Why study with us?
What we can offer you
The School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics offers a number of unique qualities that make our students and degrees stand out from the rest.
Some of the reasons to come and study with us are listed below.
For detailed admissions information please visit our How to Apply webpage where you can find contact details for our Admissions Tutors and information about each of the degrees that we offer.
Student-focussed teaching
- School ranked in the top ten in recent Guardian University League 2010.
- Emphasis on skills and employability including the opportunity for professional placements in the UK and abroad.
- Relevant degrees valued by employers.
- Great staff-to-student ratio allows us to focus on individuals.
Highly-regarded research intensive school
- The majority of our research was ranked as world leading in RAE2008.
- Our reseach expertise feeds directly into our undergraduate teaching both in lectures and in the range and quality of our final year projects.
- The school hosts one of the largest astrophysics groups in the UK.
- Postgraduate opportunities in maths, physics and astronomy.
The best teaching observatory in the UK
- Bayfordbury is our state-of-the-art optical and radio observatory with award winning, purpose built teaching/control room.