Henry Royce Institute

The Henry Royce Institute is the UK's national institute for advanced materials research and innovation. The Royce is a partnership of nine UK universities and other research organisation partners. It is a hub and spoke collaboration between the University of Manchester (the hub), Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Imperial College London, National Nuclear Laboratory, University of Cambridge, University of Leeds, University of Liverpool, University of Oxford and the University of Sheffield.[1]

Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials
The building under construction in 2019
General information
Coordinates53°28′6.42″N 2°13′54.80″W
Construction started2017
Estimated completion2020
Cost£105 million
Height46 metres (151 ft)
Technical details
Floor area16,000 square metres (170,000 sq ft)
Website
http://www.royce.ac.uk/

The cost of the institution, including the building in Manchester, is £235 million.[2]

Building

The nine-storey Hub building which is the focus of the University of Manchester's Royce Institute research activity will be 46 metres (151 ft) high, making it the tallest current building on the campus (although the Mathematics Tower was taller before its demolition). It will have 16,000 square metres (170,000 sq ft) of space. It will be located next to the Alan Turing Building, close to the National Graphene Institute as well as the School of Physics and Astronomy, the School of Chemistry, and the Manchester Engineering Campus Development.[2]

The building cost £105 million, and will open in Autumn 2020.[3] Planning permission was granted in February 2017 and construction started in December 2017.[4][3] It was originally going to be constructed on the site of the BBC's New Broadcasting House, but the site was changed to the main campus of the university.[4]

References
  1. "Sir Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. "First picture of University's Henry Royce Institute building". University of Manchester. 12 December 2016.
  3. "Construction begins on UK centre for advanced materials research and commercialisation in Manchester".
  4. Williams, Jennifer (11 February 2017). "This is how the new £235m national science institute at Manchester university will look". men.
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