Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Science

School of Physics & Astronomy

Welcome to the School of Physics and Astronomy

We are a highly prestigious Physics department with 135 year history of nationally and internationally leading research and teaching. Over 60 academic and academic related staff, 25 support and technical staff and 70 research students, combine with 500 undergraduates to form a lively community, part of an established research-focused university.

Building a better magnetometer for cardiology

Magnetic resonance images of the heart have become a powerful tool in cardiology - yet the room-sized instruments currently needed for MRI scans can be a daunting experience for patients, as well as requiring specialist staff for operation and interpretation of the results. A new supersensitive magnetometer designed for qu

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Break-in' Point - Dance/Physics performance at stage@leeds, Thursday 7 June at 12.30pm

Renowned dance artist De-Napoli Clarke (JCR Dance) and theoretical physicist Jiannis K Pachos (University of Leeds) have joined forces to explore the relationship between movement and science through the human catoptron.

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Complete University Guide Rates Leeds Physics 7th Best

The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leeds is now ranked 7th Best in the UK according to the Complete University Guide

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Stoner Colloquium

The next Stoner Colloquium by Professor Markus Aspelmeyer from the University of Vienna, entitled "Schroedinger’s Mirrors: Confronting Quantum Physics with Gravity?" will take place on Tuesday, 3rd April at 5.15 pm in Conference Auditorium 2. 

 

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I chose Theoretical Physics at Leeds because it offered my course in the way that I wanted to study.

Katherine Howarth - MPhys Theoretical Physics