Astronomy at Durham
Durham Astronomy Research Cluster
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.
Spotlight: Sir Arnold Wolfendale
Career Development Fellowship
- The Royal Society have started a fellowship to support the career development of under-represented groups in STEM.
- Career Development Fellowship website
Note: Please check the website for current deadlines.
Durham is ranked joint sixth globally for the number of highly cited researchers in Space Science (which covers research into astronomy and astrophysics), according to the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list.
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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 Durham Astronomy Research Cluster hosts the following groups:
Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy
Visit WebsiteInstitute for Computational Cosmology
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Visit WebsiteIn November 2016, the astronomy groups moved into the brand new Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics building, designed by Studio Daniel Libeskind.