About Us
In 2001, Engineering at Swansea was reconfigured to form an integrated School, replacing the former Departments of Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Materials and Mechanical Engineering. The rationale was to address future challenges within Engineering where a multidisciplinary approach is crucial and has proven to be extremely successful from both teaching and research perspectives.To facilitate this, the School was reorganised into 3 research centres, Civil and Computational Engineering (C2EC), Materials Research Centre (MRC) and the Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre (MNC). Teaching is arranged in13 traditional and emerging Disciplines, coordinated by 6 Teaching Portfolio Directors and a Head of Learning and Teaching. All activities within the School are supported by four Teams: Technical Facilities, Recruitment and Marketing, Administration and Finance.
Outstanding Quality of Research and Teaching
The School possesses the highest ratings in research and teaching quality. All our undergraduate courses hold the 'excellent' rating for teaching and are accredited by the appropriate professional institution. In the recent Research Assessment Exercise for 2008, the School was ranked the best in Wales and 8th in the UK.
| Institution Name |
RAE 2008 Faculty GPA |
Position in UK |
|---|---|---|
| University of Cambridge |
3.321 |
1 |
| University of Oxford |
3.070 |
2 |
| Imperial College London |
3.036 |
3 |
| University of Manchester |
2.963 |
4 |
| University of Nottingham |
2.948 |
5 |
| University of Surrey |
2.930 |
6 |
| University of Leeds |
2.911 |
7 |
| Swansea University |
2.902 |
8 |
| University of Bristol |
2.880 |
9 |
| University of Warwick |
2.850 |
10 |
| Cardiff University |
2.844 |
11 |
| University of Sheffield |
2.842 |
12 |
| University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
2.818 |
13 |
| Loughborough University |
2.809 |
14 |
| University of Southampton |
2.795 |
15 |
| Queen's University Belfast |
2.790 |
16 |
| University of Birmingham |
2.737 |
17 |
| University College London |
2.734 |
18 |
| University of Edinburgh |
2.700 |
19 |
| University of Essex |
2.700 |
20 |
It was also praised for its strong collabaorative relationship with industry. In the December 2008 edition of the THES and Guardian newspaper league tables, the research that underpines our teaching was given the highest of accolades as shown below:
| Research Rating | Contributing Teaching Areas |
|---|---|
| UoA 25 General Engineering Joint 5th in the UK with Imperial College out of 52 institutions Just behind Oxford and Cambridge. Top in Wales |
Chemical and Biological Process Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Environmental Engneering Information, Communication and Computing Technology Medical Engineering Nanotechnology |
UoA 27 Civil Engineering |
Aerospace Engineering Civil Engineering Computational Engineering |
| UoA 28 Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering 2nd in Wales with international reseach capacity Research rating |
Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering Product Design Technology and Engineering |
UoA 28 Metallurgy Materials Engineering |
Aerospace Engineering Materials Engineering Sport Materials Engineering |
