The N8 Research Partnership

Founded in 2006, the N8 Research Partnership is a collaboration of the eight most research-intensive universities in the North of England – Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York – united by a shared ambition and a commitment to collective action.

Together, we achieve far more than any single institution. Our critical mass of expertise allows us to tackle major societal and economic challenges, forging partnerships that drive growth and opportunity.

N8’s purpose

To mobilise the combined research and innovation excellence and collective scale of the North’s leading universities to create major opportunities, attract investment and deliver lasting economic and societal benefit for people and places across the North and the wider UK.