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Take an online tour of our faculties and specialist research institutes, and discover our state-of-the-art facilities.

Our faculties

Our University is made up of three faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Medicine and Dentistry, and Science and Engineering. All three faculties conduct world-leading research across a range of disciplines.

University Research Institutes

The URIs are research and innovation spaces unique to Queen Mary. They sit alongside our Faculties as vehicles for collaboration across disciplines and industries that will unlock breakthrough capabilities in science, technology, humanities and the arts. Each URI is focused on an urgent challenge.

Our facilities

We continually invest in our state-of-the art resources and facilities. These allow our researchers to break new ground, and lead to fruitful collaborations with a wide range of business and academic partners.

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Dive into our groundbreaking research and meet the people that make it all happen.

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Our research community

Discover our vibrant research community: meet our people, find an expert and browse their insightful publications.

Our research community

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We work with businesses, the public sector and charities around the world to shape policy, drive innovation, and create tangible impact.

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Our reputation attracts some of the best scholars in the world. Find out how you could join us as a postgraduate researcher.

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Latest news

New Nature Genetics study unlocks fresh insights into disease biology and future drug discovery

Figure 1. FIB-SEM 3D reconstruction of the human airway multiciliated epithelium

Scientists create the first 3D nanoscale maps of human airway epithelium, revealing the hidden architecture of lung defence cells

This figure illustrates the proposed framework, which integrates GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System ) with DAS (Distributed Acoustic Sensing) to enhance positioning in complex environments. GNSS provides satellite-based navigation, while DAS reuses existing optical fibres as distributed sensors via an interrogator connected to cellular infrastructure.

New hybrid positioning system promises reliable tracking where GPS fails