The Science & Technology Centre supports and accommodates technology companies from start-up through to larger SMEs.
Notable companies currently or previously based at the Science & Technology Centre include Reading Scientific Services Ltd.
=== Reading Enterprise Hub ===
Reading Enterprise Hub is a business incubator opened in 2003. The hub was jointly sponsored by the university and SEEDA, and sought to attract startup high tech companies, particularly those with interests in environmental technology, information technology, life sciences, and materials science.
The hub was originally situated in World War II-era temporary office buildings on the university's Whiteknights campus. During the summer of 2008, the hub was demolished, along with the neighbouring former agriculture buildings, and the remaining tenants relocated to a building on the London Road campus. As of April 2010, a new Reading Enterprise Centre is being constructed on the hub's original site.
== Notable people ==
=== Notable alumni ===
=== Officers ===
Principals of University College, Reading
Sir Halford John Mackinder (1892–1903)
William Macbride Childs (1903–1926)
Chancellors of the University of Reading
J. H. Benyon (1926–1935)
Sir Austen Chamberlain (1935–1937)
Sir Samuel Hoare (1937–1959)
Lord Bridges (1959–1969)
Sir Roger Makins (1970–1992)
Lord Carrington (1992–2007)
Sir John Madejski (2007–2016)
William Waldegrave (2016–2022)
Paul Lindley (2022–Present)
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Reading
William Macbride Childs (1926–1929)
Sir Franklin Sibly (1929–1946)
Sir Frank Stenton (1946–1950)
Sir John Wolfenden (1950–1963)
Sir Harry Raymond Pitt (1964–1978)
Ewan Page (1979–1993)
Sir Roger Williams (1993–2002)
Gordon Marshall (2003 – July 2011)
Tony Downes (acting; July 2011 – January 2012)
Sir David Bell (January 2012 – September 2018)
Robert Van de Noort (August 2018 – Present)
=== Notable academics ===
Stanislav Andreski – was a professor of Sociology at the University of Reading
Malcolm Barber – Emeritus Professor of History, …
