Our research

Over the past 100 years we have built on our long standing tradition of microwave engineering to also lead the world in terahertz technology and the semiconductor, bio- and quantum electronic aspects of nanotechnology.

As an example of our work, our engineers designed, built and installed the cellular data-networking technology used for gathering information at the Pierre-Auger Observatory in Argentina; the world's largest cosmic ray laboratory.

Find out more about the School's research activity by visiting the web pages of our two interdisciplinary Institutes:

Institute of Microwaves and Photonics which includes: millimetre and microwave engineering; terahertz electronics and photonics; semiconductor nanotechnology and molecular beam epitaxy; bio-nanoelectronics; and, quantum electronics.

Institute of Integrated Information Systems which includes: communications engineering; instrumentation and positioning; signal processing for communications; and, instrumentation, control and drives.

Control and Power Applications Group

There are many excellent opportunities for well-qualified students to study for a PhD as well as positions regularly available for outstanding post-doctoral research associates. We are actively seeking research students to work on key projects.

Funded places are available within our EPSRC funded Centre for Doctoral Training in Molecular-Scale Engineering.