Research in the Department

The Department is internationally recognised for its research which is organised around 8 major groups, each of which run its own weekly seminar series.There are currently 30 academic staff, 70 research students and 37 research assistants and fellows in the Department. We currently host 24 EPSRC-funded research projects, 6 EC-funded projects, 7 industrially funded projects, and several research fellowships.
The current grants and fellowships total more than £6M.
The Department was rated as one of the top 10 departments for research in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.

Research Groups