Astronomy group - Durham University

Astronomical Research at Durham

Durham University is one of the UK's leading centres for astronomical research with world-class groups working in a wide range of fields covering the observational, theoretical and instrumentation aspects of astronomy.

NEWS
28 Oct 2013:	Dr Mark Swinbank wins 2013 Philip Leverhulme Prize
06 Sept 2013:	Catching Black Holes on the Fly
30 July 2013:	Capturing black hole spin could further understanding of galaxy growth
20 June 2013:	Dusty black holes could affect galaxy growth
17 Apr 2013:	New telescope brings distant galaxies into sharp focus
14 Feb 2013:	Durham researchers join the CUGA consortium with the aim of combining dishes at Goonhilly Earth Station with the eMERLIN radio interferometer to undertake a sensitive radio continuum survey of the COSMOS field.
13 Feb 2013:	Black Holes and Star Formation: A Herschel Perspective Press release
31 Jan 2013:	ALMA Cycle 0 study of submm galaxies from the LESS survey accepted for publication in MNRAS (pre-print here).

PhD and MSc Postgraduate Studentships in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology beginning October 2014 We are seeking graduate students to undertake research within our PhD and MSc programmes from October 2014. We expect to take on ~7 STFC-funded students for a PhD degree, in addition to further students either self funded or with funding from different sources. Students will undertake full-time (or part time) cutting edge astronomical research, in addition to our post-graduate lecture courses in their first year. The STFC-funded PhD studentships cover course fees and living expenses for 3.5 years; however, you (typically) have to be a British citizen to be eligible for a fully funded STFC studentship. Applicants are required to have, or expected to gain, at least a 2.1 in an integrated MPhys or a pass in a Masters degree or a 1st class in a Bachelors degree, in physics, astrophysics or mathematics. More details on the available research programmes, application procedure, and eligibilty can be obtained from here.

Durham was ranked Number One in Europe and fourth in the world for our research into Space Science (which covers research into astronomy and astrophysics) over the decade 1998-2008, according to the most recent league table from Thomson Reuters ESI.

There are 28 academic staff across the combined astronomy groups, with over 100 postdocs, postgraduate students and support and technical staff involved in astronomy research. The majority of our astronomical research is undertaken in the following groups:

Contact Details

Department of Physics,
Durham University,
South Road,
Durham DH1 3LE

Tel: 44 (0)191 3343635

Link to Ripples in the Cosmos conference website

A conference held

at Durham, July 2013