Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy is a constituent school of Cardiff University. The School is based at the Queen's Buildings complex of Cardiff University, on The Parade, Cardiff, close to the city centre. The School was first established in 1883. The school offers undergraduate (BSc) and postgraduate (PhD, MPhil, MSc) degrees in the subjects of Physics and Astronomy. The School has a total of about 300 undergraduate and 60 postgraduate students. The current Head of School is Professor Walter Gear.
The school has been involved in a number of research projects including:
* The Antikythera Mechanism - the oldest known complex scientific calculator.
* Herschel Telescope - space telescope within European Space Agency observatory, designed to observe the infra-red wavelength.
* Planck Telescope - space telescope within European Space Agency observatory, designed to study the Cosmic Microwave Background
* BLAST - designed to study the formation and evolution of stars, galaxies and clusters.
* LISA - designed for detailed studies of gravitational waves.
* VISTA - designed to be the world’s largest telescope dedicated to ground-based survey work.
* Hubble Space Telescope - one of the largest and most versatile space telescopes.
The school also has active collaborations with the European Space Agency and NASA.
Undergraduate degrees
* BSc and MPhys Physics
* BSc & MPhys Astrophysics
* BSc & MPhys Physics with Astronomy
* BSc Physics with Medical Physics
* BSc Theoretical and Computational Physics
* BSc Physics with Music
* BSc Physics with a Professional Placement
* BSc Physics with a Preliminary Year
Postgraduate degrees
* MSc in Biophotonics
* MPhil by research
* PhD by research
Research Areas
* Astronomy and Astrophysics
* Condensed Matter and Photonics, including nanophysics
* Gravitational Wave Physics
* Musical Acoustics
Notable Staff and Alumni
* Mike Disney
* Walter Gear
* Ernest Howard Griffiths
* John Viriamu Jones
* Emyr Jones Parry
* David Chilton Phillips
* Harold Roper Robinson
* Henry Tanner
* Charles Taylor

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