Within our state-of-the-art STEMLab facility, Physics students have access to two dedicated laboratories, allowing them to gain enhanced practical experience of the fundamentals of the subject and build upon this throughout the degree. Recently refurbished, the department’s Sir David Davies Building provides further modern research facilities for students and researchers.
STEMLab is a £17 million investment in new state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, including cutting-edge laboratories and equipment for Physics students. It is part of a wider £25 million investment in the West Park of our campus which includes the adjacent student learning and teaching hub.
We have our very own departmental undergraduate observatory, with 16inch GPS equatorial mounted Meade optical telescope, 8inch GPS mobile optical telescope, Coronado solar telescope, and an Elliot Instruments spectrometer.
Physics and Optics Laboratory
Located within the STEMLab building, the Physics and Optics Laboratory allows practical examination for example the study of optics and the behaviour of light, electromagnetism, thermodynamics and mechanics.
As well as including a range of bench top equipment to aid experiments related to optics, the room contains dark room curtains to partition the room into smaller sections for the viewing of optical phenomena in reduced light.
Physical Sciences Laboratory
The Physical Sciences Laboratory complements the Physics and Optics Laboratory and is a dedicated teaching space for Physics students to delve deeper into the scientific principles underpinning modern physics. Students can explore the fundamentals of of mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum phenomena, waves, solid state and thermal physics with the help of cutting edge bench top equipment.
