research institutes

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, the centre combines on a single site scientific research in world-class institutes, patient care in NHS hospitals, and drug discovery in pharmaceutical companies.

The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) is a research institute dedicated to the understanding of important biological processes at the levels of atoms, molecules, cells and organisms. In doing so, we provide knowledge needed to solve key problems in human health.

The Milner Therapeutics Institute is a global therapeutic alliance based in Cambridge, which aims to transform pioneering science into therapies. It is a new paradigm for an academic Institution, based on bridging the gap between academia and Industry. The institute is the hub of 80 Affiliated Organisations world-wide and will have its own Research Labs within the Capella building at the Biomedical Campus, due to open in 2019.

The Babraham Institute is a world-class research institution, situated at the heart of the Babraham Research Campus, near Cambridge. Our mission is to be an international leader in research focusing on basic cell and molecular biology with an emphasis on healthy ageing through the human lifecycle.

Our goal is to combine world leading basic cancer biology with key technologies to bear on practical questions of cancer diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

The CIMR forms a unique partnership between clinical and basic research, aiming to understand the cellular basis of disease. Our strategy is to use cell biology to understand mechanisms of disease and conversely to use genetic disease to reveal crucial mechanisms of cell biology.

The Cambridge Stem Cell Institute is a world-leading centre for stem cell research with a mission to transform human health through a deep understanding of stem cell biology. Our scientists study stem cell behaviour, both normal and pathological, and use their findings to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

The Gurdon Institute is a world-leading centre for research into the biology of development and how normal growth and maintenance go wrong in diseases such as cancer.

The UK DRI at The University of Cambridge focuses on the mechanistic processes involved in the earliest stages of neurodegenerative disease to identify therapeutic targets with the greatest potential to prevent dementia.

We are a world-class, interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to advancing the understanding of music therapy and its ability to affect positive change on health and human wellbeing.

Our interdisciplinary research team is committed to the delivery of high quality research in vision and eye diseases. Through knowledge exchange, we work with various national and international partners to improve the eye health of the society we live in.

The ARC aims to understand the biomedical causes of autism spectrum conditions and it fosters collaboration between scientists in Cambridge University and outside, to accelerate this mission.

The unit advances the understanding of human cognition such as memory, attention, perception, language and emotion.

Coordinate with other research institutes to drive academic drug discovery into neurodegenerative diseases.

The Department of Computer Science and Technology (known as the Computer Laboratory) is an academic department within the University of Cambridge that encompasses Computer Science, along with many aspects of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

CAPE (Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics) was first established on 1 October 2004 as a way in which the University could address global issues involving open innovation, in partnership with companies of international importance.

Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence's (CFI) mission is to build a new interdisciplinary community of researchers, with strong links to technologists and the policy world, and a clear practical goal: to work together to ensure that we humans make the best of the opportunities of artificial intelligence as it develops over coming decades.

The West Cambridge Data Centre was completed in August 2014 and has provided the University of Cambridge with its first standalone data centre, housing essential IT services within a central, purpose built and secure facility.

The University of Cambridge and Hitachi Limited started collaborative research in 1989 when the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory (HCL) was established through working with the Microelectronics Research Centre at the Cavendish Laboratory.

Toshiba’s Cambridge Research Laboratory is a world-leading industrial research centre dedicated to fostering innovation through basic and applied research in physics, engineering and computer science. Our mission is to create core technology that can be translated into future products.

At Microsoft Research in Cambridge, we truly aspire to transform the world through deep research. The interdisciplinary nature of our lab ensures that we push the boundaries of computing in an inclusive way, resulting in robust and trusted technologies that can be deployed at scale.

The Samsung AI Center Cambridge is an ambitious and independent research centre targeting "Human-Centric AI" to enrich peoples’ lives using upcoming AI technologies.

Amazon's innovative Cambridge, UK Development Center holds teams focused on four pioneering areas: Prime Air, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Devices, and Amazon Web Services.

