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Runway Park is a 100-acre development that links the University’s world-class research with the real-world challenges faced by a wide range of businesses, from growing companies to household name multinationals.

Located off Junction 33 of the M1, the University of Sheffield Innovation District was initially developed in 2015 when Factory 2050, the UK’s first reconfigurable digital factory, was completed. Since then, a host of other specialist University of Sheffield research centres have been established there, including the Translational Energy Research Centre, Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre, Royce Translational Centre and more, offering a range of specialist services and facilities to industrial partners. In 2018, Boeing opened its first European manufacturing site nearby, following almost two decades of collaboration between the company and the University of Sheffield.

As well as providing access to sophisticated facilities, equipment and expertise, Runway Park forms part of South Yorkshire’s wider innovation ecosystem designed to help organisations innovate and thrive as the challenges they face continue to evolve.

Runway Park is shaped around four distinct zones: research, innovation, manufacturing and leisure, with each designed to support focused activity while encouraging collaboration. The development is designed to suit occupiers with their own ideas of custom builds, from small-scale co-working to large-scale manufacturing. Supported by sustainable energy infrastructure, Runway Park sits among 87 hectares of woodland, parkland and green spaces.

Factory 2050

The UK’s first state of the art factory which is capable of rapidly switching production between different high-value components and one-off parts.

Translational Energy Research Centre

A world-leading pilot-scale research centre working with industry to test and develop green energy solutions.

Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre

A pioneering gene therapy innovation centre set to advance scientific discoveries into treatment options for patients with life-threatening diseases

GTIMC

Sustainable Aviation Fuels-Innovation Centre

The UK’s first centre to develop, test, validate and certify zero-carbon and sustainable aviation fuels.

Royce Translational Centre

Offering industry state-of-the-art facilities to evolve novel materials and processing techniques.

RTC

Laboratory for Verification and Validation

Offering industry the opportunity to test large-scale engineering structures under real-life vibration and acoustic conditions.

Integrated Civil and Infrastructure Research Centre

Offering industry specialised research and consulting expertise looking at how big data, advanced materials and robotics can be used to increase innovation.