
Newcastle is fast becoming a key location in the UK for science-based businesses. In particular we have strengths in the sustainable sciences as well as in the healthcare and life-sciences sectors.
We have significant expertise across a range of areas in sustainability including; low carbon technologies, transport, marine and subsea.
In the health and life sciences sectors we lead the way in areas including: ageing, stem cell, regenerative medicine and medicine in society.
Key assets include: Newcastle Biomedicine (a partnership between NHS Trust and Newcastle University) with research and clinical excellence in the life sciences; the Centre for Life, a world-leading facility for stem-cell research, one of only six UK genetic research centres; Institute for Ageing and Health at Newcastle University, the largest of its kind in Europe; Newcastle University Medical School, one of the oldest in the UK and Science Central, a unique sustainable urban quarter in the city centre which, over the next decade, will become an ideal location for leading-edge scientific organisations.
For more information visit:
- Science Central
- Newcastle Biomedicine
- Centre for Life Science Village
- Newcastle University’s Institute for Ageing and Health
For information on other investment sites in Newcastle and Gateshead visit Invest NewcastleGateshead