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School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
  1. School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
  2. Research
  3. Centres and Groups

Research Centres and Groups

Research in the School is organised around Research Centres, Groups, and Collaborative Research Centres.

Astronomy Unit

Research in cosmology, planetary formation and dynamics, space and solar plasma physics, survey astronomy and stellar physics.
Astronomy Unit

Centre for Theoretical Physics

Concentrates on the development of string theory and its many applications. New applications of string theory to particle physics and more.
Centre for Theoretical Physics

Centre for Condensed Matter Physics

Concentrates on understanding the fundamental physical properties of materials.
Centre for Condensed Matter Physics

Functional Materials and Nanoscience

Learn more about our functional materials and nanoscience research.
Functional Materials and Nanoscience

Particle Physics Research Centre

Leading in international experiments including ATLAS, T2K and SNO+, as well as hosting a major component of GridPP.
Particle Physics Research Centre

Physical and Computational Chemistry

Learn more about our physical and computational chemistry research.
Physical and Computational Chemistry

Synthesis and Catalysis

Learn more about our synthesis and catalysis research.
Synthesis and Catalysis

Collaborative Research Centres

We also collaborate with researchers from other schools within University.
Collaborative Research Centres
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