SETU Research, Innovation and Impact

SETU is committed to being a research-led technological university, recognised for its distinctive, high quality centres of research. Our strategy is to create substantial centres of excellence for world-class research in which individual scholars and research groups are given maximum freedom to pursue their investigations.

Our academic research community is networked into the global research community and quality assured through collaborations and peer reviewed publications. Our postgraduate masters and PhD programmes provide our students with opportunities to carry out research with some of the leading research centers around the world.

SETU has created a research and innovation ecosystem bringing together researchers, students, entrepreneurs, companies, healthcare centres and other organisations focused on ensuring that our research activities are internationally benchmarked, strategic and societally relevant. Research conducted at SETU is aligned with UN Sustainability Goals and the University is a signatory of DORA.

Industry plays an important partnership role in the development and operation of our research strategy. We have focused our resources on building centres of research excellence in areas which are strategically important for Ireland and the South-East region. These include Bio-Pharma, Communications Networks, Mobile Services and Advanced Manufacturing. The excellence of our research activities has enabled us to develop strategic partnerships with global industrial leaders and indigenous High Potential Start-Ups creating real economic benefit.