Research activities at Bell Labs Cambridge currently focus on materials science, pervasive systems, and computational social science. Bell Labs researchers in Cambridge collaborate with other worldwide Bell Labs sites as well as with academia and industry throughout Europe.

The Anglia Ruskin IT Research Institute uses advanced research tools and techniques to provide new IT solutions and enhance performance of existing systems through intelligent modeling and visualisation.

i Lab 2 - Big Data & Cyber Security focuses on large amount of data generated from the exponential growth in use of online transactions, social media, emails, videos, studios, logs, images, health records, sensors and mobile phones.

i Lab 3 - Intelligent Systems & Gaming focuses on gamification which aims at engaging and motivating people to achieve their goals using elements of game playing such as personalization, competition, and reward scheme.

The Welding Institute is the leading professional engineering institution for the registration of people involved with welding and joining all over the world. We exist to support welding and joining personnel, to promote the profession and its importance in today’s world, and to secure its place in the future.

Hethel Innovation has supported hundreds of businesses in East Anglia over the past eight years through: bespoke interventions, training courses, conferences, masterclasses, workshops, innovation platforms, and incubation.

The IfM is part of the University of Cambridge’s Department of Engineering. Our research aims to help companies develop life changing products and services, and governments to foster innovation and enterprise to deliver social and economic benefits.

The Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) is a research institute funded by the Gatsby Foundation. The aim of the Laboratory is to elucidate the regulatory systems underlying plant growth and development.

The Scott Polar Research Institute, established in 1920 as part of the University of Cambridge, is a centre of excellence in the study of the Arctic and Antarctic. Research covers both the natural and social sciences and is often interdisciplinary.

NIAB carries out independent science-based research and provides information to support, develop and promote agriculture and horticulture.

The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research serves as an interdisciplinary hub aiming to provide a shared intellectual home for archaeologists at Cambridge with a programme of seminars, workshops, conferences, publications and research grants as well as laboratory space for a wide range of archaeological research which crosses continents, periods and approaches in its exploration of the diversity of the human past.

The Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge has a worldwide reputation for excellence in both research and teaching. Founded by Sir Leon Radzinowicz in 1959, we were one of the first criminological institutes in Europe and have exerted a strong influence on the development of the discipline.

Our goal is to rethink public policy in an era of turbulence and growing inequality. Our research connects the world-leading work in technology and science at Cambridge with the economic and political dimensions of policy-making. We are committed to outstanding teaching, policy engagement, and to devising sustainable and long-lasting solutions.

PIER is committed to the delivery of innovative and high quality research, professional development and knowledge exchange for the improvement of policing practice in the Eastern region.

The Positive Ageing Research Institute (PARI), formerly the Centre for Future Ageing Research (CFAR), is a cross-faculty multidisciplinary institute involving over 130 academics from across Anglia Ruskin University.

StoryLab is an interdisciplinary research institute that experiments with different approaches to storytelling and explores their role in transforming and informing society.

We carry out research, policy development and consultation on the impact of military service on veterans and their families. Our academics work across disciplines including sociology, psychology, social policy, education, social work, nursing and ethics. Visiting Fellows provide additional expertise in psychiatry, clinical psychology and criminal justice.

CSER is an interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study and mitigation of existential risks.

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is a globally influential Institute developing leadership and solutions for a sustainable economy. Our Rewiring the Economy framework shows how the economy can be ‘rewired’, through focused collaboration between business, government and finance institutions, to deliver positive outcomes for people and environment in pursuit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We're committed to playing a key role in developing practical solutions to the sustainability challenges we all face, both locally and globally. We do this through research and education - bringing together the information needed to make decisions, with the people capable of taking action.

Cambridge Judge Business School is a great business school at the heart of Cambridge, advancing knowledge and leadership through people who leave a mark on the world. Since 1990, Cambridge Judge has forged a reputation as a centre of rigorous thinking and high-impact transformative education, situated within one of the world's most prestigious research universities, and in the heart of the Cambridge Cluster, the most successful technology entrepreneurship cluster in Europe.