The Institute of Particle Science & Engineering (IPSE) is a centre of excellence helping to improve quality of life by addressing the engineering science of particulate processes and products.

Current activities are organised within the following areas:

- Particulate measurement systems
- Particulate systems modelling
- Manufacture of advanced particulates

The institute also leads two Enterprise & Knowledge Transfer centres: the ParticlesCIC and the Keyworth Institute as well as the BNFL/Nexia Alliance, Malvern IntelliSense Partnership and the NanoManufacturing Institute.