The facilities on campus were built in 2004 and offer state-of-the-art equipment for teaching and research. Laboratory classes, using our extensive teaching collections and petrological microscopes, develop your understanding of the nature and formation of the major groups of rocks, minerals and fossils.
CSM research facilities include world-class geochemical and mineral analysis laboratories complete with QEMSCAN©, a sophisticated scanning electron microscope-based mineralogical assessment system which is a unique facility amongst UK universities. In addition, our analytical suite comprises an electron microprobe, low vacuum scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, atomic absorption spectroscopy and high quality microscope and imaging facilities. Other areas include a sensor based materials sorting and characterisation facility, mineral processing laboratory and a Geomechanics rock and soil testing facility. You will have access to the research facilities in the department throughout your degree, especially during project work.
You can look around our facilities by viewing our 360 degree virtual tours.
