Research

The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China

The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) currently has eight research centres and institutes where our researchers seek to maximise collaboration with UK, Chinese, European and industrial sponsors;

  • Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Ningbo
  • Institute of Comparative Culture Studies Ningbo
  • Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics
  • Centre for Global Finance
  • International Centre for Behavioural Business Research
  • Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy
  • International Finance Research Centre
  • Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies

We have recently won research funding from the Chinese Research Councils (eg, Ministry of Science and Technology) and our award-winning Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies building has gained Key Lab status for Integrated Thermal Energy Storage Technologies from the Ningbo Government.

We shall develop our research portfolio at UNNC over the next five years and become a significant research presence in China.

We are building on the highly successful outcome from the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, which confirms The University of Nottingham's status as a world-class institution carrying out research of international quality. The results of RAE 2008 place The University of Nottingham firmly in the top tier of the world's elite higher education institutions. In addition to scoring highly in quality rankings covering major disciplines in science, engineering, the social sciences, business and the arts, it is Nottingham's rise in the research power rankings that demonstrates the impressive volume of excellent research carried out here. We are now ranked in the top 7 of all British universities for research power and are one of only two institutions to move into the UK Top 10 since 2001 - a rise of seven places, making us the highest mover of any university.

Developing Research Areas

The following are examples of the world-leading research The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China is bringing to China by drawing on the research expertise and experience at Ningbo and at the University of Nottingham UK.

The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
  • Energy
  • Environment and Sustainability
  • Drug Discovery
  • Sustainable Manufacturing
  • Global Finance and Global Economic Policy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • English Language Education, Interpretation and Translation
  • Cross-cultural Studies
  • Democratisation processes in Asia