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| Head of Department | Professor Paula Chadwick[1] |
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Academic staff | 78 |
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| Location | , , |
| Campus | Science Site, Durham University |
| Website | www.dur.ac.uk/physics |
The Department of Physics at Durham University in Durham, England, is a physics and astronomy department involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and scientific research.
Durham has the largest group working on particle theory in the United Kingdom.[2] It is rated very highly for its work in Astronomy and Astrophysics, possessing the largest research group on galaxy evolution in Europe.[2]
Located on the Mountjoy site south of the River Wear, the department is also home to two research institutes: the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology and the Institute for Computational Cosmology.[2]
In 2023 and 2024, the department was ranked the 2nd best in the United Kingdom by The Guardian, beating the University of Cambridge.[3]
- ^ "Professor Paula Chadwick - Durham University".
- ^ a b c "Department of Physics : About the Department". Durham University. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Best UK universities for physics – league table". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2024.