The Astronomy Unit (AU) at Queen Mary, University of London, is one of the UK's premier centres for astronomy research and postgraduate education, attracting students, postdoctoral research fellows and distinguished visitors from around the world. Members of the Unit participate in a wide range of international research programs, including ground-based observations, space experiments, and theoretical work in a variety of research areas.

Queen Mary is a member of the SEPnet, a consortium of six partner universities working together to advance and sustain Physics as a strategically important subject for the UK economy and its science base in the South East Region of England. See  http://www.sepnet.ac.uk/

The Astronomy Unit is part of SEPnet-Astro http://astro.kent.ac.uk/SEPNET/