Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MAPS)

The MAPS faculty is composed of seven departments:

• Chemistry
• Earth Sciences
• Mathematics
• Physics & Astronomy
• Science & Technology Studies
• Space & Climate Physics
• Statistical Science

together with three inter-Collegiate Research Centres:

• The Thomas Young Centre
• London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN)
• London Taught Course Centre for PhD students in the Mathematical Sciences

and a number of inter-disciplinary research centres.

The Faculty has identified six inter-departmental research themes:

• The Molecular and Physical Basis of Life Processes
• The Science of the Natural Environment
• Origins
• High End Computing (HEC) and e-Science
• Materials Research
• Science, Technology and Society

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