Welcome to the School of Physics & Astronomy

We run one of the most popular undergraduate physics programmes in the country. Our teaching has been rated 'excellent' and in the last Research Assessment Exercise we were placed joint 2nd with Cambridge and St Andrews in a ranking of 42 Physics departments. We pride ourselves on being a centre that is internationally recognised for the quality of our teaching and research and hope that you will enjoy learning a little more about us through this site.

Student fees and finance for 2012/13

The University of Nottingham has announced plans to set undergraduate fees for full-time home and EU students at £9,000 from 2012. Fees do not have to be paid up-front and a generous package of bursaries will be available to support home students from lower-income families. Well over a third of our students will be eligible for our core bursaries, which offer up to £3,000 for each year of undergraduate study.

For further information please visit the Student fees and finance website.

Events

Joint TMP, QI and Cold Atoms Seminar

Date: 23/02/2012
Location:: C4
Description: Joint TMP, QI and Cold Atoms Seminar Rosario Gonzalez-Ferez, University of Granada

Joint TMP and Cold Atoms Seminar

Date: 27/02/2012
Location:: C12 Physics Building
Description: Joint CMT and Cold Atoms Seminar Christiane Koch, University of Kassel

Joint TMP and Cold Atoms Seminar

Date: 21/03/2012
Location:: B21
Description: Joint TMP and Cold Atoms Seminar Igor Mekhov, Oxford University, Title: TBA

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Latest News

Levitating flies give clues to future life in space

Description: Nottingham physicist Dr Richard Hill has shown how magnetically levitated fruit flies can provide vital clues to the way biological organisms are affected by weightless conditions in space.
Date:: 05/01/2012

School Researcher plays with nano Jigsaw

Description: School researcher Dr Andrew Stannard has discovered a way to control how tiny flat molecules fit together in a seemingly random pattern - a nano jigsaw.
Date:: 01/12/2011

Stellar Success for School Particle Theory Group

Description: The School is celebrating a bumper crop of top new research brains in its Particle Theory Group after receiving a major new grant and an unprecedented number of postdoctoral researchers on fellowships from around the world.
Date:: 18/11/2011