Henry Royce Institute

The Henry Royce Institute (Royce) was established to ensure the UK can exploit its world-leading expertise in advanced materials and accelerate innovation from discovery to application. With over £200 million of facilities in dedicated state-of-the art laboratories, Royce is ensuring that academics and industry in the UK’s materials community have access to world-class research capabilities, infrastructure, expertise, and skills development

Royce is dedicated to supporting businesses of all sizes in overcoming material challenges and accelerating innovation and technology translation. From short-term, commercially sensitive research to long-term partnerships, Royce offers flexible support tailored to diverse needs. Our unique integrated UK capability allows us to ‘make, test, and characterise’ materials, interfacing seamlessly with the broader manufacturing landscape across the country.

Royce plays a key role in the UK materials innovation ecosystem, serving companies directly and through partnerships with Catapults, Research Technology Organisations (RTOs), consultancies, and HEIs.

Our advanced processing and analysis equipment offers invaluable support for those lacking materials expertise or funds.