Centres of excellence

Scotland’s home-grown talent and research excellence are recognised globally, acting as a magnet around the world for attracting further investment and talent. 

World-class facilities

Scotland offers a wide range of manufacturing sites and science and technology parks, all suited to the needs of life science and biotech organisations.  

Recent developments in our state-of-the-art facilities have opened up a wealth of opportunities for life sciences and biotech companies looking to invest in Scotland.  

• Scotland has 16 Cancer Research UK institutes, laboratories, clinical units or research groups
• The Centre of Reproductive Biology is a WHO Centre of Excellence – the largest in Europe
• Edinburgh is home to Europe’s largest and most highly-regarded stem cell research community
• The Edinburgh Science Triangle is ranked in the world's top 20 science parks and was voted the most enterprising area in Scotland in 2007

The eight science parks in the Edinburgh Science Triangle are:   

• Alba Innovation Centre

• Edinburgh BioCampus

• Edinburgh BioQuarter

• Edinburgh Technopole

• Easter Bush Campus

• Heriot Watt Research Park

• Pentlands Science Park

• Roslin BioCentre

Science parks on the West of Scotland are:   

• European Marine Science Park – offers co-location opportunities with one of the world's leading marine science institutes, the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) 

• Nova Technology Park  

• Scottish Enterprise Technology Park (SETP)

• Strathclyde Business Park

• West of Scotland Science Park

• City Science

Watch a video on our YouTube channel to explore investment opportunities at the European Marine Science Park

Scotland ’s internationally recognised bioprocessing research centres include:  

• Heriot Watt University Centre of Excellence
• Strathclyde University Fermentation Centre
• Edinburgh Centre for Bioinformatics
• Roslin Institute
• Department of Pathway Medicine