HAAS Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering
Get hands-on with advanced engineering
The HAAS Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering is a specialist engineering facility based inside our University & Professional Development Centre in Bury St Edmunds.
Created with a £550,000 investment from the Gene Haas Foundation, it is the first and only Gene Haas Centre in the East of England. The Centre gives you access to HAAS CNC machinery, computer-operated manufacturing equipment and simulation technology, helping you develop the practical skills and experience needed for modern engineering careers.
Learn with industry technology
At the HAAS Centre, you’ll work with equipment used in advanced manufacturing and develop practical experience alongside your studies.
Facilities include:
- HAAS CNC machinery
- CNC simulation technology
- Computer-operated manufacturing equipment
- Specialist engineering workshop facilities
- Technology for practical manufacturing and machining
You’ll learn how to use these technologies safely and effectively, applying your knowledge to practical engineering tasks and projects.
From classroom to career
The Centre helps connect your studies with the world of work, giving you experience you can take into further study, apprenticeships or employment.
Depending on your course, you could develop skills in:
- CNC machining
- Manufacturing processes
- Engineering design
- Computer-aided manufacturing
- Technical problem-solving
- Precision engineering
- Quality control and material testing
These skills can open the door to careers including manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, CNC machining, production engineering and engineering design.
Supporting engineering across the region
The HAAS Centre is also helping address the growing demand for skilled engineers across Suffolk and the wider East of England.
By bringing specialist facilities and higher-level engineering education together in Bury St Edmunds, we’re helping more people develop the skills local businesses need – while giving employers a stronger pipeline of future engineering talent.
The Centre is expected to support around 150 additional learners each year, helping to grow the region’s engineering and advanced manufacturing workforce.
Right here in Bury St Edmunds
You don’t have to move away to access specialist engineering facilities.
The HAAS Centre is part of our University & Professional Development Centre in Bury St Edmunds, alongside our higher education and adult learning provision.
Study locally. Get hands-on. Build your future in engineering.