Courses
Research and Innovation
Welcome to our Research and Innovation Hub
From Research To Regional Enterprise
Research at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) is driven by regional innovation and collaboration across our nine campuses in the West and Northwest of Ireland. ATU researchers collaborate with industry, communities, and international partners to address challenges across sustainability, digital transformation, health, and more. Our network of research centres and innovation hubs support applied research to drive economic and social development throughout the region and strengthen our global research profile.
Explore Our Impact
Ideas to Enterprise
Our researchers, entrepreneurs and enterprise partners are turning ideas into solutions that support the needs of our communities and industries.
AI & Technology
Artificial intelligence and technology are reshaping how we learn, work, create and care for one another. Our researchers and staff explore AI’s impact across healthcare, education, sport, ethics and accessibility.
Oceans
Researchers, students, and local partnerships support our connection to marine environments and create sustainable solutions for blue spaces.
Connect with Research Experts
Explore PURE Portal for our latest research publications, academic profiles, and collaborative projects.
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RISE@ATU
Research Centres
Our Research Track Record
- We compete and win international funding based on excellence and originality.
- We publish at the highest levels in the peer-review system.
- We invent and deliver to market products, processes and systems.
- We inform the design and delivery of our undergraduate teaching with the outputs of our Research, Innovations and Engagement (RIE) activities.
- We graduate externally examined Masters and PhD students.
ATU Community Engagement Activities
Community-based Research Projects
We lead, collaborate, and support many community-based research projects. Projects are undertaken to support community development, inform social issues that may exist in communities, provide an evidence base for community development, and enhance the community for its citizens.
Work Integrated Learning
Over 200 of our programmes have community supported learning placements.
Volunteering Activities within Communities
Across all our campuses, large numbers of team members and students use their knowledge, skills, and competencies to support community initiatives and actions. They often raise much needed funds for local organisations such as the NW Simon Community, Focus Ireland, and Special Olympics Ireland.
Knowledge Transfer and Sharing Activities
These are embedded across all campuses. Knowledge sharing initiatives make an ongoing contribution to the economic, social, and cultural future of our society.
Examples of recent activities include Heritage Tourism and Social Value Creation, Inishowen Development Partnership, and Situational Health Needs Analysis.