GEOFF PARKS DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS ENGINEERING AT CAMBRIDGE ENGINEERING Engineers are ingenious people who apply science and technology to the fulfilment of human needs and aspirations Engineers and engineering impact on every aspect of modern life To practise as an engineer requires • Knowledge of engineering fundamentals • Imagination and creativity to apply them • Insight into the social consequences
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GEOFF PARKS DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS
ENGINEERING AT CAMBRIDGE
ENGINEERING
Engineers are ingenious people who apply science and technology to the fulfilment of human needs and aspirations
Engineers and engineering impact on every aspect of modern life
To practise as an engineer requires •! Knowledge of engineering fundamentals •! Imagination and creativity to apply them •! Insight into the social consequences
STUDYING ENGINEERING
•! Gives you a scientifically rigorous training
•! Develops creativity and team-working skills
•! Enables you to make a real difference to the world outside
•! Keeps your options open
•! Gives you excellent job prospects
A unified department covering
•! Aeronautical Engineering
•! Bioengineering
•! Civil Engineering
•! Electrical Engineering
•! Information Engineering
•!Manufacturing Engineering
•!Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering also available
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING
No “Automotive Engineering” but…
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING
~150 Academic Staff
~260 Research Staff
~1200 Undergraduate students
~800 Postgraduate students
10% of the University
FACILITIES
•! Library – over 30,000 books and 300 current journals available 14 hours/day – plus main University and College libraries
FACILITIES
•! Computing – over 200 machines dedicated to student use available 14 hours/day, 7 days/week
•! Language Unit – providing courses in Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish
FACILITIES
•! Workshops – for work and play
FACILITIES
2013 INTAKE
Men 245 (79%) Women 66 (21%)
Deferred 44 (14%)
Home 217 (70%)
EU 25 (8%) Overseas 69 (22%)
Total Entry 311
Fee Status
COURSE STRUCTURE
Years 1 & 2 – a common, broad foundation in the fundamentals of engineering analysis and design in all the major engineering disciplines
Years 3 & 4 – specialisation in depth in chosen field of interest