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 and Strathclyde, and Scottish Association for Marine Science. It is funded by the EPSRC and NERC (EP/S023933/1) and was previously funded as the Industrial Doctoral Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy by the EPSRC and the ETI (EP/J500847/1).
