Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork is one of Europe's leading research centres, specialising in ICT hardware research, with ca 420 staff, students and academic & industrial visiting researchers. Tyndall undertakes internationally-leading research into information and communications technology. Tyndall uses its facilities and expertise to support industry and academia nationally and provides large numbers of highly qualified graduate students, key to the development of Ireland’s national economy. Tyndall has over 200 industry partnerships and customers worldwide. Several start up companies in Ireland have been based on technology originating at Tyndall. The Institute’s researchers include 125 PhD and 10 Masters students, and 38 nationalities are represented within the institute at all levels, with its research published in 200 peer reviewed publications last year. Income for 2010 was over €33m.

Tyndall focuses on delivering the following:

• Research excellence in ICT and Life Sciences
• Delivering ICT solutions for Communications & Computation, Energy, Health and Environment
• Educating the next generation of innovators
•  Attracting inward investment
  
• Creating value for indigenous Irish companies
  
• National facility open to all-Ireland research and business
• Our “atoms to systems” approach at places particular emphasis on the development of innovative materials, devices and microsystem hardware platforms