Multi-disciplinary areas of expertise, research and teaching

Almost 80 percent of our research is rated as world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) in the latest Government Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment.
UWL is ranked in the top 100 universities in the UK for the overall quality of our research.

Our Research Centres and Groups are staffed by experts with an enviable record of publications, conferences, media and public engagement work in their chosen fields.

Our research community works collaboratively to bring together common areas of expertise and share findings.

Research Centres

Research Groups

Computing and engineering

School of Biomedical Sciences

  • Computational and translational medicine

    The Computational and Translational Medicine (CTM) research group has strong scientific settings in biomedical, health and computational sciences.

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  • Biotherapeutic drug development

    Our research group focuses on the development and formulation of novel antibody-based medicine (biotherapeutics) with application in the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases.

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  • Microbiomes, environment and health

    Microbiomes, environment and health research group interests primarily lie within the One Health approach to study the interactions between humans, livestock, environmental microbiomes, and transmission of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to develop interventions for the public good.

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  • Research Centres

    Find out about our multi-disciplinary areas of expertise, research, and teaching.

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  • Research impact

    Learn how our research has helped communities locally, nationally and internationally.

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  • Research degrees

    Join an active and supportive research community.

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