The university’s expertise and facilities are in high demand among the local industries and agencies. The university’s commercial arm of the university, USAINS Holding Sdn. The environmental testing and analytical services use the equipment and facilities of various schools and centres such as the Environmental Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, School of Chemical Sciences, School of Physics and various schools and centres of the Engineering campus in Nibong Tebal, Penang. The university staff conducts environmental impact studies for various activities such as construction of dams and waste water treatment plans and flood mitigation designs.