Research groups
The range and scope of our research is extensive and covers all of the major engineering disciplines, mathematics and physical sciences, integrating fundamental science and mathematical modelling with the development of processes, devices and technologies that can address challenges of national and global importance.
Explore the breadth of our expertise across the eight Schools in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
- School of Chemical and Process Engineering
- School of Chemistry
- School of Civil Engineering
- School of Computing
- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- School of Mathematics
- School of Mechanical Engineering
- School of Physics and Astronomy
School of Chemical and Process Engineering
Advanced Engineering Materials
- Applied photon science
- Functional materials
- Colloid, polymer and crystal engineering
- Materials characterisation
Sustainable Systems and Processes
Innovative manufacturing and products
- Digital manufacturing and emerging technologies
- Multiscale process engineering
- Process tomography
- Modelling and data analytics
School of Chemistry
- Atmospheric and planetary chemistry
- Chemical biology and medicinal chemistry
- Colour and polymer science
- Computational chemistry and chemical physics
- Crystallisation and directed assembly
- Process research and development
School of Civil Engineering
- Architecture and sustainable buildings
- Cities, Infrastructure and Energy
- Water, public health and environment
- Materials and structures
- UKCRIC Leeds (UK Collabatorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities)
- Neville Centre
School of Computing
- Artificial Intellingence
- Distributed systems and services
- Applied computing in biology, medicine and health
- Computational science and engineering
- Algorithms and complexity
- Computational medicine
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Institute of Communication and Power Networks
Institute of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
- Surgical and medical robotics
- Rehabilitation robotics
- Ultrasonics and embedded systems
- Communication, sensing and control
- Microwave and millimetre-wave engineering
- Quantum electronics and communications
- Bio-nanoelectronics
- Terahertz electronics and photonics
School of Mathematics
- Complex materials and industrial mathematics
- Mathematical biology and medicine
- Applied non-linear dynamics
Astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics
- Probability and financial mathematics
- Statistical methodology and probability
- Applied modern statistics
School of Mechanical Engineering
Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimisation
- Bio-mechatronics and robotics
- Design sciences
- Energy efficient aerospace and automotive structures
- Future manufacturing
- Surgical technologies
Institute of Functional Surfaces
Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
- Engineering fluids and micro/nano fluids
- Computational fluid mechanics
School of Physics and Astronomy
- Astrophysics
- Condensed matter
- Molecular and nanoscale physics
- Physics Education
- Soft matter physics
- Theoretical physics