and facilities for drug analysis, toxicology, fire investigation, and DNA analysis.
The Department of Psychology is based at the Cambridge campus.
The Department of Vision and Hearing Sciences is based at the Cambridge Campus for Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing.
Research in Psychology, Vision, and Environmental Sciences was rated as world-leading or of international quality in the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise. Notable successes include the discovery of new animal species, the design of new car bonnets for improved pedestrian safety, and leading studies on the toxic effects of benzylpiperazine (BZP).
In 2023, the Peterborough Innovation and Research Centre launched XRP eXtended Reality Peterborough, an immersive learning environment.
==== Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education & Social Sciences ====
The Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences was formed in 2023, bringing together four schools: the Cambridge School of Art, the Cambridge School of Creative Industries, the School of Education, and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
It is also home to three research institutes: the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research (CIMTR), the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute (IPPPRI), and StoryLab.
The Cambridge School of Art was opened in 1858 by the renowned art critic and professor John Ruskin. Edward Bawden, a distinguished graphic artist and printmaker studied here in the 1920s. Ronald Searle, creator of the St Trinian's books, attended during the 1930s. Gustav Metzger, a pioneer of auto-destructive art, studied in the 1940s.
In 1953, in collaboration with Francis Crick and James D. Watson at Cambridge University, lecturer Odile Crick drew the original sketch to illustrate the complex concept of DNA's double-helix. Cambridge School of Art was home to students including, caricaturists Roger Law and Peter Fluck, known for their work on TV's Spitting Image, as well as Pink Floyd members Syd Barrett and David Gilmour, who played one of their first …
