The Department of Physics provides an academically stimulating and supportive environment for doctoral researchers. We are an international community of academic staff and students, active in cutting-edge research and industry engagement.We are a research intensive Physics department, best known for our leading contribution to diverse fields of condensed matter physics.Building on our traditional strengths in fundamental physics we address the UK Grand Challenges. Our most significant contributions and innovations are in the areas of 2D and van der Waals materials, novel devices for energy harvesting, spintronics, high-frequency electronics, novel computing approaches and artificial intelligence.Our research strengths lie particularly within the areas of condensed matter and materials, with a good balance between theory and experiment.