The University of Manchester and UMIST have merged forming one of the largest Universities in Europe. This new University of Manchester has a key mandate to engage with local Industry, particularly Life sciences.

A general description of the capabilities of the Faculties of Life sciences, Medicine and EPS (Engineering and Physical Sciences) can be found at www.manchester.ac.uk, of particular importance are the world class strengths in:

• Tissue repair and wound healing (UK Centre for Tissue Engineering)
• Clinical trials capabilities (see Trustech)
• Neuroscience research
• Bioinformatics (see NIHBI)
• Oncology (throughout the whole University and specifically at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research; see also Wolfson Centre for Imaging at the Paterson Institute)

Relevant cross disciplinary Centres of excellence include:

• Materials Science Centre
• Nanotechnology institute
• Chemistry
• Systems Biology centre
• Biocatalysis Centre
• MIB Centre (Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre)
• Consortium for Post Genomics Research
• Manchester Computing Centre
• One Central Park