Centres of excellence
Scotland enjoys a reputation for world leading innovation across a number of key industry sectors.
The establishment of centres of excellence across a number of industries aims to enhance that reputation.
Edinburgh BioQuarter
A landmark £600 million development establishing Scotland as one of the world’s top ten centres for biomedical commercialisation.
Situated at the heart of Scotland’s Life Science community, Edinburgh BioQuarter brings together three leading research institutes, a teaching hospital and the bio-incubator building. Add to that a team with experience that stretches from lab to the clinic and the boardroom and you have one of Europe’s most attractive locations for bio-technology investments.
It is the only facility in the world to offer biomedical research facilities and a state-of-the-art teaching hospital on one site.
Seabraes Yards – Dundee’s creative media district
A former railway goods yard in Dundee has been transformed into a creative media district, enhancing Dundee’s position as a hub of the computer games industry.
Dundee is already home to the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Computer Games Education, part of Abertay University’s Institute for Arts, Media and Computer Games.
International Financial Services District Glasgow
A purpose built centre of excellence for financial services, cementing Glasgow’s reputation as a world-class destination for the industry.
The district has transformed a derelict area of Glasgow into a modern financial services hub, attracting some of the biggest international financial services companies.
Academic centres of excellence
Scotland’s economy benefits from close links between government, industry and our universities.
This has helped the development of a number of academic centres of excellence across our key industries include: