Usability Labs around the World
UsabilityLab.com lists Usability Labs around the world. Disclaimer: I am
not endorsing any of these labs, use them at your own risk, read the websites
before contacting them, some of them may no longer be accurate, etc.
Last Update: April, 2004
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Labs for Hire
Australia
Univesity of Queensland
- Cognitive Engineering Research Group (Site is ambiguous on external
usage) Brisbane
Swinburne University - SCHIL
Melbourne
Austria
Interface
Consult
Vienna
Canada
University of Toronto - Mech. and
Industrial Eng.
Toronto
Concordia
University - Human-Centered SE Group
Montreal
Risø National
Laboratory - Systems Analysis Dept.
Roskilde
Southern
Illinois University
Edwardsville
Finland
HUT Usability
Helsinki
Germany
Heinrich-Hertz-Institut
Berlin
University of Osnabruck - Dept. of Psych.
Osnabruck
Ergosign
Saarbrucken
India
Cognizant
Technology Solutions
Madras
Ireland
Frontend
Dublin
New Zealand
University of Waikato - CS Dept.
Waikato
United Kingdom
University
of Central England - Birmingham Institute of Art & Design
Birmingham
University
of Abertay Dundee - Scottish Usability Lab
Dundee
System Concepts
London
Usability By
Design
London
IMetrix
London
University
of Leeds - School of Psych.
Leeds
United States
Arizona
Interface
Guru
Tucson
California
Classic
System Solutions
Brentwood
Otivo
San Francisco
theUEgroup
San Jose
Sun Microsystems
Menlo Park
Pacific Science
and Engineering
San Diego
Usability Lab Rental
Oregon. Mobile lab - available throughout west coast
Colorado
Viewmark
Denver
Conneticut
Wesleyan University
Georgia
Washington
University - User-Centered Design Group
Marietta
Indiana
Indiana
University - SLIS
Bloomington
Kansas
Wichita
State University - Dept. of Pschology
Wichita
Maryland
UserWorks
Silver Spring (central Washington, DC)
Michigan
University of Michigan -
Duderstadt Center (formerly Media Union)
New York
Sachs Insights
New York City (Site says they work anywhere in the world)
Oregon
Oregon State
University - NACSE
Corvallis
Texas
Universithy
of Texas - Usability Lab
Austin
Usability
Sciences Corporation
Irving, Dallas
Utah
SurgeWorks
(Mobile Lab)
Salt Lake City
Washington
Southern Polytechnic State
University - Usability Centre
Showcase Labs
There is a separate list of "showcase labs"
here. These are labs you can't hire, but you can certainly learn from.
Such as the seriously hardcore setup used by Microsoft Usability
Research.
Usability Lab at Maheomff.com
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UsabilityEngineering.com, Useng.com)