Our department, incorporating the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Surrey, is the UK's largest university space science group and a leader in interdisciplinary space science initiatives.  We offer a unique environment at the forefront of space science research. Scientists, students and engineers design, build and test cutting-edge space-borne instruments and analyse the data they return.  Our scientists set future science agendas through exploitation of current assets and design of future space missions to advance our knowledge of the Universe.  Close contact with space agencies such as ESA and NASA and with industrial research teams promotes the development of transferable skills, thereby enhancing job prospects.