What is WMG?
WMG was established by Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya in 1980 in order to reinvigorate UK manufacturing through the application of cutting edge research and effective knowledge transfer. The group started small – just an office, the Professor and his secretary – but has since grown into a global force to be reckoned with, delving outside its manufacturing core into new sectors: health, banking, the built environment and digital technology. We now employ over 300 full time staff with a further 150 associates who fill three buildings at the University, developing innovative research projects and sharing our knowledge with a wide range of businesses through collaboration, knowledge transfer schemes, PhD supervision, postgraduate study and bespoke executive training. We have just opened a fourth centre – the Warwick Digital Lab, which will house a wide range of digitally-based research projects alongside delivery of related MSc courses and services to local small businesses. WMG is a t
