Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics Facilities

High-specification facilities support teaching, learning and research both on and off campus.

• new undergraduate physics laboratory with dark room facilities and space for project work

• our Bayfordbury observatory has eight fully automated optical telescopes, a 5-metre radio telescope and a 3-dish radio interferometer, all dedicated to undergraduate teaching

• Bayfordbury also hosts our atmospheric physics station comprising a LIDAR system, solar polarimeters, a solar photometer and a colour all-sky camera

• the School hosts the Science Learning Centre East of England at this site. Equipped with laboratories, a TV studio, lecture theatre and a planetarium, the centre is regularly used by students, as well as for educational visits and to run courses for teachers and technicians

• on the College Lane Campus world-class facilities help students to progress their learning and present coursework professionally. These include the University’s technology-rich, Learning Resources Centres and groundbreaking e-learning environment StudyNet, plus private study areas and 10 well-equipped computer suites

• the Schools of Physics, Astronomy Mathematics, and Engineering and Technology, jointly operate a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) which is available for consultancy work for other University of Hertfordshire Schools.

Read more about the SEM and download the request form.