Supporting business

Discover how we can support your organisation through our facilities and academic expertise.

Marine and maritime services

We offer a range of services to support the local, national and international maritime economy.

We can provide facilities and expertise to help you in the following areas:

safety, risk and regulation
impact, culture and heritage
environment modelling and mapping
big data and cyber-security
vessel design and performance
tourism, ports and logistics
robotics and autonomous systems
energy and resources
materials, structures and testing

Facility and equipment hire

We have dozens of laboratories, testing facilities and other equipment available for commercial hire.

These include:

towing tank
coral reef laboratory
research vessels
wind tunnels
research aquarium
maritime robotics lab
testing and structures lab

Academic consultancy

Our academic experts are active in research across a wide range of disciplines.

We can offer help and advice in areas such as:

marine corrosion and erosion
maritime law, history and archaeology
propulsion materials

Knowledge transfer partnerships

A knowledge transfer partnership involves the placement of a high-quality graduate into your business, with the support of an academic expert and university facilities. This will help boost your business's profitability.

Costs are covered by up to 67% grant funding.

Contact us

Get in touch. We're happy to answer your questions.

Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute, Boldrewood Innovation Campus, Southampton, SO16 7QF