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Research at CUST

Discovery & impact

Research themes

Our researchers work across thirty-eight centres and labs, organised around four university-wide themes that connect disciplines to real-world challenges.

Theme

Trustworthy Computing

AI safety, privacy engineering, secure systems and verifiable software.

Theme

Clean Energy & Materials

Photovoltaics, storage, catalysis and next-generation materials.

Theme

Sustainable Cities

Urban systems, mobility, water and resilient infrastructure.

Theme

Health Technology

Biomedical devices, sensing, and data for population health.

Selected research centres

  • Centre for Trustworthy AI — robustness, fairness and accountability of machine-learning systems.
  • Distributed Systems Lab — consensus, networking and large-scale data infrastructure.
  • Centre for Energy Materials — solar cells, batteries and electrocatalysis.
  • Sustainable Cities Group — urban modelling and low-carbon mobility.
  • Aldermere Observatory — optical astronomy and instrumentation.
  • FabLab & Digital Fabrication Studio — additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping.

Partnering with CUST

We collaborate with industry, government and non-profit partners on sponsored research, contract testing, and joint laboratories at the Northgate Technology Park. Our Office of Research Partnerships supports licensing, spin-outs and student-industry projects.

Research integrity

All research at CUST is conducted under the university’s code of research conduct, with independent ethics review for studies involving human participants, animals, or sensitive data. We support open access and responsible data stewardship.