Centres of excellence

Discover our world-class research institutes and facilities. Scotland’s medical technology focused research centres include:  

Centres of excellence for medtech R&D

• Institute of Medical Science and Technologies (IMSaT) – collaboration between Universities of Dundee and St Andrews
• Strathclyde Institute of Medical Devices (SIMD) – University of Strathclyde
• Scottish Health Innovations (SHIL) – support with regulatory compliance requirements

Product design and development centres

• EDTC Technology Gateway – Livingston
• Product Realisation Centre (PRC) – sister organisation to EDTC
• Glasgow School of Art (GSA) – offer knowledge transfer from 3D visualisation to design projects

Academic research departments

• Institute of Medical Sciences – University of Aberdeen
• University of Edinburgh research departments
• Biomedical Textiles Research Centre – Heriot Watt University
• Cuschieri Surgical Skills Unit – Ninewell's Hospital and Medical School, Dundee 
• Bioelectronics Research Centre – University of Glasgow
• Bioengineering Unit – University of Strathclyde
• Centre for Biophotonics – University of Strathclyde

Scotland's research pools

• Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) – collaborative or contract R&D services
• Scottish Imaging Network (SINPASE) – direct access to outstanding imaging expertise
• Interface – matches businesses and investors to Scotland's world-class expertise and research facilities

Convergent research

• Advanced engineering and electronics
• Information and communications technologies

Facilities, land and premises

A wide variety of high-calibre office and laboratory solutions are available right across Scoltand's regions, to meet the needs of any medical technology project, including:

• Edinburgh BioQuarter – one of Scotland 's prime locations for research
• BioCity Scotland – Scotland's newest and largest centre for growing life science companies

A full list of science parks with medtech facilities can be found in our medical technology brochure