Newcastle University Centres of Research Excellence
World-class, multi-disciplinary research
We deliver important research missions through a growing portfolio of Newcastle University Centres of Research Excellence (NUCoREs).
Our Research Strategy sets our ambition for the growth of people and resources. NUCoREs represent priority areas where this growth will occur.
We are growing a portfolio of Centres of Research Excellence to:
- set a visibly-leading mission and strategy for our collective research activities
- catalyse the way we work together across disciplines and with external partners
- provide a venue that gives researchers the freedom and opportunity to succeed
- coordinate our response to the world’s major challenges
The NUCoREs contributors benefit from drawing upon all the resources of the University. They have built teams that are diverse in career routes and career stages. They also focus on disciplinary background and protected characteristics.
Our Centres of Research Excellence exploit Newcastle University’s physical and social cohesion. They make it easy for us to operate as ‘One University’ to deliver multidisciplinary challenge-led research.
Each of our Centres of Research Excellence delivers a distinctive, forward-facing research mission.
Centre for Cancer
The Centre for Cancer has an impact upon oncology research and practice worldwide. It brings together expertise from across translational research and personalised medicine themes.
Centre for Children and Youth
The Centre for Children and Youth explores the biggest opportunities and challenges for children and young people. We do this through our interdisciplinary and pioneering research.
Centre for Data
The Centre for Data brings together researchers from diverse disciplines. They carry out pioneering research that responds to complex challenges for public good in varied areas.
Centre for Energy
The Centre for Energy unifies efforts and raises ambitions towards a new way of thinking about energy systems. It covers scales, geographies, disciplines and applications.
Centre for Healthier Lives
The Centre for Healthier Lives takes an interdisciplinary approach to research. It produces and promotes novel interventions that can change ‘lifestyle-related’ behaviours globally.
Centre for Heritage
The Centre for Heritage focuses on heritage in the context of politics, society and global concerns. It brings together our unique wealth of disciplinary and collaborative approaches.
Centre for Rare Disease
The Centre for Rare Disease builds on Newcastle’s long and distinguished history of research and clinical care in rare diseases. It is leading in the discovery, diagnostics, treatment and care of many diseases/groups of disorders.
Centre for Climate and Environmental Resilience
The Centre for Climate and Environmental Resilience investigates the environmental and societal issues resulting from intensifying global change. Formerly resilient Earth systems have altered and degraded. This has knock-on consequences for human societies.
Centre for Ageing and Inequalities
Using interdisciplinary scientific knowledge, this Centre meets societal and public health needs. It helps to shape the laws and systems that govern health products and health services.
Centre for Researching Cities
We work on cities, with cities, and for cities to ensure just, inclusive, and sustainable urban transitions.
Centre for Landscape
We examine and advance understandings of the complex interactions between people and landscapes.
Centre for Transformative Neuroscience
Understanding the brain in health and disease remains one of the great challenges of our time. We do world-leading transformative neuroscience. We aim to bring real benefit to patients and society.
Centre for Biomedical Engineering
Developing new technologies for diagnosis, treatment and management of medical conditions. Our Centre brings together our engineering, scientific, clinical, and policy expertise across the University.
Centre for Cyber Security and Resilience
Newcastle University founded its cyber security research initiative in 2010. We responded to increasing global cyber crime and the need for resilient systems.