Research facilities and equipment

The School of Biological Sciences and the Biomulecular Interactions Centre (BIC) are housed in a modern, custom-designed building and boasts research and teaching facilities to international standards. Our new research building Pūtaio koiora has state-of-the-art facilities. Learn more about biological sciences and biomolecular interactions.

All our graduate students have office space in the department and there's a dedicated postgraduate computer suite. We have over 20 highly skilled, experienced technicians available to help with experimental research. Learn more about civil and natural resources engineering facilities.

Electrical and computer engineering research students have access to facilities at the UC Faculty of Engineering, the Spatial Engineering Research Centre (SERC) and The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. Learn about our electrical and computer engineering facilities.

UC has excellent facilities and technology to support your studies. They include our Mount John Astronomical Observatory in Tekapo and the Rutherford Regional Science and Innovation Centre in Christchurch. Check out our Physical and Chemical Sciences facilities.

UC Mechanical Engineering has an extensive range of laboratories, facilities, and work rooms for teaching, research, and consultancy work. Our custom-built laboratories have world-class equipment for cutting-edge research. Learn more about our Mechanical Engineering labs and facilities. 

The School of Forestry has first-class facilities including teaching and research spaces and the Wood Technology precinct, which contains a timber drying and preservation unit, a pulp and paper room and a general workshop.

Geography manages an extensive suite of equipment and software while Geological Sciences has access to laboratories and field stations. Learn about UC's geology and geography labs.

Learn more about UC's human-computer interaction labs. The Human Interface Technology Lab New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ) enhances daily life with technology using Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality (AR), and Applied Games. The Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Multimedia Lab does research about user-friendly computer interfaces.

New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain, and Behaviour (NZILBB) researchers have access to an excellent range of equipment which is distributed across our associated departments and local partners. Learn about the language, brain, and behaviour lab.

The active UCDroneLab research group combines the expertise of our engineering and science faculties. UC has a long history of drone/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) research. We were instrumental in developing the New Zealand aviation rules for drones and in securing the first beyond line of site test site in NZ. Learn more about the UCDroneLab.