The hottest place on the planet and home of some of the world's coolest science, it's also a great location for business to thrive: a place to create, a place to innovate, a place to grow.

Culham Science Centre is home to over 45 commercial businesses from start-ups to major international organisations.

Culham Science Centre owned and managed by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, is sited in one of the most successful science locations in the country.

Culham Conference Centre is managed by the award-winning Elior UK; one of the UK’s leading catering, hospitality and facilities management organisations.

Culham Science Centre is a vibrant and exciting place where students, apprentices and highly qualified technicians from all corners of the world come to work, and relax, in the campus-like environment.

Open evenings at OAS training facility

Find out more about our new apprenticeship programme and our employer partner vacancies at one of our free to attend open evenings.

Funding boost announced at opening of self-driving test facility

Culham Science Centre (Oxfordshire) has officially opened its world-leading facility for the testing of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) and has revealed a further £780,000 of funding secured by OxLEP via the government’s Local Growth Fund to expand its vehicle test capabilities across site.

Business Event – CAV@CSC – 3 October 2019

The Business Event will be held on Thursday 3rd October 2019 between 10am – 4pm.

Prime Minister hails ‘world-leading’ fusion research at Culham Science Centre

The visit marked a Government announcement on plans to develop a new fast-track visa route for the brightest and best scientists to continue to move to the UK after EU Exit.

Culham Science Centre unveils new facility to support driverless car technology

Culham Science Centre announces the completion of a new £5.8 million facility, built to support the development of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) a sector estimated to be worth £907bn by 2035.

Lapd Architects Involved with Grand Designs: The Street

lapd Architects (a company based at Culham Science Centre) are involved with the self-build development Graven Hill, as seen on Grand Designs: The Street.

Record Breaking Cyclists at Culham Science Centre

On the day that Oxfordshire hosted the OVO Energy Women’s Tour professional cycle race, 200 cyclists representing 22 companies based at Culham Science Centre braved the British weather to rack-up 2,500 miles for Bike to Work Day (Wednesday 12 June 2019) an annual event organised by the centre to encourage sustainable travel in support of national Bike Week 2019.

Pulse #10

PULSE offers an insight into Culham Science Centre (CSC)’s valued businesses, from harnessing the power of fusion, to finding a cure for cancer, it’s all here for you to discover.

Future of JET Secured with New European Contract

A contract extension for the world’s largest fusion research facility, Joint European Torus, has been signed by the UK and the European Commission. The contract extension will secure at least €100m in additional inward investment from the EU over the next two years.

New OAS Training Facility Advancing at Culham Science Centre

Construction of the new Oxfordshire Advanced Skills (OAS) apprentice training facility is advancing rapidly with structural steelwork and the roof of the 3,800 square metre training workshops already up. The new building will be able to accommodate up to 350 apprentices, with industry-standard equipment covering a wide range of engineering and technology disciplines.

Results of Culham Science Centre’s Annual Traffic Movement Count 2018

Duke of Cambridge’s Visit Marks End of MAST Upgrade Construction

It was a special day for UKAEA yesterday as we were joined by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, to celebrate the completion of Britain’s new fusion experiment.

Booming Business in Culham Means Expansion for Science Centre

Culham Science Centre, home to 1,500 highly skilled scientists and innovators, has been granted permission to expand by Science Minister Sam Gyimah. The expansion is needed now that the successful campus site is full.

Oxbotica Receives £14million Investment

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has welcomed the £14 million investment in autonomous vehicle company Oxbotica, which uses its Culham Science Centre site as a testing base. Oxbotica this week announced the investment, which it will use to accelerate its growth as it develops the software behind autonomous systems in sectors including aerospace, automotive, construction, logistics and mining.

Interview with Professor Susan Greenfield of Neuro-Bio by UKAEA

As well as UKAEA, Culham Science Centre hosts a range of leading scientific companies. One of these is Neuro-Bio, a biotech company with a focus on neurogenerative disease. Scientist, writer and broadcaster Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield (pictured) is CEO of Neuro-Bio, which she founded in 2013.