PhD Astronomy

Explore the extragalactic with our world-leading faculty. Our research interests focus on:

• testing cosmological models
• physics of the early universe
• large-scale structure: galaxy surveys and numerical simulations
• very high-redshift galaxies and reionisation
• galaxy formation and evolution.

Supercomputers and overseas telescopes – whether you’re a theoretical astronomer or work on an observational project, you’ll have access to world-leading facilities, international collaborations and a full combination of theoretical, numerical and observational techniques.

I study the largest objects in the cosmos – clusters of galaxies – to measure fundamental properties of the universe. It’s pretty magical!”Sunayana Bargava
Astronomy PhD