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Department of Geology

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Facilities

Teaching and student research facilities in geology

  • Newly refurbished state-of-the-art lecture theatres, practical laboratories and student resource room.
  • Excellent ICT facilities, including open access computer rooms in the Geology and Geography Departments, and a geological map library.
  • Fourth Year Project Work, using the Scanning Electron Microscope
    Fourth Year Project Work, using the Scanning Electron Microscope
    Extensive, award winning collections of more than 120,000 rocks, minerals and fossils support student learning.
  • High quality analytical facilities such as our Scanning Electron Microscope are available for undergraduate projects.
  • Superbly supported fieldwork programme in terms of equipment and technical support.
  • Undergraduates may carry out research with the NERC Isotope Geoscience Laboratory and British Geological Survey at nearby Keyworth.
Contact details

University of Leicester,
Department of Geology,
University Road,
Leicester,
LE1 7RH, UK
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 3933
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 3918
Email: geology@le.ac.uk

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Ranked 9th in the Guardian University Guide 2013