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Research Groups - introduction

Research in the Department of Geology is focused in three principal groups. For details, navigate using the links on the left side of this page.


Each of the research groups is engaged in national and international collaborative and interdisciplinary activities. We welcome enquiries from UK, European and overseas research students, postdoctoral and academic researchers interested in working in a thriving, active, well-found university research environment at the leading edge of research in the Earth Sciences. We also engage in range of cross disciplinary environmental research.

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