Faculty of Engineering

Overview

Studying engineering at Bristol will immerse you in a vibrant postgraduate community that is at the heart of a faculty intimately linked to world-class engineering industry.

Bristol is known internationally for sustained engineering achievement, from Brunel's iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge through to Concorde and now as the UK's largest centre for the electronics industry. Much of our teaching and research is in close collaboration with this world-leading local industry, which includes companies such as AgustaWestland, GE Aviation, Rolls Royce, BAE Systems, Airbus, Arup, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard and British Energy. These companies provide many jobs for our graduates.

The Faculty comprises two academic schools which cover the core disciplines of Aerospace, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering Mathematics. Our group of taught and research postgraduate programmes evolve continuously to stay at the cutting edge of research and industrial advances.

Since 2006, the Faculty has attracted over £24 million in funding to its five Centres for Doctoral Training: Advanced Composites; Complexity Sciences; Composites Manufacture; Systems; and Communications. The Faculty also hosts major research centres, including: the Bristol Laboratory for Advanced Dynamics Engineering (BLADE), a £15-million investment that was opened by HM The Queen in 2005; the cutting-edge Communications Research Group; and The Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science, housed in a new £5.8 million new facility. Bristol was also selected to lead the National Composites Centre, a £16 million government-funded investment.