Centres, institutes and networks
Much of the research within the Faculty takes place in institutes, networks, externally-funded centres and University-wide platforms. These bring together researchers from across a broad range of disciplines and benefit from excellent links with charities, industry and the NHS.
View a list of our research centres, institutes, networks and platforms below.
You can also browse further research by school and division in the University’s Research Explorer.
Faculty centres
- British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence
- Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre (CRUK Manchester Centre)
- Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre
- Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM)
- Centre for Biological Timing
- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetics Research (CAPKR)
- Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre (GJBRC)
- Health eResearch Centre (HERC)
- Innovate Manchester Advanced Therapy Centre Hub (iMATCH)
- Manchester Cell Matrix Centre
- Manchester Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)
- Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC-GM)
- NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility (CRF)
- NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration (GM PSRC)
- NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
- NIHR HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) in Emergency and Acute Care
- North West Centre for Advanced Drug Delivery (NoWCADD)
Faculty institutes
- Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
- Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology Research and Innovation
- Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation
- Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC)
Plus cross-faculty links with:
- Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (Faculty of Humanities)
- Henry Royce Institute (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
- Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
- Manchester Environmental Research Institute (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
- Manchester Urban Institute (Faculty of Humanities)
- Thomas Ashton Institute for Risk and Regulatory Research (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
- Work and Equalities Institute (Faculty of Humanities)
Faculty networks
- Antimicrobial Resistance Network
- Autism@Manchester
- Manchester Regenerative Medicine Network (MaRM)
- Mental Health Research Network
- Radiation Research Network (Radnet)
- Single Cell Network