Read more news--> The Institute for Computational Cosmology (ICC) is a leading international centre for research into the origin and evolution of the Universe. ICC researchers address some of the most fundamental questions in science: What were the first objects in the Universe? How do galaxies form? What is the nature of the dark matter and dark energy? Where does the large-scale structure of the universe come from? What is the fate of the Universe?

Durham is the coordinator of the Marie Curie ITN CosmoComp

The ICC is based at Durham University and is part of the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics. Members of the ICC also belong to the Extragalactic Cosmology Research Group in the Department of Physics, and interact closely with staff in its observational section and the Astronomical Instrumentation group at the University of Durham.

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Postgraduate Research Opportunities We are seeking graduate students to undertake research within our PhD and MSc programmes from October 2013. We have 1 ERC, 1 Charm, and 8 STFC fully-funded studentships for 3.5-4 year PhD degrees. In addition we will also consider students with self-funding or with funding from different sources; Students will undertake full-time (or part-time) cutting edge astronomical research and instrumentation. Applicants are required to have, or expected to gain, a 1st in a 3-year undergraduate degree, or at least a 2:1 in a 4-year undergraduate degree, or at least a pass in an MSc postgraduate degree, in physics, astrophysics or mathematics. More details on the available research programmes, application procedure, and eligibilty can be obtained from here.

The Ogden Centre celebrated its 5th birthday on April 30th 2008. The Ogden@5 talks are available on-line.

The Ogden Centre celebrated its 10th birthday on September 18th 2012

Outreach: See 'Cosmology in Crisis: what is the matter?' at the RS Summer Science Exhibition in July 2013. Follow our preparations on our blog.

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