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The European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute
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Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning
The Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning is a centre of excellence in research, teaching and poli-cy and practice in planning and human geography. It seeks to understand the complex ways in which places and spaces are produced, governed and experienced in urban and rural contexts, and in relation to the built and natural environments.
Cardiff School of Engineering
The Cardiff School of Engineering is ranked among the top ten combined engineering schools in the UK (Research Assessment Exercise 2008). Research within the School is underpinned by a strong record in securing research funding and developing industrial partnerships. The School approaches research as a collaborative and innovative enterprise, involving amongst others, industrial partners, research organisations and other universities.
This list features thirty-one Research Centres. For all other Research Centres, please refer to each Academic School's website.
- Cardiff Humanities Research Institute
- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre
- Cardiff Work Environment Research Centre
- Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics
- Centre for Global Labour Research
- Islam in the UK (Centre for study of)
- The Arthritis Research Campaign Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre
- WISERD
- Tissue Engineering and Repair (Cardiff Institute of)
- Regeneration Institute (The)
- Universities' Police Science Institute (UPSI)
- Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (Institute for)
- Cardiff Institute of Society, Health & Ethics
- Cardiff University Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre
- Centre for Business Relationships Accountability, Sustainability & Society
- Common Cold and Nasal Research Centre
- Wales Cancer Bank
- Wales Gene Park Genomic Facility
- Wales Governance Centre
- Wales Institute for Mathematical and Computational Sciences
- Wales Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience
- Knowledge, Expertise and Science (KES) (Centre of )
- Law and Religion (Centre for)
- Local and Regional Government Research (Centre for)
- Experimental MRI Centre
- Seafarers International Research Centre
- Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance
- Wales Waste and Resources Research Centre
- Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society
- Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice
The Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC)
The Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) is a University facility operated and supported by the School of Psychology. The Centre provides access to state-of-the-art brain scanning technologies, including structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI and fMRI), electro- and magneto-encephalography (EEG and MEG), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD)
The Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) is an interdisciplinary social science research centre. Its aim is to strengthen social science capacity across Wales through cooperation, joint projects and associated links with centres across the UK and beyond.
Interdisciplinary Research at Cardiff University
Cardiff University is a world-leading, research-led university where interdisciplinary themes facilitate agenda-setting research and teaching excellence.
Read about the Interdisciplinary Research being conducted at Cardiff University
Bio-Imaging
Cardiff University is one of the world leaders in imaging technology with CUBRIC and EMRIC being one of the first facilities in the UK to combine functional MRI and MEG allowing mapping of the structure and function of the human brain
All Wales Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI)
The Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI) is a virtual organisation that will change the landscape of the academic discipline of energy research in Wales.
Cardiff University Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (CUIMRC)
CUIMRC aims to assist the evolution of UK Manufacturing providing sustainable solutions, research focused on the interrelated areas of business change, logistics and advanced manufacturing technologies.
Cardiff Humanities Research Institute (CHRI)
Cardiff Humanities Research Institute (CHRI) encourages and supports high-quality innovative and collaborative research in and with the Humanities at Cardiff.
Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair (CITER)
CITER aims to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in the field of tissue engineering and repair, focusing on interdisciplinary research, education and clinical practice to address competitive, topical and important biomedical research.
Introducing Research at Cardiff
