Research centres & facilities
Our Schools and departments run award-winning programmes that make a valuable contribution to business, industry and the community.
Research is led by experienced Directors of Research who have achieved international recognition in their field. They give postgraduates the opportunity to carry out cutting-edge research using world-class research facilities while providing businesses with the highest quality expertise.
Current research
Research directory
A comprehensive list of the wide-ranging research currently being carried out across the university.
Research centres
School of Architecture & Construction
We are dedicated to solving real-world problems and benefiting business, industry and regional and international communities through high-quality research based around sustainable development and buildings and design.
Architecture and Construction research groups
- Design Research Group
- Landscape and Environmental Design Research Group
- Sustainable Built Environments Research Group
Business School
We advance business policy and practice through research programmes structured around five core areas: social network analysis, public services, work and employment, governance, risk and accountability and supply chain management.
Business research groups
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Research conducted by our postgraduate students has been acclaimed for addressing practical and significant real-life problems in areas such as fire safety engineering, computational mechanics, aero acoustics and network optimisation.
Computing & Mathematical Sciences research groups
School of Education
We are proud of our close, long-standing relationships with external educational partners. Our current areas of research include vocational education and training, secondary and primary school improvement and youth education.
Education research groups
- Centre for the Study of Play and Recreation
- Educational Leadership and Management
- eLearning Independent Study Skills Award project
- Interdisciplinary and Theoretical Education Research
- Language, Literacy and Poetry in Education
- Pedagogy and Scholarship of Learning and Teaching
- Student Experience and Lifelong Learning
- Technology Enhanced Learning, Music, Creativity and Design
School of Engineering
We carry out research activities in five key areas: the storage and handling of bulk solids, electronics manufacturing, computer and communications engineering, infrastructure management and innovative product development.
Engineering research groups
- Centre for Innovative Product Development
- Infrastructure Management Research Group
- Internet Security Research Laboratory
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Mobile and Wireless Communications Research Laboratory
- Renishaw Centre for Manufacturing Productivity
- Sustainability in Civil Engineering Research Group
- Wolfson Centre For Bulk Solids Handling Technology
Greenwich Maritime Institute (GMI)
Greenwich Maritime Institute's current research projects include: Compassion and Politics: Age, Disability and the Greenwich Hospital Project 1694-1763; Women in Fishing; and Sustaining the Empire: War, the Navy and the Contractor State.
School of Health & Social Care
High-quality academic and applied research into health, psychology and social care is carried out at our Centre for Research & Development, our Centre for the Support of Fragile Families and our Department of Psychology and Counselling.
Health & Social Care research groups
School of Humanities & Social Sciences
We run postgraduate research programmes in fields and disciplines such as media studies, cultural studies, literature and linguistics, social and political history, creative writing, social sciences, law and criminology.
Humanities & Social Sciences research groups
- Applied Linguistics Research Group
- Creative Writing, Poetry and Performing Arts
- History
- Institute for the Converging Arts and Sciences (ICAS)
- English
- Law and Criminology
- Media and Cultural Studies
- Politics and European Studies
School of Science
Our School of Science's research activities have garnered worldwide praise and recognition. The School's researchers regularly give presentations on their work at national and international conferences and our postgraduate students frequently secure noteworthy jobs.
Science research groups
- Analytical Services Laboratory
- Analytics Research Cluster
- Bio-medical and Drug Discovery Group
- Bio-Energy Group
- Drug Discovery and Cell Biology Research Group
- Centre for Sport Sciences and Human Performance
- Centre for Sustainability
- Functional Interfaces Research Cluster
Natural Resources Institute (NRI)
Research projects conducted within our Natural Resources Institute have been recognised internationally and have won numerous awards. The institute's thriving research programme is supported by unrivalled facilities and a world-class tropical agriculture library.
Natural Resources Institute research groups
- Agricultural Biosecurity Group
- Biodiversity and Molecular Biology Group
- Chemical Ecology and Plant Biochemistry Group
- Development Studies Group
- Pest Behaviour Group
- Post-harvest Science
eCentre
The eCentre is the University of Greenwich's research centre for digital technologies, the development and use of new services and technologies across the web, and any other distributed systems.