Centre for Infrastructure Research
A post-92 Higher Education establishment, Napier University conducts intensive research with an applied flavour across a range of inter-connected specialisms. The School of Engineering and Built Environment hosts the Centre for Infrastructure Research. The school of Engineering and Built Environment recorded its first PhD completion in 1993. Since then a total of 106 PhD and 24 MPhil candidates have gained their respective awards.
The emphasis within the Centre is on applied interdisciplinary research, which is demanded by industry and transferred to it. The major aspects of the Centre's research policy are:
To achieve excellence in research in selected interdisciplinary areas attractive to industry
To apply research to specific problems relevant to national and local industry
To emphasise technology transfer to industry through applied and interdisciplinary research
To promote research by other staff through consultancy and KTP programmes
The following Research Groups are part of the Centre for Infrastructure Research:
Building Performance
Infrastructure and Environment
Signals
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Energy
The School of Engineering and the Built Environment has a long history of innovative research and applied development activities in partnership with industry.
Our research activities generally cover the two strategic themes of technology innovation and sustainable energy and the School staff have won many awards through projects culminating in inventive technologies, materials, designs and processes. With its focused national and international research 
programmes and centres, the School's mission is to advance knowledge and educate students in engineering, technology and the built environment.
As part of a leading modern University, the School is recognised as a major contributor to professional career development, applied research and knowledge transfer activities in association with commercial and industrial public institutions. We are energetically engaged in technology transfer and the University is acknowledged as the one of the largest providers of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in Scotland. This successful profile implied the School received a high rating in the last research assessment exercise.