Brunel University London (BUL) is a dynamic institution with over 14,000 students and over 1,000 academic staff operating in a vibrant culture of research excellence. In recent years the University has invested over €450 million into a campus redevelopment programme and now possesses an impressive range of modern, state-of-the-art facilities. BUL plays a significant role in the higher education scene nationally and has numerous national and international links and partnerships with both academia and industry. The volume of ‘world-leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’ research carried out at BUL has increased by more than half in the past six years, according to the Research Excellence Framework 2014. Brunel has a long history of successful bidding for European funding and of successful managing and delivery of EU projects. It was partner or coordinator on over 170 projects within FP7 within cumulative value to Brunel of over €30 M, and has been already successful with several Horizon 2020 proposals.
BUL strong academic and industrial collaborations in UK and abroad, e.g. Queens Belfast, Imperial, Warwick, Nottingham, Swansea, Exeter, Bath, Oxford, QMC London, partners in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Australia.
Brunel research is focused around three interdisciplinary research institutes (Institute of Energy Futures; Institute of Environment, Health and Societies; Institute of Materials and Manufacturing), addressing three dimensions of sustainable development and the synergies and processes that link them within the context of multi- and inter-disciplinary research and innovation. Research Institutes re-align their research activities with the national and international research agenda addressing national and global challenges, enabling the potential for our research to be recognized on a much wider platform and consolidating critical mass in areas of our research strengths.