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Liverpool innovates – innovation assets and capabilities

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A sector-led gateway to collaborate with the University of Liverpool.

The University brings together world-leading research, distinctive facilities, and strategic partnerships to support innovation across key industrial strategy sectors. Our innovation assets provide access to expertise, unique research environments, and opportunities to co-create solutions to real-world challenges, underpinned by long-standing collaborative partnerships that demonstrate the depth, breadth, and impact of our approach to innovation.

This is showcased in our Research Partnerships Report.

Below, we highlight our innovation assets with strong external traction. These assets cut across multiple sectors and represent nationally and internationally significant capabilities.

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Advanced manufacturing

Materials Innovation Factory (MIF)

An £81 million, state-of-the-art materials chemistry facility, co-funded by Research England, Unilever and the University of Liverpool, designed to accelerate industry–academia innovation.

Photograph of a person using a piece of equipment at the Digital Innovation Facility

Digital and technologies

The Digital Innovation Facility (DIF) and Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC) drive real-world impact across sectors. From robotics and mixed reality to digital twins and advanced simulation, helping organisations innovate faster, reduce costs, and accelerate time to market.

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Life sciences

Discover our innovation hubs transforming health, industry, and society through research and breakthroughs in civic data and artificial intelligence, biofilms, and the microbiome.

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Creative industries

Music Futures

Led by the University with partners including Liverpool John Moores University, MusicFutures is a £6.75m Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded programme transforming music.

Working with us

These assets are a snapshot of our sector-facing capabilities, providing clear entry points to innovate, scale technologies, or tackle complex societal challenges.