Institute for Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering

The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) is a collaboration between Coventry University and industry that delivers teaching excellence alongside innovative research within the Centre for Manufacturing and Materials.

Located on a factory site, the UK’s first ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ has developed an award-winning model that brings together academia, industry and innovative research in a factory setting. AME researches areas such as digital manufacturing, digital twins, metrology 4.0, lasers and joining, structural Integrity and non-destructive testing, sustainable manufacturing and manufacturing innovation.

AME’s vision is to create a centre of engineering excellence for innovative teaching and research, in a real-world manufacturing environment, that delivers industry-ready graduates, upskilled engineers and manufacturing leaders and technologies to enable business growth in the UK manufacturing industry.