Welcome
The School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Manchester is one of the largest and most active schools of physics in the United Kingdom and includes the Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Academic excellence
Manchester is the only Physics department in the UK to be BOTH in the top five for the volume of world-leading and internationally excellent research AND to have the maximum rating for teaching as reported by the RAE and QAA government assessment panels respectively.
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Courses
Find out more about opportunities to study here.
Research facilities
A great deal of the research at Manchester is 'big science', such as Astronomy, High Energy Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics, based at international facilities.
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Top Ratings for both Research and Teaching.
Our school has recently achieved an overall satisfaction rate of 99% in the National Student Survey. This is the highest rate for any English Physics Department.