We are proud to be one of the largest physics departments in the UK with an outstanding reputation for excellence in research, undergraduate education and postgraduate training.

Our thriving research communities help unite all staff and students across the Department of Physics. These five communities are groups of people with similar interests where leadership is focused on staff support and culture to set the best possible environment for collaborative, state-of-the-art research.

Our research communities incorporate our long-established research group structure.

Our Department operates in an internationalised environment, which help us contribute significantly to the national and global research agendas. We also have a vast research portfolio, which covers the full range of theoretical and experimental physics and allows us to respond rapidly to opportunities and initiatives.

As a Department, we aim to:

• Inspire future world-class scientists in fundamental theory and experimentation
• Facilitate large international collaborations and projects
• Apply newly acquired knowledge to advanced technology
• Develop specialist infrastructure and facilities.

Our research activities are organised across our research communities, which comprise researchers from different groups who work in symbiosis with one another thanks to invaluable inter-lab collaborations.

It normally takes between three and four years of full-time work to complete. It is also possible to undertake a PhD part time, over five to six years.