UTS is committed to fostering and investing in an innovative research culture. Our recent Strategic Investment Plan allocated an additional $40 million over the next five years to enhance our research capabilities. This extra funding will help attract top talent from around the world, drive innovation and build the development and competitiveness of our researchers.
We have a range of research strengths, from sustainability to understanding cultural change in China; from designing intelligent machines and systems to shaping a healthy and wealthy community. We're focused on research that also informs the teaching at UTS.
Research partnerships
Agilent - a leading global provider of analytical instrumentation - and it's partnership with UTS produced a world-first bio-imaging facility.
This relationship has supported and developed technologies and research into imaging techniques that have assisted clinical diagnosis and allowed the investigation of the effect of drugs on a range of diseases, including Parkinson's.
The benefits for both UTS and Agilent have been significant.
We also offer a number of internal schemes to support industry involvement in research. The UTS relationship with Centrelink developed from a small UTS Partnership grant and evolved to attract prestigious Australian Research Council funding. Centrelink has been working with the UTS Centre for Quantum Computation and Intelligent Systems to develop methods and software to prevent incorrect payments to customers and improve processes.
There are many ways partners work with us on research, including:
- contract research - discrete research projects delivering specific value to the industry partner;
- collaborative research projects - UTS and the partner work together on a research project with each providing intellectual input and resources;
- consulting services - accessUTS provides a range of services such as laboratory testing and analysis, training programs and study tours.
We are proud of our ability to collaborate with partners in industry and business.
Our partnership with Motorola stemmed from an informal meeting between Professor Jordan Louviere, Executive Director of the UTS Centre for the Study of Choice (CenSoC), and Douglas Hunter, Executive Director of Consumer and Market Insight at Motorola.
UTS has been selected to lead the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government
An $8 million federal government initiative.
The centre brings together academic and industry partners to showcase innovation and best practice in local government. This inclusive approach ensures national outreach and participation in programs that will support a sector that has a direct impact on the lives of all Australians.
For further information about research and collaboration opportunities and how you can work with us, visit UTS: Research
