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Overview
INCLUSIVE. ENGAGED. AFRICAN.
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World subject rankings:
Development Studies: 10th
Research strengths
- Astronomy, cosmology and gravity
- Biodiversity
- Catalysis: accelerating chemical change
- Climate and development
- Data-intensive research
- Democracy, public policy and citizenship in Africa
- Drug discovery
- Future water
- High-energy physics
- Human-wildlife conflict
- Infectious diseases and molecular medicine
- Marine research
- Mineral beneficiation
- Neurosciences
- Poverty and inequality
- Preserving our African heritage
- Safety and violence
- Schools
- Urban Africa
