The following are partners, or have recently been partners, in PhD projects:
- Abesco Fire Ltd
- Advanced Material Research Laboratory
- Advanced Nuclear Research Centre
- Agilent
- AHRC
- Airborne Systems
- Airbus
- Arbnco Ltd
- AstraZeneca Ltd
- Atomic Weapons Establishment
- Aubert & Duval
- Babcock International Group PLC
- BAE Systems
- Bam Nuttal Ltd
- BBSRC
- Beijing Empyreal Environmental Engineering Ltd
- Boeing
- Booth Welsh
- Brightwake Ltd
- British Heart Foundation
- Bruce Power L.P.
- Cancer Research UK
- Capita
- Care Quality Commission
- Carnegie Trust
- ClinSpec
- Commonwealth Commission
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- David Begg Associates
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
- Diabetes UK
- DNV GL Group
- Dolfi Sonic
- Doosam Babock Energy Scotland Ltd
- EC-OG
- EDF Energy Networks Ltd
- Egyptian Government
- Embassy of Oman
- Enocell
- European Commission
- European Space Agency
- Fixed Phage Ltd
- Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd
- Free Running Buildings
- Friends at the End
- Gamesa Innovation and Technology
- German Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY)
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
- Gooch and Housego Ltd
- Greater Copenhagen Health Science Partners
- Gyros Protein Technologies
- Harbin Tonghe Optics and Precision Machinery Co Ltd
- Heart Research UK
- Helia Photonics Ltd
- Helmholtz Association
- Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
- IBM
- Innospec
- Institute of Photonic Sciences
- Interreg
- James Fisher Defence Limited
- JEOL UK
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Kelvin Nanotechnology
- Leonardo Mw Ltd
- LGC Ltd
- Linn Products Ltd
- Manufacturing Technology Centre
- Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS)
- MathWorks Ltd
- MBDA UK Ltd
- Med Alliance
- Merck Ltd
- Mexican Government
- Ministry of Defence (MoD)
- Modern Law Review Ltd
- Mondelez
- MRC
- National Centre for Manufacturing Science
- National Centre for Space Studies
- National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL)
- National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
- National Waiting Times Centre Board
- Natural Power Service Ltd
- NDE Research Association
- NERC
- NSF Health Sciences Ltd
- NXP Laboratories UK Ltd
- OPTOS Plc
- Orbital Access Ltd
- Ovesco Endoscopy AG
- PAL Technologies
- Penumbra
- Petroleum Technology Development Fund
- Peugot
- Pfizer Ltd
- Photon Force Ltd
- Qinetiq Ltd
- RCCL
- Renishaw Plc
- Resolver
- Ricardo UK
- Rolls Royce
- Royal Academy of Engineers
- Royal Commission for Exhibition
- Royal Rhai Embassy
- Sandvik Ltd
- Scottish Research Partnership In Engineering
- SHAIPI
- Siemens Gamesa
- Sonomatic Ltd
- Spirit Aerospace UK Ltd
- STFC
- Stone Marine Propulsions
- Swarmonline Ltd
- Syngenta
- TENOVUS
- Terumo Aortic
- Thai Government
- THALES UK
- The Data Lab
- The NHS
- Tobermory Fish
- Turemo Aortic Ltd
- TWI
- UK Space Agency
- UniKLasers
- Vascutek
- Vicon
- Weir Group
- WELLCOME Trust
- Xilinx