The HH Wills Physics Building

From particle physics and quantum information, to cosmology and astrophysics, our scientists push forward the frontiers of knowledge

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Student using one of the laboratories

Teaching is enriched by internationally-recognised research, enabling our students to meet the highest standards demanded by industry and academia

Courses and programmes
Graphical representation of a Higgs event

Our vision spans a wide portfolio, from emerging fields such as nanotechnology and superconductors, to world-class research in elementary particle physics and theoretical physics

Research
Schoolchildren learning about physics

We contribute to the public understanding of science through talks and demonstrations at schools and colleges

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Mulit-touch screen in the Nanophysics and Soft Matter research group

An expansive refurbishment is transforming Physics into a high quality working environment, with new high specification research laboratories and teaching facilities

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Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials Doctoral Training Centre

BCFN is run jointly by Physics and Chemistry and is training the next generation of nanoscientists through innovative training courses and exciting research projects

Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials

Research

We engage in modern science at the cutting edge of theory and experiment.

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Did you know?

The High Performance Computing CentreThe High Performance Computing Centre housed by Physics is one of the UK’s most powerful research computers, used for analysing data from the Large Hadron Collider.

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Professor Cecil Powell Sir Nevill Francis Mott

Nobel Laureates Professor Cecil Powell and Sir Nevill Francis Mott belonged to the School of Physics.

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Over 30 members of the Science faculty, including pioneering researchers from Physics, are Fellows of the Royal Society, the world’s oldest and most distinguished science academy.

Royal Society