September 2019 saw the opening of the £35 million Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC), a state-of-the-art facility with integrated teaching and research space, to create an integrated space for teaching, research and knowledge exchange, resulting in higher education provision in Lancashire which more closely reflects the economic priorities of the business community and establishing UCLan as a leader in engineering innovation.[84] UCLan anticipates that the centre will produce an increase of hundreds of locally trained graduates per year in areas such as aerospace, mechanical and oil engineering.