Henry Royce Institute

What we do

The Henry Royce Institute is the UK’s national institute for advanced materials research and innovation. Royce was established to ensure the UK exploits its world-leading expertise in advanced materials, and accelerates innovation from discovery to application. With an investment of over £330 million, Royce is ensuring that academics and industry in the UK’s materials community have access to world-class research capabilities, infrastructure, expertise, and skills development. 

From future cities and their energy supplies, to computing, manufacturing and medicine, the research and innovation facilitated by Royce has the potential to significantly impact peoples’ lives. With its hub in Manchester, and with capability distributed across nine Partners and two Associate Partner, Royce works collaboratively to create real solutions and to have positive economic and societal impacts for the UK.