School of Engineering and Informatics

Engineering and Design

Formula students with car Student in workshop welding Student in building model bridge Students at computer

Welcome to the Department of Engineering and Design

Undergraduate open day:Book now for Saturday 5th October 2013 

Postgraduate open day:Book now for Wednesday 4th December 2013

Our teaching quality rated highly in the 2012 NSS results with an average of 91% overall satisfaction across our degrees.

Group photograph of the 2012 Product Design students

All Engineering and Design courses have an optional  placement year assessed as an integral part of the course, leading to the award 'Course name with an Industrial/ Professional Placement Year'.

placement year

careers opportunities

graduate perspectives

Dorota Biniecka, Product Design Graduate

Much of our research is in collaboration with industry. We work with a number of universities in the UK and abroad and we are keen to develop all these links further. 

Dr Vince Cable MP (centre) met Steve Cliffe, Business Development Director for Plessey, and Professor Robert Prance from the University of Sussex.

All our undergraduate and many postgraduate courses are accredited by the relevant professional bodies (IET, IMechE, iED)

accreditation

IMechE, IET and iED accrediting bodies logos

The structure of our BEng and MEng degrees is sufficiently common in the first year to allow you the flexibility to  change degree courses if desired.

which degree is right for me?

Engineering & Design Degree Progression Chart