The University of Strathclyde is the largest Engineering Faculty in Scotland and one of the top five Engineering faculties in the UK. The first wind turbine for electricity production was created at Strathclyde and the University is now ranked the top European Technological University for sustainability. The research facilities include the largest ship-model experiment wave/towing tank in any UK university – Kelvin Hydrodynamics Laboratory.
The EPSRC Industrial Centre for Doctoral Training for Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE) is a partnership of the Universities of Edinburgh, Exeter, Strathclyde and Swansea, and Scottish Association for Marine Science. IDCORE has been previously funded, in 2018 by EPSRC and NERC (EP/S023933/1) and in 2012 by EPSRC and ETI (EP/J500847/1).
