Blackett Laboratory sciences subjects rankings, and the department in particular ranks 11th in the world, and 3rd in the UK after Cambridge and Oxford, on the QS World University Rankings. Domestically, the department ranks 5th in the Complete University Guide's 2019 physics rankings. The laboratory has connections to many physicists who had studied or taught at the department: Blackett Laboratory The Blackett Laboratory (named after Patrick Blackett) is part of the Imperial College Faculty of Natural Sciences and has housed the Department of Physics at Imperial College London since its completion in 1961. The building is located on the corner of Prince
Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) is a proposed laboratory 1 km deep in the Stawell Goldmine, located in Stawell, Shire of Northern Grampians, Victoria, Australia. Together with the planned Agua Negra Deep Experiment Site (ANDES) at the Agua Negra Pass, it is one of just two underground particle physics laboratories being considered in the Southern Hemisphere. It collaborates closely with the Gran Sasso Laboratory in Italy, and shall conduct research into dark matter. Although planned for construction in 2017, it has not been built and its future is unclear. SUPL is located at a depth