Significantly, in the post 1996 period, the Science Faculty has advanced to become the biggest research earner in the University. These data exclude income from special Funding Council and Research Council schemes like the Research Development Grant, the Joint Research Equipment Initiative and the Joint Infrastructure Fund, in all three of which the Faculty of Science has excelled. Science has the largest population of research students in the University. While research is often based within a specific department, many opportunities also exist for multidisciplinary study. This may involve different departments within the Faculty, for example those which participate in the Strathclyde Institute for Drug Research , or it may involve interaction with other Faculties or even other institutions.
All departments have widespread contacts with industry.
The Faculty is submitting to the following Units of Assessment in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.