We provide companies of all sizes with access to UCL's world-class laboratory equipment and facilities, with optional hire of accompanying expertise, such as a range of testing and analysis services.
- Life Sciences
UCL undertakes a large variety of life science work across the University. From testing heart values to elemental microanalysis, UCL's strength and breadth in the life sciences means we can undertake a wide variety of testing and analysis projects and tailor them to suit your needs.
- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology - A highly specialised clinical laboratory service for ophthalmic specimens.
- UCL Cancer Institute Clinical Research Facilities - Facilities which provide a scientific infrastructure for cutting-edge basic, translational and clinical cancer research.
- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Laboratories - Offering a range of facilities such as confocal microscopy and gene microarray analysis.
- UCL School of Pharmacy Research Services - A range of analytical facilities such as confocal and electron microscopy and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
- Tissue Access for Patient Benefit (TAPb) - Human tissue provision and utilisation service for academic and commercial researchers.
- UCL Confocal Imaging Facility - For access to a wide range of confocal imaging equipment.
- UCL Eastman Dental Institute - Offering a wide range of materials and cell characterisation facilities.
- Ultra Scale-Down Bioprocess Technology - The USD platform is designed to aid bioprocess development and biomanufacturing. It is a combination of specialized devices and experimental approaches which reduces the process material requirement for bioprocess research and development from the traditional tens or hundreds of litres at pilot-scale to the millilitre-scale.
- UCL Cardiovascular Engineering Laboratory - Laboratory dedicated to the testing and assessing of prosthetic heart valves.
- Built Environment
UCL has facilities to test the environment you are looking to create and to measure their impact on the people who live and work in the built environment. UCL has tested a wide variety of surroundings, from how people board trains to onsite environmental monitoring and are here to help provide innovative solutions to projects with complex testing requirements.
- Space Syntax Laboratory - The VR Centre for the Built Environment brings the full range of computer graphics, interaction and digital data to the virtual building that drives the design-development-operation cycle.
- Bartlett Heritage Science Laboratory - Provides state-of-the-art portable and bench-top instrumentation for material and environmental research.
- Pedestrian Accessibility Movement Environment Laboratory (PAMELA) - A novel and highly flexible facility allowing full-scale pedestrian infrastructure to be built and tested.
- High Tech Manufacturing
UCL has extensive experience in designing and creating unusual materials and devices. Working from nanotechnology to the space industry, we can support prototyping that is pushing the boundaries of engineering and material science.
- Molecular Beam Epitaxy - An advanced, ultra-high-vacuum facility for making compound materials.
- London Centre for Nanotechnology - A wide range of leading-edge facilities, such as Atomic Force Microscopy and cleanrooms.
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) -Specialist facilities designed to meet space agencies' standards and requirements.Including test facilities, cleanrooms, environmentally controlled areas for space flight hardware assembly, integration and verification.
- UCL Advanced Image Consultants - Specialist imaging services and training. Suited to academic or private institutions, heritage professionals and researchers.
- Ultra Scale-Down Biopress Technology - Offering a range of services and the provision of ultra scale-down (USD) devices to industry.
- Specialist Engineering
UCL is home to a wide selection of bespoke and unique equipment, especially designed to push forward the boundaries of human knowledge. Ranging from our virtual reality suite to large scale bioprocessing, UCL has pioneered and developed their facilities to create a world-class, multidisciplinary collection of facilities to support your project.
- The Eastman Dental Institute - Offers a wide range of materials and cell characterisation facilities.
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) - Specialist facilities designed to meet space agencies' standards and requirements including test facilities.
- Immersive Virtual Environments Laboratory - State-of-the-art virtual reality facilities which incorporate novel technology advances in projection, tracking, acoustics and interaction.
- UCL Cardiovascular Engineering Laboratory - Laboratory dedicated to the testing and assessing prosthetic heart valves.
- London Centre for Nanotechnology - Offers access to a wide range of leading-edge facilities such as Atomic Force Microscopy and cleanrooms.