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Leading courses offering flexible student support through a variety of educational and practical research.
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PhD
The Department offers opportunities for PhD research in all its research groups.
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Research
Lancaster is home to one of the top UK Physics research facilities.
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Latest Updates
Our reputation for Physics and Astronomy ranked amongst UK's best
Lancaster University’s Physics Department is ranked amongst the best in the UK in the 2017 Complete University Guide (CUG) league tables.
Groundbreaking conference aims to understand body rhythms
More than 140 scientists are to converge on Lancaster University from all over the world for the first ever conference on biological oscillations from 10-14 April 2016.
Lancaster Physics graduates help find gravitational waves
Former Lancaster Physics graduates Dr Laura Nuttall (MPhys Hons Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology 2009) and Dr Gareth Davies (MPhys Hons Physics 2011) have contributed in the discovery of gravitational waves
Gifted student invited to learn from Nobel Laureates
PhD student, Jonathan Roberts, has been invited to the 66th Lindau Nobel meeting where he will mingle with 30 Nobel Laureates.
Star astronomer joins Lancaster
David Sobral who discovered the brightest distant galaxy in the Universe has joined Lancaster University.
