Our Research

We maintain a world-class reputation for research. Bangor University achieved a very strong performance in our subject areas in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment of UK universities.

Our research activity is conducted in the following main research areas;

• Biology and Zoology
• Environment and Natural Resources

Research Excellence Framework 2021 

The next REF exercise will be conducted in 2021. The School of Natural Sciences will be submitting to the following units: 

• UoA 7 - Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences 

Find out more in our central Environmental Science and Engineering research pages.