Our Partnership

The University of Nottingham’s Faculty of Engineering is proud of its international research partnership with Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering; as both institutions strive to go beyond boundaries in their approach to research.

An official partnership agreement, a memorandum of understanding, was signed in December 2009 and has expanded into mutually beneficial research in eight areas::

• Biopolymers and Materials
• Gas Turbine Propulsion
• Geoenergy and Mining
• Human Factors
• Manufacturing
• Polymer Composites
• Power Electronics
• Transportation Materials

Vision statement

Both the University of Nottingham and Virginia Tech share the same vision of “expanding beyond the research collaboration to education as well as the next vision of a truly global university.”