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May 30, 2024 · Outreach Programme. One of the key roles of the Educational Outreach Office is to stimulate interest and encourage wider participation in physics amongst 11-19 year olds. Read more.
The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, and is part of the School of Physical Sciences. The laboratory was opened in 1874 on the New Museums Site as a laboratory for experimental physics and is named after the British chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish.
The Cavendish Laboratory has an extraordinary history of discovery and innovation in Physics since its opening in 1874 under the direction of James Clerk Maxwell, the University's first Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics.
Since it was founded in 1874, the Cavendish Laboratory has been at the forefront of discovery in physics. The core of the Laboratory’s programme has been, and continues to be, experimental physics, supported by excellence in theory.
Dec 8, 2023 · Directions, locations and contact details for the Optoelectronics group. Or click the Department of Physics link, at the bottom of the page. Read more.
The Department of Physics, or the Cavendish Laboratory as it is widely known, has a long history of world leading research and teaching. The Cavendish is home to approximately 430 graduate students and admits students to six different programmes although the the majority are studying for a PhD in one of the 15 research groups .
Welcome to the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. We promote world-leading experimental and theoretical physics in all its diversity and encourage applied and collaborative...
