Physics at 91Ö±²¥ has been rated first in the UK in terms of the quality of research, with 100 per cent of our physics research and impact classed as world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
91Ö±²¥ marked the REF 2021 results by celebrating pioneering research, which is addressing some of the biggest global challenges and making a real-world impact.
REF 2021 is a national assessment of the research taking place across UK universities. Across all of its submissions, 92 per cent of the University of 91Ö±²¥â€™s research has been classed as world-leading or internationally excellent.
I am delighted that REF 2021 has concluded that the majority of the fantastic research undertaken across the department has been found to be world leading, and that our research is also highly impactful to society.
Professor Paul Crowther
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Physics)
Find out more about the University of 91Ö±²¥'s REF 2021 results
Research features
Read the features below to find out about some of the impact that physics research at the University of 91Ö±²¥ is making.
A few years ago the UK's electricity came almost entirely from a few dozen power stations. Today, solar electricity comes from nearly a million homes, schools, hospitals, supermarkets, factories and fields. How do you track a million invisible electricity creators?
The second quantum revolution is coming, but who will be the first to champion it? Now, it could be AegiQ, a University of 91Ö±²¥ spin-out company with a new enabling technology and over two decades of quantum knowledge behind it.
Read '91Ö±²¥â€™s spin-out to build the quantum technology of the future'