Researchers from various disciplines at the University of Twente combine their strenghts in various Centres of Expertise. These centres offer external businesses a single contact point that can help answer highly specialized research questions.
Centres of expertise in MESA+
- BRAINS
Center for Brain-Inspired Nano Systems. BRAINS initiates, stimulates and supports research activities in brain-inspired nanosystems at the University of Twente. - Integrated Photonics
The largest concentration of scientists and engineers in the Photonics research area you will find at the University of Twente. Within our Integrated Photonics Centre, different expertise’s work together in research and development of photonic chips. - Molecules Centre
Molecules are the building blocks of nature and are at the core of materials for daily use, energy consumption and production, and numerous everyday systems. - Organ-on-Chip Centre Twente
The Organ-on-Chip Centre Twente is a centre of expertise aimed to bring together researchers interested in Organ-on-Chip and share their knowledge. - Piezo MEMS Centre
The MESA+ Piezo MEMS Centre is a one-stop shop for parties interested in conducting research based on piezo MEMS. - Quant Centre
Several groups at the University or Twente perform quantum science. We host many quantum researchers, mostly PhD/MSc/BSc students and post-docs. - Solar Centre
The Solar Centre is a Centre of Expertise aimed to bring together researchers to better connect interdisciplinary research between faculties, UT-wide education and (inter)national collaboration on the topic of solar energy. - Twente Centre for Advanced Battery Technology
The Twente Centre for Advanced Battery Technology brings together all battery research activities at UT. The goal is to advance research to realize breakthrough solutions for next-generation battery technology in a systemic approach.
Related Centres of Expertise
- European Membrane Institute (EMI)
EMI Twente bridges the gap between academic research and industry, two worlds we know and understand well. - Max Planck Centre for Complex Fluid Dynamics
The Max Planck Center is a research network dedicated to study the complexities of fluid dynamics in its broadest sense, starting from nanometric scales (nanobubbles, -droplets and -particles), through micrometric scales (microfluidic-scales) up to macroscopic and industrial-scale flows (turbulence).