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Queen’s Belfast and Rolls-Royce expand aerospace research partnership

A new University Technology Partnership will build on more than 25 years of collaboration and train future aerospace specialists alongside new research.

By The TEA Editorial Desk · 28 August 2026

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Queen’s University Belfast and Rolls-Royce have launched a new University Technology focused on aerospace innovation and training the next generation of industry specialists.

The organisations have worked together for more than 25 years, including on and simulation used in engine design and . The new partnership formalises the next stage of that relationship.

For Northern Ireland, the significance is not only the itself. Long-term university-industry partnerships can create routes for students and to work on real engineering problems while strengthening specialist skills that remain rooted in the region.