Science Area, Oxford

For the business district, see Oxford Science Park.

Science Area
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Science Area  Science Area shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SP515069
Civil parish	unparished
District	Oxford
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Oxford
Postcode district	OX2
Dialling code	01865
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Oxford West and Abingdon
Website	Science Area, University of Oxford
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Oxford University Science Area sign on the Keble Road Triangle in Oxford.

The Oxford University Science Area in Oxford, England, is where most of the science departments at the University of Oxford are located.

Overview

The main part of the Science Area is located to the south of the University Parks and to the north of South Parks Road, bounded by Parks Road to the west. Some departments are also located south of South Parks Road. Close by to the northwest, further departments are located in a triangle of land bounded by the Banbury Road to the west, Keble Road to the south, and Parks Road to the northeast, opposite the University Parks, known locally as the Keble Road Triangle.

Redevelopment

The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter further to the west between Woodstock Road and Walton Street, where the Radcliffe Infirmary hospital used to be located, is now being developed by the University for a number of departments, following the granting of planning permission in 2009. The re-organisation of this central part of the university’s science campus is accompanying the construction of a new Biochemistry Building design by Architects Hawkins Brown and Terra Firma Landscape Architects worked with them to design the new public interest and external facilities required by staff, researchers and students.

Departments

• Biochemistry
• Chemistry:
  • Chemistry Research Laboratory
  • Chemical Biology
  • Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
• Computer Science (formerly the Computing Laboratory):
  • Numerical Analysis Group
  • Programming Research Group
• Earth Sciences
• Engineering Science
• E-Research Centre
• Experimental Psychology
• Materials
• Mathematical Institute
• Physics:
  • Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
  • Clarendon Laboratory:
    • Atomic and Laser Physics
    • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Particle Physics
  • Theoretical Physics
• Plant Sciences
• Statistics
• Zoology

See also

• Begbroke Science Park
• Dyson Perrins Laboratory
• Oxford Internet Institute
• Oxford Science Park
• Radcliffe Observatory Quarter

External links

• Departments in the Science Area
• Science Area Team
• Department A-Z