Our Research Areas

Explore our research across a wide range of disciplines.


Explore research across our five Colleges, and discover how this is helping to solve some of the biggest issues the world faces. 

Arts and Law

We explore what it means to be human – in historical and cultural contexts, within ethical and legal norms and through languages and communication. 

Engineering and Physical Sciences

Life and Environmental Sciences

Across the breadth of life and environmental sciences we discover, apply and translate science, forging major advances in human and environmental health.

Medicine and Health

With over 1,000 academic staff researchers and around £100 million new research funding per year, we are dedicated to performing world-leading research with the ultimate goal of improving human health.

Social Sciences

We address the challenges facing society and the economy, from shedding light on the refugee crisis, to character education in schools, through to developing leaders in the NHS.