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Andy Schofield MA, PhD, FInstP, SFHEA | |
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| Principal of University of Glasgow | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Anton Muscatelli |
| Vice Chancellor of Lancaster University | |
| In office 1 May 2020 –31 August 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Smith (physicist) |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Gonville and Caius College,Cambridge (BSc,MSc,PhD) |
| Awards | Maxwell Medal and Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | University of Glasgow University of Lancaster University of Birmingham University of Cambridge Rutgers University |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph Wheatley [1] |
Andrew John Schofield (better known as Andy Schofield) is Principal and Vice Chancellor at the University of Glasgow having assumed the role on 1 October 2025. Prior to joining the University of Glasgow,Professor Schofield served as Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University from May 2020. His earlier career includes senior leadership roles at the University of Birmingham,where he was Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. As a theoretical physicist,his research focus is in the theory of correlated quantum systems,in particular non-Fermi liquids,quantum criticality and high-temperature superconductivity. [2] [3]
Andy Schofield was educated at Whitgift School before reading Natural Sciences at Gonville and Caius College,Cambridge. In 1993,he obtained his PhD at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge and won a College Research Fellowship at Gonville and Caius. [3] He was a postdoctoral researcher at Rutgers,New Jersey before his return to Cambridge as a Royal Society University Research Fellow. [4] He joined the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham in 1999,became the head of school in 2010,and was promoted in 2015 to pro-vice-chancellor and head of the College of EPS. [5] Schofield served as Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University from May 2020. [6]
Schofield is currently the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow,having assumed the role on 1 October 2025. He succeeded Sir Anton Muscatelli,becoming the university’s 51st Principal. [7]
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