Partners of MARS

MARS collaborates with a range of public and private sector organisations to tackle complex real-world challenges.

Our partners

These collaborations inform our teaching and research, and we continue to create links with organisations to provide our students with opportunity to gain experience in real-world mathematics.

  • EDF

    EDF is Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. For more than 25 years, it has been investing in nuclear to deliver reliable, zero-carbon power. EDF is switching more activities from fossil fuels to electricity and building wind and solar infrastructure to produce low carbon power, ensuring that Britain can meet its energy, security and climate goals.

  • Hitachi Digital Services

    Hitachi Digital Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., is a global systems integrator powering mission-critical platforms with people and technology. It helps enterprises build, integrate, and run physical and digital systems with tailored solutions in cloud, data, IoT, and ERP modernisation, underpinned by advanced AI.

  • JBA Consulting

    JBA Consulting is part of the JBA Group – a family of environmental, engineering and risk management companies. Working collaboratively across technical disciplines, it combines analytical, engineering, social and nature-inspired solutions. It supports its clients to adapt and build resilience to climate change both in the UK and worldwide.

  • JBA Trust

    JBA Trust was created in 2011 as an independent charity that supports research and promotes the development of knowledge and skills in environmental risk management, especially in the water environment. It is a not-for-profit foundation that collaborates with a range of partners to provide education and training, and to support, sponsor and deliver high quality research.

  • Naimuri

    Naimuri is a software development house, specialising in data intelligence solutions. Founded as an SME in 2015, it was acquired by QinetiQ in 2020. Naimuri designs and delivers bespoke data intelligence solutions using software development, cloud engineering, data science, and artificial intelligence and machine learning.

  • Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA)

    The Northern Health Science Alliance is a health and life sciences partnership between the leading NHS trusts and universities in northern England. It was established in 2011 to act, and add value, across research and innovation in the North and to mobilise the North’s assets for the benefit of the people and the economy.

  • North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA)

    The North West Aerospace Alliance represents c. 25% of the UK’s aerospace industry, encompassing over 240+ member companies with a combined turnover exceeding £7 billion. As the professional trade association for companies across the North West of England, the NWAA champions the interests of its members at regional, national, and international levels.

  • Tata Steel

    Tata Steel is one of the largest steel producers in Europe with a crude steel production capacity of 12 MTPA. Its UK manufacturing base comprises primary steel-making facilities, producing a wide range of high-quality strip steel products for markets such as construction, automotive, packaging and engineering.

  • Teleplan Forsberg

    Teleplan Forsberg provide expertise, products and bespoke or tailored solutions for positioning, navigation and timing systems, situational awareness and counter-UAS solutions. Teleplan Forsberg is part of the Teleplan group, a leading provider of software solutions for mission-critical systems based in Norway.

  • University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT)

    The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust provides community and hospital services across the Morecambe Bay area. It operates from three main hospitals as well as a number of community healthcare premises. It provides high standards of patient care covering a thousand square miles in south Cumbria and north Lancashire.

  • UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)

    The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is a leading independent research institute dedicated to understanding and transforming how we interact with the natural world. With over 600 researchers, UKCEH tackles the urgent environmental challenges of our time, such as climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.