The Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre

NIBEC - the Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre is a well established world-class research complex at the University of Ulster's Jordanstown campus. NIBEC represents a consolidation of research groups, associated with advanced material types used in medical devices, electronics, photonics, nanotechnology, sensors, MEMS, optical and environmental devices

The multi-million pound purpose-built facilities house some of the most sophisticated nano-fabrication, biological and characterisation equipment in the world. NIBEC is staffed by an internationally recognised and well experienced team of researchers and academics working predominantly at the interface of bioengineering and nanotechnology.  The centres origins are related to historical local developments in the areas Defibrillators and Remote Sensing otherwise known as Connected Health today.


Current key thrusts focus on four areas:

Strong international collaborations have been developed and large infrastructural and project funding has been a highlight of this rapidly growing research area. The centre hosts major core research initiatives such as MATCH (EPSRC National Centre); CACR (UU and Royal Victoria Hospital); NanotecNI (UU and QUB); and also the team have developed formal collaborations with numerous world-wide Institutions and Industry.


Technology transfer is a key objective and a number of successful spin-out companies have emerged from NIBEC in recent years, the most successful of these being Heartscape, HeartSine Technology and Intelesens (Sensors Technology and Devices Ltd.). The centre has also a well established track record in consultancies and materials testing and analysis.


With a strong fundamental materials research base the centre has focused on academic, clinical and government partnerships in order to sustain its excellent technology transfer track record, further develop its well established global partnerships and enhance the numbers of highly qualified, economically relevant undergraduate and post graduate students.


The Centre’s current focus is on establishing a large innovation led Medical Engineering initiative which will have a strong emphasis in the areas of Connected Health (with strong links to computing science), Tissue Engineering and Nano-Biodiagnostics. Industrially led research and clinical links (via Centre for Advanced Cardiovascular Research) will underpin this new strategy with particular emphasis on US, India and Cross-Border collaboration.



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