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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 north-west, 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 north-east, opposite the University Parks. The Oxford University Parks, or simply and more normally the University Parks to members of the community, is one large parkland area slightly northeast of the Oxford town centre. ... The front of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Parks Road. ... Banbury Road is a major road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles to the south, north towards Banbury through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown. ... Keble College Chapel on the corner of Keble Road and Parks Road. ... The front of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Parks Road. ...

Departments

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

The Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory (PTCL) is a major chemistry laboratory at the University of Oxford, England. ... The Oxford University Computing Laboratory (OUCL) is the computer science department at Oxford University in England. ... The Programming Research Group is based at Oxford Universitys Computing Laboratory. ... The University of Oxfords Department of Materials was founded in the 1950s as the Department of Metallurgy, by William Hume-Rothery, who was a reader in Oxfords Department of Inorganic Chemistry. ... The Mathematical Institute is the mathematics department at the University of Oxford, England. ... The Clarendon Laboratory in Oxford, England (not to be confused with the Clarendon Building, also in Oxford) is part of the Physics Department at Oxford University. ...

See also

• Dyson Perrins Laboratory
• Oxford Internet Institute

The Dyson Perrins Laboratory was the main centre for research into organic chemistry of Oxford University from its foundation in 1916 with an endowment from Charles Dyson Perrins, the Worcester Sauce legatee, to its retirement in 2003. ... The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is a multi-disciplinary institute based at the University of Oxford in England, and housed in Balliol College, Oxford. ...

External links

• Science Area map
• Science Area road names
• Divisions and Departments