We’ve helped our partners cut CO2 emissions by 16.3m tonnes a year in recent years. Across transport, food, energy and other industries, our technologies are securing a net-zero future.
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Results from the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) reaffirm the University of Nottingham as among the best universities in the UK for the strength of our research.
7th
in the UK for research power (THE)
1,804
researchers submitted to REF2021
135
case studies showing real-world impact
Our Research Excellence Framework results
Record £29m award for UK’s most powerful MRI scanner
National facility at the birthplace of MRI will transform understanding of the brain and treatment of disease.
“We are proud that this remarkable scanner will be housed on the campus where my mentor Sir Peter Mansfield’s breakthrough transformed medicine.”
— Professor Richard Bowtell, Head of the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre
Open research
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Interdisciplinary research
We address the key challenges of our age through collaborative research that brings together academics.
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Policy and engagement
The Institute for Policy and Engagement ensures our research shapes public policy and debate.
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Working with business
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