Professor Robert Allison Vice Chancellor, Loughborough University

Welcome to Loughborough University

Welcome to HPC-Midlands

Professor Steve RothbergPro Vice Chancellor (Enterprise)

• The University dates back to 1909• Dr Herbert Schofield, Principal, Loughborough Colleges, 1915-

1950– “training on production” in an “institutional factory” was the

foundation of today’s University committed to serving the needs of business and industry

• The University received its Royal Charter on 19th April 1966 to become Britain’s first technological University

• Ten Schools with 16,000 students & 1,100 academic and research staff– Over 2500 international students from over 100 countries– 1200 PhD students– 1000 students on placement in 600 companies

Over 100 Years of Education and Innovation

Unrivalled business and industrial links

• International reputation for our partnerships – Long-standing collaborative links with companies such as

Ford, Rolls-Royce, Caterpillar, E.ON & adidas

– Alongside Cambridge, more collaborative research (per head) than any other UK university

• Support for start-up businesses• 14 graduate start-up in our incubator (the Studio)

• 20 high-tech start-ups in our campus Innovation Centre

• 30 University spin-out companies, led by Intelligent Energy

• An expanding Science and Enterprise Park • 1700 staff employed by campus-partners

• £1bn Energy Technologies Institute (ETI)

• Plans to treble size of Science and Enterprise Park