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Research Directory

The University of Plymouth has a long record of high quality innovative research as demonstrated by its achievements in the RAE. The university submitted twenty-five Units of Assessment in the 2008 RAE.The results show that the majority of research submitted by the university included world-leading research, achieving the highest rating possible - scoring 4-stars. Overall, 80% of the research was judged as being of international repute.

In the Research Fortnight research power league table (www.researchresearch.com/RAE2008), on the basis of the results of the 2008 RAE Plymouth has leapt 15 places to join the top 50 universities, showing the greatest improvement in the UK in research performance since the last RAE, in 2001. Research is organised into Research Centres and Groups, both within and across Faculties and Schools, for example the interdisciplinary Marine Institute, the Centre for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience, and the Centre for Coastal Dynamics and Engineering. Further information on research activity throughout the University can be found by searching or browsing our Research Directory:

Search our research groups and group members

Browse our research groups: by School, by Interest Area, listed Alphabetically,