Welcome to the Faculty of Engineering & Design
The Faculty of Engineering & Design comprises four academic departments covering the main branches of engineering:
- Architecture & Civil Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Electronic & Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
The departments are united by a common interest in design, an area of strategic importance to all industrial sectors and one in which we have a high reputation in both teaching and research.
Undergraduate teaching within the Faculty is primarily focused on teaching future Chartered Engineers; the Faculty also offers a range of taught Masters and postgraduate Diploma programmes, CPD and Distance Learning opportunities. find out more...
There are currently over 1700 undergraduate students and 180 taught postgraduate students in the Faculty. There are approximately 190 academic staff in the Faculty.
The Faculty prides itself on the strength of its research. Total research income for the last academic year was over 5.3 million pounds. There are over 250 postgraduate research students in the Faculty. Details of the Faculty research can be found on our research gateway page.