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Our research

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Research is a priority for us. Multi-million pound funding from research councils, the EU, NHS, charities and industry ensures that our research is relevant and of national and international importance.

Working with business & industry

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Strong links with industry partners is one of our key strengths. Links with industry ensure that our research is relevant and of benefit to the community and commerce.

Our departments

Find out more about the Faculty of Science

Discover more about the Faculty of Science

Strath Science Scouts

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Gravitational waves detected!

Gravitational waves have been detected 100 years after Einstein's prediction! The waves were observed at two separate LIGO sites in the United States. The discovery ushers in a new era of astronomy. Dr Nicholas Lockerbie tells us more:
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STEM Summer School 2017

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What is a gravitational wave?

Gravitational waves carry information about their dramatic origins and about the nature of gravity that cannot otherwise be obtained.

Dr Nicholas Lockerbie, Reader in Department of Physics, tells us more:

Meet some of our experts

Centre for Mathematics Applied to the Life Sciences

We've joined up with the University of Glasgow to create a centre which looks at mathematical modelling being applied to all aspects of medicine and biology.

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We're the leading information science research group in Scotland and in the UK Top 3

Dr Neil Hunt, University of Strathclyde, Department of Physics

We're first in the UK for physics

Our department was ranked first in the UK for research in the recent Research Excellence Framework 2014.