Research

Atmospheric Physics research

Physics lecturers and researchers within the School are members of the Centre for Atmospheric and Instrumentation Research (CAIR) which has strengths in light scattering, instrumentation and atmospheric physics.

A number of our undergraduate students have gone on to work within the Science and Technology Research Institute and there are many opportunities to take postgraduate research degrees (either MSc or PhD) within the Institute.

Read more about the Centre for Atmospheric and Instrumentation Research.

Astrophysics research

All of our Astrophysics lecturers are members of the Centre for Astrophysics Research (CAR), which is now one of the largest astrophysics research groups in the UK.

Our research interests are wide and varied (stretching from extrasolar planets to cosmology) and we specialise in observational astronomy and are regular users of the world's premier telescopes.

We offer a number of STFC and University funded PhD places each year as well as self-funded MSc by Research degrees.

Find out about the Centre for Astrophysics Research.

Mathematics and Theoretical Physics research

The School has skills and expertise in a range of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics problems including algebra, quantum groups, theoretical optics and the optimisation of financial portfolios.

Discover more about Mathematics and Theoretical Physics research.