About the Department
This gives an overview of our Research, our Teaching, and the famous Engineering Building that we occupy.
Research
The Department is internationally renowned for the quality of its research. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the Department submitted over 90% of its academic staff. The quality profile, as judged by the RAE, showed that 90% of the research was internationally recognised, internationally excellent or world leading in terms of originality, significance, and rigour. The principal research groups are in:
- Bioengineering
- Control and Instrumentation
- Electrical Power and Power Electronics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Radio Systems
- Thermofluids and Environmental Engineering
The Department also hosts research in the following cross-disciplinary groupings:
- Advanced Microscopy Centre
- Energy Centre
- Centre for Analytical Excellence
- Systems Biology Lab
- Centre for Mathematical Modelling
Of the academic (faculty) staff, 40% are full Professors or Readers.
Teaching
The Department is also renowned for its teaching, with consistently excellent results for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey. For example, in the 2008 survey, the department received the maximum score of 100% for student satisfaction in electrical and electronic engineering.
The Department offers flexible BEng and MEng degrees, which are fully accredited by the professional engineering institutions. These are in the areas of:
- Aerospace Engineering
- Communications and Electronic Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Software and Electronic Engineering
- General Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
The Department also offers a suite of MSc degrees in the areas of:
- Advanced Control and Dynamics
- Advanced Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Advanced Engineering
- Advanced Mechanical Engineering
- Control and Signal Processing
- Embedded Systems and Control Engineering
- Information and Communication Engineering
- Reliable Embedded Systems
The Engineering Building
The department is housed in a world famous bespoke building designed by the admired architects, James Stirling and James Gowan.
