Research Facilities
Health Science facilities
We have state-of-the-art biomedical and environmental laboratories, as well as facilities for physiotherapy, osteopathy, acupuncture, sport and exercise therapy and nursing.
We house rooms for the practical application of anatomy, mobilisation, electrotherapy, massage, heat therapy, cardio vascular and respiratory testing, physiology, anthropometry, rehabilitation and first aid. See more information on our biomedical labs and practice rooms.
Acoustic research facilities
With over 40 years experience in acoustics, we are home to some of the most specialised facilities in the country, including large (200 m³) and small (52 m³) reverberation rooms, anechoic chamber (16m³) and an audiometry room for hearing measurements.
Our equipment includes, sound power levels using ISO 3740, reverberation and other room acoustic parameters, field measurements of airborne and structure-borne sound insulation, and structural and human vibration.
Sport research facilities
We have state-of-the-art sport science facilities including biochemistry and biomechanics laboratories which test physical activity and sporting performance. This consists of measuring exercise recovering rates, and blood sugar and lactose levels.
Our laboratories are equipped with a DXA scanner measuring bone health and composition, an environmental chamber simulating humidity, altitude and pressure of extreme weather conditions and locations, along with measuring body composition and responses. As a sport research student you will also have access to specialist human movement monitoring software to help measure and improve physical activity and sporting performance.
Business & Law
The impressive Rose Bowl is home to our Business School based close to the commercial district of Leeds City Centre. With excellent lectures theatres, seminar rooms, conference and meeting facilities, the Rose Bowl offers a professional business environment for our students and business customers.
The Law School is in the heart of the Leeds legal and finance district at Cloth Hall Court and provides a professional environment for our law students with top quality lecture theatres and a mock court room. See more taking a virtual tour of our facilities at the Rose Bowl and Cloth Hall Court. We have two dedicated laboratory facilities, approximately 535 m2 of floor space in total. One is based at Northern Terrace Building at our City Campus, the other is solely for research and development projects (particularly for large-scale bespoke testing equipment) and is located at Roundhay Trade Park. We use specialised software that includes FLAC, PFC2D, Clay Masonry Walling, and Infoworks Drainage. A full inventory of equipment is available on our website, along with more detailed information on certain specific equipment. Our testing facilities are available for industrial consultancy projects and testing and we welcome being contacted to explore how we may be of assistance. We have five fully equipped music studios with live and control rooms for recording and acoustic experiments. Our first class motion capture room has a vicon motion capture system with 10 cameras allowing for real-time live tracking of human movement used for animation and motion studies.
Civil Engineering research
Creative Technologies
For video production we have blue-screen chroma keying allowing the merging of studio recordings with background scenery from different places. Our technical facilities also contain virtual reality systems for immersive 3D graphics, rendition and visualisation, and five computer laboratories for developing software systems and technologies.