Faculty of Science

Overview

Acknowledged as internationally leading, the Faculty of Science provides an outstanding intellectual environment for over 700 postgraduate students, in the Schools of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Experimental Psychology, Geographical Sciences, Mathematics and Physics.

There are also tremendous opportunities for interdisciplinary study in research groupings and centres for: Behavioural Biology; Biogeochemistry; Climate Change; the Cabot Institute for Global Environmental Change; Complexity Science; Nanoscience and Quantum Information; Chemical Synthesis; Neuroscience; Environmental and Geophysical Flows; Bristol Initiative for the Dynamic Global Environment; Cognition and Information Technology; Molecular Recognition; and Interface Analysis.

Postgraduate education includes a range of taught Masters programmes. In addition, a one year MSc by Research is offered by all schools in any research area. Conventional PhD programmes run alongside Centres for Doctoral Training in Complexity Sciences, Statistics, Chemical Synthesis, and Functional Nanomaterials. These Centres offer four-year PhD programmes which include one year of MSc-level training in the chosen discipline. These are amongst the UK's first such Centres.

Research within the Faculty is supported by funding from Research Councils, industry and charities. High-quality computing, information and library facilities, which play a major part in scientific research and postgraduate study, are well supported at University and School level.