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We are home to the mathematical, physical, engineering and life sciences at Oxford. Our research is the best of its kind in the country according to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, which is used to assess university research across the UK.
Research income for 2015/16 £135m
1730 academics and researchers
3000 graduate students (DPhil and MSc)
the MPLS office
The MPLS office is at 9 Parks Road, opposite the Museum of Natural History. Staff in the office support and advise our departments and interdisciplinary units. We manage a range of functions including finance, personnel, and skills training for graduate students.
What's new
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MPLS researchers win prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prizes
20 October 2017
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Using satellite data to respond to environmental disasters
20 October 2017
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British birds adapt their beaks to birdfeeders
20 October 2017
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Reimagining how we diagnose disease
20 October 2017
Schmidt Science Fellows
A new scheme supported by MPLS, aimed at graduate students completing their DPhil studies between May 1 2017 and June 30 2018. In partnership with the Rhodes Trust, the Schmidt Science Fellows program aims to equip the next generation of leaders and innovators with the tools and opportunities to drive world-changing advances across the sciences and society by giving them a year of scientific broadening between their PhD and the start of their research career.