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Faculty of Science and Technology
Profile
Dean of Faculty
Professor Mary Smyth
Associate Dean for Postgraduate Studies
Dr Peter Sawyer
Associate Dean for Research
Professor Colin Lambert
Number of Postgraduate Students
300 research
272 taught
Departments
Communication Systems
Computing
Engineering
peoples’ lives. We collaborate closely with key public and
Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC)
private organisations, many of whom directly fund our
Mathematics and Statistics
research. Examples include the UK funding councils, the EU, the
Physics
Environment Agency, Microsoft, Intel, Novartis and Waitrose.
Psychology
Many of the most challenging problems facing the world span
All our departments are world-class for research and teaching. discipline boundaries and science at Lancaster is noted for its
scientists working together across disciplines. As a consequence,
In the last five years the Faculty has generated over £74 million
it is common for students’ research projects and Masters
in external income, which is testament to the quality of and
programmes to cross traditional subject boundaries, to gain
need for the research we do. All the UK research councils
new insights into problems that are simply too complex for
have supported our work as have the Royal Society and British
any single discipline to tackle. For example, modern safety
Academy. Major companies that have invested in projects
engineering covers the science of disasters, the psychology of
here included BT and Pfizer. We have received grants from
risk perception and the management of processes and
international organisations such as the European Commission,
people. Our statisticians are contributing to a better
NATO and European Space Agency; from UK Government
understanding of the spread of disease through their work
departments such as the DTI and DEFRA; from national
on spatial epidemiology, and our physicists are helping to
agencies (e.g. Environment Agency, Health and Safety
understand the nonlinear dynamics of the cardiovascular
Executive); and increasingly from major medical funders and
system. Some problems breach the traditional limits of
charities (NHS Executive, Wellcome Trust and NW Cancer
science altogether. The departments of Geography and
Research Fund). Key charitable funders such as the
Psychology span the natural and life sciences, as well as the
Leverhulme Trust and Nuffield Foundation have often helped
social sciences, but even in Computer Science the social
our research. sciences provide insights into the design of complex,
sometimes safety-critical, ubiquitous computing systems.
We offer many innovative and popular postgraduate courses
with high quality teaching by leading researchers which will
World-class research and teaching occurs everywhere in
be the launch pad for your professional career in the UK or
Science and Technology at Lancaster. However, three new
overseas.
facilities illustrate how our reputation is attracting substantial
inward investment to the benefit of our researchers, local,
national and pan-national industry and our students:
The Faculty of Science and Technology is buzzing with people
with big ideas. We have innovative ways of teaching, new
The Lancaster Environment Centre brings together a
Masters degrees to build your career with, a range of ways in
community of university environmental researchers in the
which you can study for your doctorate and new labs and
study of terrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric systems on scales
buildings to do your work in. All this is built on a foundation that range from the molecular to the global. The LEC
of our excellent scientists and technologists’ deep roots in community also includes academics from the humanities and
core scientific disciplines. the social and management sciences who are concerned with
science of the environment and policymaking. LEC is also one
We will equip you to address complex and important of the sites of the government research facility, the Centre
scientific problems and technological challenges. We teach for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), also housing a growing
material at the cutting edge of science and technology that is number of commercial enterprises. In sum, LEC comprises the
directly informed by our world-class research, much of which largest single grouping of environmental researchers in
has a significant impact on the state-of-the-art and on Europe.
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