 2026-08-18
Research infrastructure, HPC and compute
The University of Manchester
High performance computing · Manchester, North West
“Alan Cross of the North West Space Cluster explained: “For the Northwest to grow and support national space priorities we have to focus on what the Northwest is good at… The University of Manchester leads in all of them.”
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Evidence: manchester.ac.uk · source university-facilities · last checked 2026-08-18
Specialist equipment
The University of Manchester
Large research instruments · Manchester, North West
“Lab/synchrotron X-ray tomography has emer..](http://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:j1zg-mnr7rja6-wn9ot3 "Training course on visualisation and quantification of tomographic datasets (28 - 29 September 2026)")”
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Evidence: manchester.ac.uk · source university-facilities · last checked 2026-08-18
Testing and certification
The University of Manchester
EMC and RF testing · Manchester, North West
“- Hosting an unrivalled network of facilities including the Electron Microscopy Centre (EMC), one of the largest in the UK, the International Centre for Advanced Materials (ICAM) and NXCT at the Henry Moseley X-ray Imaging Facility.”
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Evidence: manchester.ac.uk · source university-facilities · last checked 2026-08-18
Testing and certification
The University of Manchester
Clinical and human-factors evaluation · Manchester, North West
“In a world-first clinical trial, a brain implant made of graphene is demonstrating graphene's potential in enabling high-precision surgeries.”
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Evidence: manchester.ac.uk · source university-facilities · last checked 2026-08-18
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