
The University Research Facility in Life Sciences (ULS) was established in 2015. Being one of the University Research Facilities (URFs) at PolyU, the ULS aims at providing access to advanced instruments required for the research work in life sciences, encouraging multidisciplinary research and innovations, maintaining core facilities, and training research staff and students.

The multidisciplinary research instruments in ULS can be divided into the following sections:
- Mass Spectrometry
- Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
- Fluorescent Microscopy
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Genomic Science
- Small Animal Research/Animal Imaging Centre (AIC)
- Biochemical Analysis
- General Research