Study

Being a student at Surrey you can get involved in interdisciplinary research opportunities both here and with our partners such as the National Physical Laboratory.

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What we are researching

Exotic nuclei and nuclear astrophysics

Shape and shell evolution in heavy nuclei

Our course

Find out more about applying to Surrey.

Physics PhD

PhD projects

Every year we offer a number of PhD projects. These are funded either by UKRI-STFC or by submitting an application through one of our studentships.

We strongly encourage interested applicants to enquire about potential opportunities with Professor Wilton Catford.

Research excellence

In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) 84 per cent of our research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in the Physics category.

Research opportunities

We are keen to support fellowship applications for talented applicants so we have listed some current fellowships.

See available opportunities

What our students say

Rhiann Canavan

Physics PhD

One of the highlights of my PhD has been the eight-week placement I'm currently spending at Crossfield Fusion as part of the GRADnet programme.

Katie Ley

Physics PhD

The research I’m conducting could assist and improve procedures for many patients; it’s a good feeling to be researching something that could make a difference!