Physics & Astronomy

Postgraduate research opportunities

• Applied Photonics [EngD]
• Biomedical Engineering [PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
• Electronics & Nanoscale Engineering [PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
• Physics & Astronomy [PhD/EngD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
• Sensor & Imaging Systems [EngD]

Postgraduate research

99% of our Physics research has been evaluated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ in the latest Research Excellence Framework [2021].

About our postgraduate research

We offer the following research study options: PhD, MPhil, MSc(Res).

Our research areas include:

• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Experimental and theoretical particle physics
• Extreme light
• Gravitational research
• Imaging concepts
• Materials and condensed matter physics
• Nuclear and hadron physics
• Optics
• Quantum theory.

You may want to identify and contact a potential supervisor to discuss your research proposal before you apply.

• Staff research interests search